| Tehsil Name | Total Households | 1 = Cultivation | % 1 = Cultivation | 2=Manual Casual Labour | % 2=Manual Casual Labour | 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | % 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | 4=Foraging Rag Picking | % 4=Foraging Rag Picking | 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | % 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | % 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | 7=Others | % 7=Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Total | 179787454 | 54122794 | 30.1% | 92016420 | 51.18% | 4487569 | 2.5% | 410320 | 0.23% | 2888481 | 1.61% | 669649 | 0.37% | 25121808 | 13.97% |
| State Total | 10088119 | 1837857 | 18.22% | 6635442 | 65.77% | 162734 | 1.61% | 13309 | 0.13% | 366854 | 3.64% | 4641 | 0.05% | 1065974 | 10.57% |
| District Total | 166505 | 5887 | 3.54% | 110224 | 66.2% | 4496 | 2.7% | 224 | 0.13% | 3852 | 2.31% | 210 | 0.13% | 41612 | 24.99% |
| Vilavancode (001) | 65022 | 2500 | 3.84% | 45622 | 70.16% | 2085 | 3.21% | 114 | 0.18% | 1858 | 2.86% | 95 | 0.15% | 12748 | 19.61% |
| Kalkulam (002) | 48890 | 1759 | 3.6% | 34136 | 69.82% | 1598 | 3.27% | 85 | 0.17% | 416 | 0.85% | 12 | 0.02% | 10884 | 22.26% |
| Thovala (003) | 17161 | 848 | 4.94% | 10662 | 62.13% | 198 | 1.15% | 15 | 0.09% | 88 | 0.51% | 36 | 0.21% | 5314 | 30.97% |
| Agastheeswaram (004) | 35432 | 780 | 2.2% | 19804 | 55.89% | 615 | 1.74% | 10 | 0.03% | 1490 | 4.21% | 67 | 0.19% | 12666 | 35.75% |