| District 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% |
| South Zone Total | 39443917 | 9656119 | 24.48% | 20744050 | 52.59% | 819753 | 2.08% | 150626 | 0.38% | 882245 | 2.24% | 55553 | 0.14% | 7115892 | 18.04% |
| State Total | 10088119 | 1837857 | 18.22% | 6635442 | 65.77% | 162734 | 1.61% | 13309 | 0.13% | 366854 | 3.64% | 4641 | 0.05% | 1065974 | 10.57% |
| Thiruvallur (01) | 368152 | 40685 | 11.05% | 221149 | 60.07% | 25022 | 6.8% | 1027 | 0.28% | 10001 | 2.72% | 543 | 0.15% | 69725 | 18.94% |
| Kancheepuram (03) | 432465 | 37294 | 8.62% | 278831 | 64.47% | 11020 | 2.55% | 4264 | 0.99% | 18173 | 4.2% | 243 | 0.06% | 82640 | 19.11% |
| Vellore (04) | 587123 | 64949 | 11.06% | 431142 | 73.43% | 8510 | 1.45% | 365 | 0.06% | 21912 | 3.73% | 89 | 0.02% | 60156 | 10.25% |
| Tiruvannamalai (05) | 488091 | 139336 | 28.55% | 285441 | 58.48% | 12912 | 2.65% | 417 | 0.09% | 11220 | 2.3% | 526 | 0.11% | 38239 | 7.83% |
| Viluppuram (06) | 671784 | 159412 | 23.73% | 460168 | 68.5% | 5473 | 0.81% | 364 | 0.05% | 19194 | 2.86% | 153 | 0.02% | 27020 | 4.02% |
| Salem (07) | 501419 | 85941 | 17.14% | 351045 | 70.01% | 4737 | 0.94% | 161 | 0.03% | 20943 | 4.18% | 140 | 0.03% | 38104 | 7.6% |
| Namakkal (08) | 285291 | 56344 | 19.75% | 182773 | 64.07% | 3920 | 1.37% | 190 | 0.07% | 11606 | 4.07% | 102 | 0.04% | 30356 | 10.64% |
| Erode (09) | 322172 | 63428 | 19.69% | 206168 | 63.99% | 3227 | 1% | 373 | 0.12% | 12113 | 3.76% | 82 | 0.03% | 36781 | 11.42% |
| The Nilgiris (10) | 84323 | 12212 | 14.48% | 60955 | 72.29% | 978 | 1.16% | 38 | 0.05% | 1360 | 1.61% | 34 | 0.04% | 8746 | 10.37% |
| Dindigul (11) | 368203 | 61748 | 16.77% | 257960 | 70.06% | 3319 | 0.9% | 232 | 0.06% | 9074 | 2.46% | 131 | 0.04% | 35739 | 9.71% |
| Karur (12) | 176084 | 32893 | 18.68% | 124583 | 70.75% | 1221 | 0.69% | 95 | 0.05% | 5772 | 3.28% | 23 | 0.01% | 11497 | 6.53% |
| Tiruchirappalli (13) | 368071 | 69838 | 18.97% | 239197 | 64.99% | 3492 | 0.95% | 226 | 0.06% | 17252 | 4.69% | 71 | 0.02% | 37995 | 10.32% |
| Perambalur (14) | 122676 | 50430 | 41.11% | 63248 | 51.56% | 730 | 0.6% | 17 | 0.01% | 2200 | 1.79% | 6 | 0% | 6045 | 4.93% |
| Ariyalur (15) | 175439 | 53505 | 30.5% | 104995 | 59.85% | 1802 | 1.03% | 113 | 0.06% | 5637 | 3.21% | 16 | 0.01% | 9371 | 5.34% |
| Cuddalore (16) | 436344 | 95860 | 21.97% | 263428 | 60.37% | 10820 | 2.48% | 1384 | 0.32% | 8902 | 2.04% | 245 | 0.06% | 54835 | 12.57% |
| Nagapattinam (17) | 318840 | 57665 | 18.09% | 209475 | 65.7% | 3718 | 1.17% | 375 | 0.12% | 15448 | 4.85% | 111 | 0.03% | 32048 | 10.05% |
| Thiruvarur (18) | 258848 | 44755 | 17.29% | 179247 | 69.25% | 1917 | 0.74% | 182 | 0.07% | 13218 | 5.11% | 182 | 0.07% | 19347 | 7.47% |
| Thanjavur (19) | 407041 | 76274 | 18.74% | 263403 | 64.71% | 2858 | 0.7% | 116 | 0.03% | 19798 | 4.86% | 59 | 0.01% | 44533 | 10.94% |
| Pudukkottai (20) | 313859 | 82691 | 26.35% | 200357 | 63.84% | 1848 | 0.59% | 96 | 0.03% | 12911 | 4.11% | 38 | 0.01% | 15918 | 5.07% |
| Sivaganga (21) | 240032 | 65838 | 27.43% | 137225 | 57.17% | 3696 | 1.54% | 326 | 0.14% | 4008 | 1.67% | 129 | 0.05% | 28810 | 12% |
| Madurai (22) | 329414 | 37871 | 11.5% | 247336 | 75.08% | 3581 | 1.09% | 167 | 0.05% | 12704 | 3.86% | 63 | 0.02% | 27692 | 8.41% |
| Theni (23) | 151886 | 13727 | 9.04% | 118694 | 78.15% | 1399 | 0.92% | 168 | 0.11% | 5709 | 3.76% | 88 | 0.06% | 12101 | 7.97% |
| Virudhunagar (24) | 340545 | 20718 | 6.08% | 266274 | 78.19% | 4111 | 1.21% | 279 | 0.08% | 11537 | 3.39% | 143 | 0.04% | 37483 | 11.01% |
| Ramanathapuram (25) | 238720 | 71011 | 29.75% | 140499 | 58.86% | 1997 | 0.84% | 84 | 0.04% | 9135 | 3.83% | 70 | 0.03% | 15924 | 6.67% |
| Thoothukkudi (26) | 257307 | 20747 | 8.06% | 189557 | 73.67% | 1768 | 0.69% | 259 | 0.1% | 11687 | 4.54% | 84 | 0.03% | 33205 | 12.9% |
| Tirunelveli (27) | 422627 | 46640 | 11.04% | 304222 | 71.98% | 3233 | 0.76% | 430 | 0.1% | 19137 | 4.53% | 58 | 0.01% | 48907 | 11.57% |
| Kanniyakumari (28) | 166505 | 5887 | 3.54% | 110224 | 66.2% | 4496 | 2.7% | 224 | 0.13% | 3852 | 2.31% | 210 | 0.13% | 41612 | 24.99% |
| Dharmapuri (29) | 323955 | 78503 | 24.23% | 192392 | 59.39% | 7614 | 2.35% | 225 | 0.07% | 9172 | 2.83% | 175 | 0.05% | 35874 | 11.07% |
| Krishnagiri (30) | 343293 | 91852 | 26.76% | 192260 | 56% | 12215 | 3.56% | 407 | 0.12% | 12095 | 3.52% | 332 | 0.1% | 34132 | 9.94% |
| Coimbatore (31) | 268951 | 39953 | 14.86% | 147858 | 54.98% | 8475 | 3.15% | 497 | 0.18% | 11874 | 4.41% | 416 | 0.15% | 59878 | 22.26% |
| Tiruppur (32) | 318659 | 59850 | 18.78% | 205336 | 64.44% | 2625 | 0.82% | 208 | 0.07% | 19210 | 6.03% | 79 | 0.02% | 31261 | 9.81% |