| 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% |
| UT Zone Total | 1338560 | 164259 | 12.27% | 223907 | 16.73% | 176282 | 13.17% | 6608 | 0.49% | 17780 | 1.33% | 5117 | 0.38% | 744605 | 55.63% |
| State Total | 115249 | 18403 | 15.97% | 46711 | 40.53% | 8109 | 7.04% | 373 | 0.32% | 1596 | 1.38% | 434 | 0.38% | 39622 | 34.38% |
| Puducherry (02) | 88898 | 15096 | 16.98% | 35818 | 40.29% | 7080 | 7.96% | 342 | 0.38% | 967 | 1.09% | 331 | 0.37% | 29263 | 32.92% |
| Karaikal (04) | 26351 | 3307 | 12.55% | 10893 | 41.34% | 1029 | 3.9% | 31 | 0.12% | 629 | 2.39% | 103 | 0.39% | 10359 | 39.31% |