| Town Name | Total Population |
Wages Earned | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | Weakly | Monthly | Irregularly | Not Wages Earner | |||||||
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
| All India | 299994863 | 28631373 | 9.54% | 6941074 | 2.31% | 57549351 | 19.18% | 11289737 | 3.76% | 195493804 | 65.17% |
| State Total | 28410592 | 3494580 | 12.3% | 1306071 | 4.6% | 5488869 | 19.32% | 708939 | 2.5% | 17395256 | 61.23% |
| District Total | 324887 | 60883 | 18.74% | 2350 | 0.72% | 39750 | 0% | 7222 | 2.22% | 214682 | 66.08% |
| Kilvelur (TP) (7362) | 7342 | 1912 | 26.04% | 64 | 0.87% | 782 | 10.65% | 75 | 1.02% | 4509 | 61.41% |
| Kuthalam (TP) (7358) | 14214 | 2901 | 20.41% | 11 | 0.08% | 1529 | 10.76% | 1304 | 9.17% | 8469 | 59.58% |
| Manalmedu (TP) (7356) | 8613 | 2105 | 24.44% | 98 | 1.14% | 556 | 6.46% | 178 | 2.07% | 5676 | 65.9% |
| Mayiladuthurai (M) (7357) | 72760 | 11877 | 16.32% | 313 | 0.43% | 11592 | 15.93% | 2007 | 2.76% | 46971 | 64.56% |
| Nagapattinam (M) (7361) | 93298 | 17243 | 18.48% | 418 | 0.45% | 11701 | 12.54% | 808 | 0.87% | 63128 | 67.66% |
| Sirkali (M) (7354) | 33998 | 5939 | 17.47% | 65 | 0.19% | 4531 | 13.33% | 474 | 1.39% | 22989 | 67.62% |
| Thalainayar (TP) (7364) | 12576 | 3357 | 26.69% | 23 | 0.18% | 587 | 4.67% | 561 | 4.46% | 8048 | 63.99% |
| Tharangambadi (TP) (7359) | 21702 | 4624 | 21.31% | 98 | 0.45% | 2278 | 10.5% | 797 | 3.67% | 13905 | 64.07% |
| Tittacheri (TP) (7360) | 9450 | 1144 | 12.11% | 62 | 0.66% | 786 | 8.32% | 133 | 1.41% | 7325 | 77.51% |
| Vaitheeswarankoil (TP) (7355) | 7794 | 1584 | 20.32% | 19 | 0.24% | 801 | 10.28% | 144 | 1.85% | 5246 | 67.31% |
| Vedaranyam (M) (7365) | 32741 | 5848 | 17.86% | 1158 | 3.54% | 3517 | 10.74% | 700 | 2.14% | 21518 | 65.72% |
| Velankanni (TP) (7363) | 10399 | 2349 | 22.59% | 21 | 0.2% | 1090 | 10.48% | 41 | 0.39% | 6898 | 66.33% |