A study was conducted in Tuticorin district to analyse the income and employment pattern of agricultural labourers. The study indicated that the average annual employment per family was 494.25 mandays for males and 335.45 for females. Agriculture contributed a major share of 53.78 per cent of employment for males and 58.21 percent for females. The annual per capita employment for males in the study area was 268.83 mandays and for females it was 247.97 mandays. The average annual income per family was Rs. 22965.41, of which wage income accounted for 68.73 percent and non-farm income 22.78 percent. The mean annual per capita income was Rs. 7319.56.
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