 There were a total of 30,234 workers, comprising 1,117 cultivators, 6,602 main agricultural laborers, 621 in household industries, 18,623 other workers, 3,271 marginal workers, 89 marginal cultivators, 1,574 marginal agricultural laborers, 134 marginal workers in household industries and 1,474 other marginal workers.Bodinayakanur is the second largest and most populated town in Theni district; the town is the taluk headquarters.Due to the weather and natural environment, the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, called the town as "South Kashmir".