 There were a total of 27,764 workers, comprising 1,327 cultivators, 4,140 main agricultural labourers, 2,071 in house hold industries, 19,257 other workers, 969 marginal workers, 30 marginal cultivators, 129 marginal agricultural labourers, 114 marginal workers in household industries and 696 other marginal workers.As per the religious census of 2011, Edappadi had 96.1% Hindus, 3.03% Muslims, 0.72% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs, 0.0% Buddhists, 0.0% Jains, 0.13% following other religions and 0.0% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.Most of the population is depending on Agriculture & Power Loom weaving.