A relatively better economic status of families in the district, mainly due to good income from employment in Gulf states, has limited the number of children working as labourers. A very small number of children were found working in some of the automobile workshops. They were working as apprentices and were supposed to open their own workshops after completion of training. Some of the working children were in bakeries, bicycle repair shops, black smith shop, hotels, engineering workshops, hair cutting saloons, tailoring shops, tunnoors (loaf makers) and welding works. In most of the cases children were working as apprentices and were paid a little amount as stipend. Fisheries and boat-making were the only sectors where a significant number of children were working. It was told that these children work with either their fathers or some other family members. In this way they are learning their family craft.

Wherever water is not available in the house, children are supposed to fetch water from the community tanks or ponds where rain water is stored. Sometimes they collect fuel wood also for household use. In the livestock farming communities, they herd cattle and help in cattle raising. All these tasks, performed by children, are considered as a help to their families, not as child labour.

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