Agriculture labourers migrating in search of employment NAGERCOIL: Kanyakumari is primarily an agrarian district with 83 per cent of its population residing in villages and 58.8 per cent of its working population engaged in agricultural and allied activities. Besides, being a coastal district, fishing is a predominant activity in the coastal villages. The percentage of population belonging to religions other than Hinduism constitutes 48.7 per cent of the total population of the district as against 11.9 per cent for the entire State. Christians form 44.5 per cent of the population. Hence the district has been classified as a