A Status of Nomadic Arunthathiyar Entrepreneur of Amulet Makers in Tirunelveli Corporation of Tamil Nadu

In India, every third Indian is a migrant; according to the 2016 Census report in Tamil Nadu, the migrants have increased exponentially to the extent of 98%. The fulfillment of basic needs for migrant people is a problem for Central and State Governments, The present study was necessitated owing to the above. This study was conducted in Tirunelveli Corporation Area, which comprises four zones like Tirunelveli, Palayamkottai, Thatchanallur, and Melapalayam, which is the Southern part of Tamil Nadu. It highlights the Socio-demographic profile of the Homeless in the Urban Areas and examines their traditional occupations. This study deals with the Cast-evil eye dispeller materials produced and sold in the urban areas. Besides, as a traditional occupation, it has brought about economic liberty among women and families, and this community has been deprived of its social welfare. It is a purely empirical study. It was found that 361 homeless families are living and making Cast-evil eye dispellers on the roadside platforms of Tirunelveli Corporation. Among those, one-third of the families were taken for the present study. Among the families, 74 % are female; the remaining 46 % are male. They are lowly educated, hail largely from Rural poor families. They belong to the Hindu Scheduled Caste. A large majority of the cast-evil eye dispellers shift their families, yearly five times, and the remaining of them move their families three times, shifting between the Tirunelveli Corporation area and their native. A great majority of the homeless people have been deprived of their social welfare schemes in both areas in their native and migrated areas. Otherwise, the nomadic way of life, the arunthathiyars, slip through the social welfare programme. Of the total, two-thirds of them are earning Rs. 10,000-12,000 per month, and the remaining one-third of them are earning Rs. 8,000-10,000/- by doing traditional jobs. It was found out that one-third of them properly put up their money in savings and utilize the money for domestic purposes such as renovation of their Houses and Building New Houses. The remaining two-thirds of them spend their money lavishly.