The target stakeholders namely women, men and children from dalit and backward caste communities have been awakened and formed into people’s groups for enabling them to decide their own destiny with collective strength and power. During the reporting span, many new people’s organizations have been formed and the new organizations were guided and motivated by the other existing people’s organizations to grow well. The following table will give you the details pertaining to the existing people’s organizations functioning in the jurisdiction of Tirunelveli Social Service Society as on 31st March 2017.
Zone-wise details of Women, men and children Self Help groups and its members in the brackets.
| S.No | Name of the zone | Name of the Block | Women | Men | Children |
| 1 | Palayamkottai | Manur-I* | 48 (906) | 08 (122) | – |
| 2 | Palayamkottai | Manur-II* | 35 (638) | 08 (170) | – |
| 3 | Palayamkottai | Palayamkottai | 40 (850) | – | – |
| 4 | Palayamkottai | Corporation | 85 (1354) | – | – |
| 5 | Ambasamuthiram | Ambasamuthiram | 52 (716) | 06 (112) | – |
| 6 | Ambasamuthiram | Cheranmahadevi | 47 (667) | 04 (55) | – |
| 7 | Ambasamuthiram | Kadayam | 95 (1358) | 09 (140) | 01 (30) |
| 8 | Ambasamuthiram | Papakudi | 47 (768) | 11 (132) | – |
| 9 | Tenkasi | Tenkasi & Shenkottai* | 51 (561) | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tenkasi | Alankulam | 122 (1900) | 2 (35) | 2 (35) |
| 11 | Tenkasi | Keezhapavoor | 74 (915) | 4 (48) | 2 (40) |
| 12 | Kovilpatti | Kovilpatti | 35 (568) | 7(229) | – |
| 13 | Kovilpatti | Kayathar-East* | 48 (502) | 4 (157) | – |
| 14 | Kovilpatti | Kayathar-West* | 26 (355) | 2 (24) | – |
| 15 | Kovilpatti | Ottapidaram | 46 (530) | 4 (40) | – |
| 16 | Sankarankovil | Melaneelithanallur(E)* | 92 (1100) | 5 (60) | 0 |
| 17 | Sankarankovil | Melaneelithanallur(W)* | 17 (210) | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Sankarankovil | Vasudevanallur | 93 (1150) | 7 (90) | 1 (15) |
| 19 | Sankarankovil | Kuruvikulam | 147 (1900) | 2 (30) | 1 (13) |
| 20 | Sankarankovil | Sankarankovil | 23 (275) | 1 (14) | 0 |
| Total | Five Zones | 20 blocks | 1223
(17223) |
84
(1458) |
07
(133) |
TSSS works in 20 blocks, 16 town panchayats and Tirunelveli corporation and forms the above-mentioned groups.
*Note: A few blocks have been divided into two and a few blocks have been joined as one for the purpose of administration and supervision.
