As per census 2011, there are 72 million people in Tamilnadu among which 20.04 percent of the state population are scheduled castes.Tamilnadu is today the most urbanized state in India with 43 percent of the population living in urban areas. But the standard of living of the people belongs to scheduled castes is not reached the target.Still, their socio-economic conditions are not well structured and improved in Tamilnadu. Governments are taking various steps to develop living conditions of Dalit people, people have to come forward to utilize the schemes. This paper is an attempt to identify the socio-economic conditions of dalit in Tamilnadu.