Some of the important food crops grown in Salem district are paddy, cholam, cumbu, redgram, greengram, blackgram, horsegram, turmeric, sugarcane, mango, bannana, tapiaco, groundnut and gingelly.Some of the important industries are Salem Steel Plant, Salem Diary, L.S.P. Oil Mills, B.S.P. Refinaries, Jawahar Mills, Narasus Roller Flour Mills, Salem District Co-op Spinning Mill, Tamilnadu Magnesites, Tata Refractoreis, Sambandam Spinning Mill etc.
| Important tourist centers of the Salem district are: Sri Sugavaneshwara Temple Sri Ramakrishna Mutt Sri Kumaragiri Temple Sri Kandhashram Temple Sri Kailasanathar Temple Sri Siddeshwara Temple Sri Thandontrieswara Temple Jamma Mazid |
Infant Jesus Church Yercaud (Jewel of the South) Mettur Dam Aragalur (Budda Statue) Sankarai (Old Famous Fort) Taramangalam Sri Kailashanather Temple Poiman Karadu, Salem |
| Districts of Tamil Nadu |
