Their huts are very much congested and stay close to one another. Their lack of awareness in sanitation and health programs put them in a battalion of infectious diseases and this lead to the untimely death of muthuvans. Except in Devikulam and Thodupuzha block panchayats, the Ooralies are active in other places of Idukki District. They possess hide bound customs and regulations but are very backward in educational aspects. Even then they have the third position among the tribes in literary and basic educational realms.
Agriculture is their main occupation.
But they also engage in cattle breeding and collection of forest products.