List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2011. The list is compiled from the Annual Report of Reserve Bank of India published in 2013.[1] The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty-line [2] and is based on MRP-consumption. [3]
| Rank | State/U.T. | Poverty (% of people below poverty line)[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goa | 5.09 |
| 2 | Kerala | 7.05 |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | 8.06 |
| 4 | Sikkim | 8.19 |
| 5 | Punjab | 8.26 |
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | 9.20 |
| 7 | Haryana | 11.16 |
| 8 | Uttarakhand | 11.26 |
| 9 | Tamil Nadu | 11.28 |
| 10 | Meghalaya | 11.872 |
| 11 | Tripura | 14.05 |
| 12 | Rajasthan | 14.71 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 16.63 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 17.35 |
| 15 | Nagaland | 18.88 |
| 16 | West Bengal | 19.98 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 20.40 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 20.91 |
| ** | All India Average | 21.92 |
| 19 | Uttar Pradesh | 29.43 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 31.65 |
| 21 | Assam | 31.98 |
| 22 | Manipur | 32.59 |
| 23 | Bihar | 33.74 |
| 24 | Arunachal Pradesh | 34.67 |
| 25 | Odisha | 36.89 |
| 26 | Jharkhand | 36.96 |
| 27 | Chhattisgarh | 39.93 |
| 28 | Telangana | Insufficient Data |
| U/T | Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | 10.31 |
| U/T | Lakshadweep | 2.77 |
| U/T | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1.00 |
| U/T | Puducherry | 9.69 |
| U/T | Daman and Diu | 9.86 |
| U/T | Delhi | 9.91 |
| U/T | Chandigarh | 21.81 |
| U/T | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 39.31 |
References
- "Table 162, Number and Population Below Poverty Line". Reserve Bank of India, Government of India. 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
- "You will be on BPL list if your annual income is Rs.27,000".
- "Rural India spends most on mobiles: NSSO".
- "SDGs India Index". 31 December 2019.
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