List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate

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This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2020 (2011-12) as hosted by NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals dashboard; and Reserve Bank of India's 'Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy'.[1][2] The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty -line which is computed as per Tendulkar method on Mixed Reference Period (MRP).[3][4]

State/UT State/UT specific poverty line % of population

living below the

national poverty percentage

Rural (Rs) Urban (Rs)
States
Goa 1090 1134 5.09
Kerala 1018 987 7.05
Himachal Pradesh 913 1064 8.06
Sikkim 930 1226 8.19
Punjab 1054 1155 8.26
Andhra Pradesh 860 1009 10.2
Haryana 1015 1169 11.16
Uttarakhand 880 1082 11.26
Tamil Nadu 880 937 11.28
Meghalaya 888 1154 11.87
Tripura 798 920 18.05
Rajasthan 905 1002 15.71
Maharashtra 967 1126 17.35
Gujarat 932 1152 17.63
Nagaland 1270 1302 18.88
West Bengal 1783 2381 19.98
Mizoram 1066 1155 20.4
Karnataka 902 1089 20.91
All India 816 1000 21.92
Uttar Pradesh 768 941 29.43
Madhya Pradesh 771 897 31.65
Assam 828 1008 31.98
Odisha 695 861 32.59
Bihar 778 923 33.74
Arunachal Pradesh 930 1060 34.67
Manipur 1118 1170 36.89
Jharkhand 748 974 36.96
Chhattisgarh 738 849 39.93
Telangana – – –
Union Territories
Andaman and Nicobar Islands – – 1
Lakshadweep – – 2.77
Puducherry 1301 1309 9.69
Delhi 1145 1134 9.91
Jammu and Kashmir 891 988 10.35
Chandigarh – – 21.81
Dadra and Nagar Haveli – – 39.31
Daman and Diu – – 9.86

Supporting content[edit]

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population). Based on World Bank data ranging from 1998 to 2018.[5]
World population living in extreme poverty, 1990-2015
Various poverty lines and resulting percentage of BPL population
Method Line Figure % of poor population Poor population
World Bank (2021) poverty line 1.90 (PPP $ day) 6 84m [6]
lower middle-income line 3.20 (PPP $ day) 26.2 365m [6]
upper middle-income line 5.50 (PPP $ day) 60.1 838m [6]
Asian Development Bank (2014) poverty line $ 1.51 per person per day [7]
Tendulkar Expert Group (2009) urban poverty line Rs 32 per person per day consumption [8]
rural poverty line Rs 26 per person per day consumption [8]
Rangrajan Committee (2014) urban poverty line Rs 47 daily per capita expenditure [8]
rural poverty line Rs 32 daily per capita expenditure [8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ SDG India Index 2020-21 (3 June 2021). "SDGs India Index". Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy. Table 154 : Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line. (2011-12)". Reserve Bank of India. Retrieved 2021-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Balchand, K.; Sunderarajan, P. (2011-05-21). "You will be on BPL list if your annual income is Rs.27,000". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  4. ↑ Vikram, Kumar (9 July 2016). "Rural India spends most on mobiles: NSSO". India Today. Retrieved 2021-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Infographic: New lines, but India still home to biggest chunk of global poor". The Times of India. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2021-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014. Special Chapter: Poverty in Asia. A Deeper Look (PDF) (45 ed.). Philippines: Asian Development Bank. 2014. ISBN 978-92-9254-595-6.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Gaur, Seema; Rao, Srinivasa (September 2020). "Poverty Measurement in India: A Status Update" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Retrieved 13 September 2021. Authors are Principal Economic Adviser and Economic Adviser respectively in the Department of Rural Development.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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