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Table 1 States with Poverty Headcount ratio and BPL Population in India

From: Addressing poverty through disease control programmes: examples from Tuberculosis control in India

Sl no

State

Poverty Headcount ratio (%)*

BPL Population (million)**

1

Orissa

57.2

17.84

2

Bihar

54.4

36.91

3

Chhattisgarh

49.4

9.09

4

Madhya Pradesh

48.6

24.96

5

Jharkhand

45.3

11.63

6

Uttar Pradesh

40.9

59.00

7

Tripura

40.6

0.63

8

Maharashtra

38.1

31.73

9

Manipur

38.0

0.39

10

Assam

34.4

5.57

11

Rajasthan

34.4

13.48

12

West Bengal

34.3

20.83

13

Karnataka

33.4

13.88

14

Uttaranchal

32.7

3.59

15

Gujarat

31.8

9.06

16

Arunachal Pradesh

31.1

0.20

17

Sikkim

31.1

0.11

18

Andhra Pradesh

29.9

12.61

19

Tamil Nadu

28.9

14.56

20

Goa

25.0

0.20

21

Haryana

24.1

3.21

22

Himachal Pradesh

22.9

0.63

23

Punjab

20.9

2.16

24

Kerala

19.7

4.96

25

Meghalaya

16.1

0.45

26

Mizoram

15.3

0.11

27

Pondicherry

14.1

0.23

28

Jammu & Kashmir

13.2

0.58

29

Delhi

13.1

2.29

30

Nagaland

9.0

0.39

 

All India

37.2

301.28

  1. Source: *Planning commission of India, Tendulkar committee report, 2009
  2. **BPL Population of each state was obtained from the Planning Commission press note on poverty estimates for 2004-05. The note is available at http://planningcommission.gov.in/news/prmar07.pdf