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National Health Profile 2018
2.2.2. State/UT wise Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by States 2011-12
(Tendulkar Methodology)
S. No.
State/UTs
Rural
Urban
Total
Percentage of
Persons
No. of Persons
(lakhs)
Percentage of
Persons
No. of Persons
(lakhs)
Percentage of
Persons
No. of Persons
(lakhs)
1
Andhra Pradesh
11.0
61.8
5.8
17.0
9.2
78.8
2
Arunachal Pradesh
38.9
4.2
20.3
0.7
34.7
4.9
3
Assam
33.9
92.1
20.5
9.2
32.0
101.3
4
Bihar
34.1
320.4
31.2
37.8
33.7
358.2
5
Chhattisgarh
44.6
88.9
24.8
15.2
39.9
104.1
6
Goa
6.8
0.4
4.1
0.4
5.1
0.8
7
Gujarat
21.5
75.4
10.1
26.9
16.6
102.2
8
Haryana
11.6
19.4
10.3
9.4
11.2
28.8
9
Himachal Pradesh
8.5
5.3
4.3
0.3
8.1
5.6
10
Jammu & Kashmir
11.5
10.7
7.2
2.5
10.3
13.3
11
Jharkhand
40.8
104.1
24.8
20.2
37.0
124.3
12
Karnataka
24.5
92.8
15.3
37.0
20.9
129.8
13
Kerala
9.1
15.5
5.0
8.5
7.1
23.9
14
Madhya Pradesh
35.7
191.0
21.0
43.1
31.6
234.1
15
Maharashtra
24.2
150.6
9.1
47.4
17.4
197.9
16
Manipur
38.8
7.4
32.6
2.8
36.9
10.2
17
Meghalaya
12.5
3.0
9.3
0.6
11.9
3.6
18
Mizoram
35.4
1.9
6.4
0.4
20.4
2.3
19
Nagaland
19.9
2.8
16.5
1.0
18.9
3.8
20
Odisha
35.7
126.1
17.3
12.4
32.6
138.5
21
Punjab
7.7
13.4
9.2
9.8
8.3
23.2
22
Rajasthan
16.1
84.2
10.7
18.7
14.7
102.9
23
Sikkim
9.9
0.4
3.7
0.1
8.2
0.5
24
Tamil Nadu
15.8
59.2
6.5
23.4
11.3
82.6
25
Tripura
16.5
4.5
7.4
0.8
14.0
5.2
26
Uttar Pradesh
30.4
479.4
26.1
118.8
29.4
598.2
27
Uttrakhand
11.6
8.2
10.5
3.4
11.3
11.6
28
West Bengal
22.5
141.1
14.7
43.8
20.0
185.0
29
A & N Islands
1.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
30
Chandigarh
1.6
0.0
22.3
2.3
21.8
2.3
31
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
62.6
1.2
15.4
0.3
39.3
1.4
32
Daman & Diu
0.0
0.0
12.6
0.3
9.9
0.3
33
Delhi
12.9
0.5
9.8
16.5
9.9
17.0
34
Lakshadweep
0.0
0.0
3.4
0.0
2.8
0.0
35
Puducherry
17.1
0.7
6.3
0.6
9.7
1.2
All INDIA
25.7
2166.6
13.7
531.2
21.9
2697.8
Source:
National Instiution for Transforming India Aayog
Notes:
1
Poverty as on 1st March 2010 has been used for estimating number of persons below poverty line. (Interpolated between 2001
and 2011 population census)
2
Poverty ratio of Tamil Nadu is used for Puducherry & Andaman Nicobar Islands.
3
Urban poverty ratio of Punjab is used for both rural and urban poverty of Chandigarh
4
Poverty line of Maharashtra is used for Dadra & Nagar Haveli
5
Poverty ratio of Goa is used for Daman & Diu
6
Poverty ratio of Kerala is used for Lakshadweep