| TABLE 15: STATE-WISE POVERTY RATE (Concld.) |
| (Person in Lakh) |
| State/Union Territory | 2004-05 (Based on MRP Consumption)# | 2009-10 (Based on MRP Consumption)# | 2011-12 (Based on MRP Consumption)# |
| No. of Persons | Percentage | No. of Persons | Percentage | No. of Persons | Percentage |
| Andhra Pradesh | 238.8 | 29.9 | 176.6 | 21.1 | 78.8 | 9.2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3.6 | 31.1 | 3.5 | 25.9 | 4.9 | 34.7 |
| Assam | 97.3 | 34.4 | 116.4 | 37.9 | 101.3 | 32.0 |
| Bihar | 485.6 | 54.4 | 543.5 | 53.5 | 358.2 | 33.7 |
| Chhattisgarh | 109.9 | 49.4 | 121.9 | 48.7 | 104.1 | 39.9 |
| Goa | 3.6 | 25.0 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| Gujarat | 172.2 | 31.8 | 136.2 | 23.0 | 102.2 | 16.6 |
| Haryana | 55.1 | 24.1 | 50.0 | 20.1 | 28.8 | 11.2 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 14.6 | 22.9 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 8.1 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 14.2 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 13.3 | 10.4 |
| Jharkhand | 130.7 | 45.3 | 126.2 | 39.1 | 124.3 | 37.0 |
| Karnataka | 185.7 | 33.4 | 142.3 | 23.6 | 129.8 | 20.9 |
| Kerala | 65.0 | 19.7 | 39.6 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 7.1 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 316.9 | 48.6 | 261.8 | 36.7 | 234.1 | 31.7 |
| Maharashtra | 393.3 | 38.1 | 270.8 | 24.5 | 197.9 | 17.4 |
| Manipur | 8.7 | 38.0 | 12.5 | 47.1 | 10.2 | 36.9 |
| Meghalaya | 3.9 | 16.1 | 4.9 | 17.1 | 3.6 | 11.9 |
| Mizoram | 1.4 | 15.3 | 2.3 | 21.1 | 2.3 | 20.4 |
| Nagaland | 1.9 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 20.9 | 3.8 | 18.9 |
| Odisha | 220.2 | 57.2 | 153.2 | 37.0 | 138.5 | 32.6 |
| Punjab | 53.8 | 20.9 | 43.5 | 15.9 | 23.2 | 8.3 |
| Rajasthan | 210.3 | 34.4 | 167.0 | 24.8 | 102.9 | 14.7 |
| Sikkim | 1.8 | 31.1 | 0.8 | 13.1 | 0.5 | 8.2 |
| Tamil Nadu | 186.8 | 28.9 | 121.8 | 17.1 | 82.6 | 11.3 |
| Tripura | 13.7 | 40.6 | 6.3 | 17.4 | 5.2 | 14.1 |
| Uttarakhand | 29.7 | 32.7 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 11.6 | 11.3 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 735.5 | 40.9 | 737.9 | 37.7 | 598.2 | 29.4 |
| West Bengal | 289.1 | 34.3 | 240.3 | 26.7 | 185.0 | 20.0 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Chandigarh | 1.1 | 11.6 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 21.8 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1.3 | 49.3 | 1.3 | 39.1 | 1.4 | 39.3 |
| Delhi | 20.4 | 13.1 | 23.3 | 14.2 | 17.0 | 9.9 |
| Daman & Diu | 0.2 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 33.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 |
| Lakshadweep | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Puducherry | 1.5 | 14.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 9.7 |
| ALL INDIA | 4076.1 | 37.2 | 3546.8 | 29.8 | 2697.8 | 21.9 |
.: Not Applicable.
MRP: Mixed Recall Period. *: Lakdawala Methodology. #: Tendulkar Methodology. (Please see notes on table).
Sources: National Sample Survey Organisation; and NITI Aayog (Erstwhile Planning Commission). |