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| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| Total | 6.22 | 6.77 | 7.32 | 7.87 | 8.42 | 8.97 | 9.52 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 17.8 | 19.1 | 20.3 | 21.6 | 22.8 | 24.5 | 26.2 | 27.9 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 33.0 |
| Urban | 18.9 | 20.1 | 21.4 | 22.6 | 23.8 | 25.1 | 26.3 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 29.5 | 30.2 | 30.8 | 31.5 | 32.1 | 32.8 | 33.5 | 35.7 | 37.9 | 40.2 | 42.4 | 44.6 | 46.9 | 48.7 | 50.5 | 52.4 | 54.2 | 56.1 | 57.9 |
| Rural | 1.41 | 1.69 | 1.97 | 2.25 | 2.53 | 2.82 | 3.10 | 3.38 | 3.66 | 4.08 | 4.49 | 4.91 | 5.32 | 5.74 | 6.15 | 6.57 | 7.40 | 8.23 | 9.06 | 9.88 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 18.9 |
| Poor | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.63 | 0.69 | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.88 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.18 | 1.23 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.24 | 1.16 | 1.08 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.60 |
| Nonpoor | 33.1 | 34.3 | 35.5 | 36.7 | 37.9 | 39.1 | 40.3 | 41.5 | 42.7 | 43.2 | 43.8 | 44.3 | 44.9 | 45.5 | 46.0 | 46.6 | 46.7 | 46.9 | 47.0 | 47.2 | 47.4 | 47.5 | 48.6 | 49.7 | 50.7 | 51.8 | 52.9 | 54.0 |
| Lowest 25% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| Second 25% | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.49 | 0.64 | 0.80 | 0.96 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.49 | 1.90 | 2.31 | 2.72 | 3.13 | 3.54 |
| Third 25% | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 0.89 | 1.42 | 1.95 | 2.48 | 3.00 | 3.53 | 4.06 | 4.59 | 6.13 | 7.67 | 9.21 | 10.8 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 17.4 | 21.0 | 24.5 | 28.1 | 31.6 | 35.2 |
| Highest 25% | 24.3 | 26.5 | 28.6 | 30.8 | 32.9 | 35.1 | 37.3 | 39.4 | 41.6 | 43.6 | 45.5 | 47.5 | 49.5 | 51.5 | 53.4 | 55.4 | 58.9 | 62.4 | 65.8 | 69.3 | 72.8 | 76.3 | 79.1 | 81.9 | 84.7 | 87.6 | 90.4 | 93.2 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 62.8 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 62.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 4.60 | 4.83 | 5.06 | 5.28 | 5.51 | 5.74 | 5.97 | 6.19 | 6.42 | 7.05 | 7.68 | 8.31 | 8.94 | 9.57 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 17.7 | 20.1 | 22.4 | 24.8 | 27.2 | 29.6 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2.11 | 2.29 | 2.47 | 2.65 | 2.83 | 3.00 | 3.18 | 3.36 | 3.54 | 4.63 | 5.73 | 6.82 | 7.92 | 9.01 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 15.4 | 19.6 | 23.8 | 27.9 | 32.1 | 36.3 | 32.5 | 28.6 | 24.8 | 20.9 | 17.1 | 13.2 |
| Assam | 2.31 | 2.51 | 2.71 | 2.90 | 3.10 | 3.30 | 3.50 | 3.69 | 3.89 | 4.34 | 4.79 | 5.24 | 5.68 | 6.13 | 6.58 | 7.03 | 8.05 | 9.07 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 9.47 |
| Bihar | 3.53 | 3.41 | 3.29 | 3.17 | 3.05 | 2.93 | 2.81 | 2.69 | 2.57 | 2.94 | 3.31 | 3.68 | 4.06 | 4.43 | 4.80 | 5.17 | 4.91 | 4.65 | 4.40 | 4.14 | 3.88 | 3.62 | 3.86 | 4.11 | 4.35 | 4.59 | 4.83 | 5.08 |
| Chandigarth | 43.2 | 48.9 | 54.5 | 60.1 | 65.8 | 71.4 | 77.0 | 82.7 | 88.3 | 93.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 11.4 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 19.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 56.0 | 53.2 | 50.3 | 47.5 | 44.6 | 41.7 | 38.9 | 36.0 | 33.2 | 30.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daman and Diu | 47.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goa | 26.5 | 28.3 | 30.0 | 31.8 | 33.6 | 35.4 | 37.2 | 39.0 | 40.8 | 43.0 | 45.3 | 47.5 | 49.8 | 52.0 | 54.2 | 56.5 | 55.0 | 53.5 | 52.0 | 50.5 | 49.1 | 47.6 | 53.1 | 58.6 | 64.0 | 69.5 | 75.0 | 80.5 |
| Gujarat | 9.84 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 26.1 | 28.2 | 30.3 | 32.4 | 34.5 | 36.6 | 39.0 | 41.3 | 43.7 | 46.1 | 48.5 | 50.9 |
| Haryana | 13.0 | 14.5 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 23.1 | 24.5 | 26.1 | 27.7 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 34.2 | 35.8 | 38.6 | 41.3 | 44.0 | 46.8 | 49.5 | 52.3 | 55.4 | 58.5 | 61.7 | 64.8 | 67.9 | 71.1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5.28 | 6.97 | 8.66 | 10.4 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 18.8 | 21.4 | 24.1 | 26.7 | 29.3 | 31.9 | 34.5 | 37.2 | 40.1 | 43.1 | 46.1 | 49.0 | 52.0 | 54.9 | 56.8 | 58.6 | 60.5 | 62.3 | 64.2 | 66.0 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 18.3 | 20.3 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 26.1 | 28.0 | 32.1 | 36.2 | 40.3 | 44.4 | 48.4 | 52.5 | 51.2 | 49.9 | 48.5 | 47.2 | 45.9 | 44.5 |
| Jharkhand | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4.16 | 4.87 | 5.58 | 6.28 | 6.99 | 7.70 | 8.41 | 9.11 | 9.82 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 20.6 | 22.8 | 25.0 | 27.2 | 29.4 |
| Kerala | 8.79 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 20.4 | 22.2 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 27.6 | 29.4 | 31.2 | 33.0 | 37.2 | 41.4 | 45.7 | 49.9 | 54.1 | 58.3 | 61.7 | 65.0 | 68.4 | 71.8 | 75.2 | 78.6 |
| Lakshadweep | 83.5 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 83.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3.66 | 4.01 | 4.36 | 4.70 | 5.05 | 5.39 | 5.74 | 6.08 | 6.43 | 6.91 | 7.39 | 7.87 | 8.35 | 8.83 | 9.31 | 9.79 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 20.2 |
| Maharashtra | 9.69 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 18.3 | 19.4 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 22.8 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 28.9 | 31.7 | 34.4 | 37.1 | 39.8 | 42.5 |
| Manipur | 3.75 | 3.87 | 3.99 | 4.11 | 4.23 | 4.35 | 4.47 | 4.59 | 4.71 | 5.70 | 6.68 | 7.67 | 8.66 | 9.65 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 17.2 | 22.9 | 28.5 | 34.1 | 39.7 | 45.3 | 39.8 | 34.3 | 28.7 | 23.2 | 17.7 | 12.1 |
| Meghalaya | 2.77 | 2.92 | 3.07 | 3.22 | 3.37 | 3.51 | 3.66 | 3.81 | 3.96 | 4.72 | 5.47 | 6.23 | 6.98 | 7.74 | 8.49 | 9.25 | 11.5 | 13.8 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 20.6 | 22.8 | 20.1 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 8.93 | 6.15 |
| Mizoram | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 25.6 | 28.1 | 30.6 | 33.1 | 42.0 | 50.8 | 59.6 | 68.5 | 77.3 | 86.2 | 80.2 | 74.2 | 68.3 | 62.3 | 56.4 | 50.4 |
| Nagaland | 3.94 | 4.06 | 4.18 | 4.29 | 4.41 | 4.53 | 4.65 | 4.76 | 4.88 | 5.74 | 6.60 | 7.46 | 8.32 | 9.18 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 22.5 | 34.1 | 45.7 | 57.2 | 68.8 | 80.4 | 66.4 | 52.4 | 38.4 | 24.4 | 16.3 | 8.15 |
| New Delhi | 38.8 | 41.4 | 44.1 | 46.8 | 49.4 | 52.1 | 54.8 | 57.5 | 60.1 | 60.2 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 60.4 | 60.4 | 60.5 | 60.6 | 63.7 | 66.9 | 70.1 | 73.2 | 76.4 | 79.6 | 77.5 | 75.4 | 73.3 | 71.2 | 69.1 | 67.0 |
| Orissa | 1.65 | 1.91 | 2.17 | 2.43 | 2.69 | 2.96 | 3.22 | 3.48 | 3.74 | 4.30 | 4.86 | 5.42 | 5.98 | 6.54 | 7.10 | 7.66 | 8.52 | 9.39 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 15.0 |
| Puducherry | 75.5 | 73.9 | 72.3 | 70.7 | 69.1 | 67.5 | 65.9 | 64.3 | 62.7 | 61.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Punjab | 21.3 | 23.9 | 26.6 | 29.2 | 31.8 | 34.4 | 37.0 | 39.7 | 42.3 | 43.9 | 45.5 | 47.1 | 48.7 | 50.3 | 52.0 | 53.6 | 57.6 | 61.6 | 65.6 | 69.6 | 73.6 | 77.6 | 79.4 | 81.2 | 83.1 | 84.9 | 86.7 | 88.6 |
| Rajasthan | 4.89 | 5.35 | 5.81 | 6.28 | 6.74 | 7.21 | 7.67 | 8.14 | 8.60 | 9.40 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 17.6 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 22.6 | 25.9 | 29.3 | 32.6 | 35.9 | 39.2 |
| Sikkim | 1.64 | 3.26 | 4.89 | 6.51 | 8.13 | 9.76 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 22.7 | 27.5 | 32.3 | 37.1 | 41.9 | 46.8 | 40.6 | 34.5 | 28.4 | 22.3 | 16.2 | 10.0 | |||||
| Tamil Nadu | 3.63 | 4.01 | 4.39 | 4.77 | 5.15 | 5.54 | 5.92 | 6.30 | 6.68 | 7.47 | 8.27 | 9.06 | 9.86 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 14.7 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 22.1 | 24.6 | 27.1 | 29.9 | 32.6 | 35.4 | 38.2 | 40.9 | 43.7 |
| Telangana | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1.85 | 2.46 | 3.07 | 3.69 | 4.30 | 4.91 | 5.52 | 6.14 | 6.75 | 7.20 | 7.66 | 8.11 | 8.57 | 9.02 | 9.48 | 9.93 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 22.5 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5.45 | 5.72 | 5.99 | 6.26 | 6.53 | 6.79 | 7.06 | 7.33 | 7.60 | 8.14 | 8.67 | 9.21 | 9.74 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 17.9 | 20.0 | 22.2 | 24.4 | 26.5 |
| Uttaranchal | 13.1 | 17.3 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 29.8 | 34.0 | 38.2 | 42.4 | 46.5 | 50.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4.97 | 5.37 | 5.77 | 6.17 | 6.57 | 6.98 | 7.38 | 7.78 | 8.18 | 8.60 | 9.02 | 9.44 | 9.86 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 19.6 |