Total Population- 2001

166,052,859

Sex Ration -2001

898

Income

Per Capita Net state domestic product 1998-99 (at 93-94 prices Rs. )

6,117

Percentage of persons in labour force 1999-2000

58

Percentage of Females in labour force 1999-2000

29

Percentage of Population below poverty line 1999-2000

31

Education

Literacy rate 2001 (%)

57

Male Literacy Rate 2001 (%)

70 43

Female Literacy Rate 2001 (%)

Rural Literacy Rate 2001 (%)

54

Urban Literacy Rate 2001 (%)

71

Teacher Pupil Ratio (Primary School) 1999-2000

42

Health & Environment

Life expectancy at birth 1992-96 (Years)

57

Life expectancy at birth (Rural) 1992-96 (Years)

56

Life expectancy at birth (Urban) 1992-96 (Years)

62

Infant mortality rate 2000

83

Under 5 mortality rate 1991

134

Maternal mortality rate 1998 (per 1,00,000 live births)

707

Total fertility rate 1998

5

Percentage of Houses with access to safe drinking water 1991

62

Percentage of Houses with access to toilet facilities 1997

33

Percentage of recorded forest area to total geographical area 2002

7.05