Table 6. Percentage of abject poor households, moderate poor households and the percentage of population living below the poverty line (consumption poverty) in the states of India, 2005–06.
| Sr No | States | Combined | Rural | Urban | Percentage of population living below poverty line, 2004–05 | |||||
| Abject poor | Moderate poor | Abject poor | Moderate poor | Abject poor | Moderate poor | Combined | Rural | Urban | ||
| 1 | Kerala | 1.2 | 14 | 1 | 13.5 | 1.6 | 15.1 | 15 | 13.2 | 20.2 |
| 2 | Himachal Pradesh | 1.8 | 22 | 1.7 | 22.7 | 2.6 | 16.2 | 10 | 10.7 | 3.4 |
| 3 | Goa | 4.5 | 18.5 | 3.5 | 16.3 | 5.2 | 20.2 | 13.8 | 5.4 | 21.3 |
| 4 | Delhi | 5.5 | 19.6 | 0.9 | 24.8 | 5.9 | 19.2 | 14.7 | 6.9 | 15.2 |
| 5 | Punjab | 5.7 | 28 | 4.7 | 30.7 | 7.1 | 23.9 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 7.1 |
| 6 | Sikkim | 5.7 | 31 | 6.1 | 32.8 | 4.1 | 23.8 | 20.1 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 7 | Mizoram | 6.1 | 20.3 | 7.9 | 23.3 | 4.6 | 17.8 | 12.6 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 8 | Jammu and Kashmir | 7.2 | 30.9 | 8.1 | 34.2 | 5.4 | 23.5 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Manipur | 8.3 | 26.7 | 7.9 | 23.1 | 9.3 | 34.4 | 17.3 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 10 | Uttaranchal | 8.5 | 26.5 | 8.3 | 28.5 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 39.6 | 40.8 | 36.5 |
| 11 | Haryana | 10.1 | 31.3 | 10.1 | 33.9 | 10.1 | 25.6 | 14 | 13.6 | 15.1 |
| 12 | Maharashtra | 11.2 | 28.7 | 15 | 32.5 | 7.2 | 24.6 | 30.7 | 29.6 | 32.2 |
| 13 | Nagaland | 11.7 | 28.4 | 12.3 | 29.1 | 10.1 | 26.6 | 19 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 14 | Karnataka | 11.8 | 32 | 12.4 | 35.3 | 10.8 | 27.1 | 25 | 20.8 | 32.6 |
| 15 | Gujarat | 12.5 | 33.7 | 14.1 | 36.5 | 10.4 | 29.8 | 16.8 | 19.1 | 13 |
| 16 | Tamil Nadu | 13.4 | 32 | 11.8 | 33.2 | 15.2 | 30.6 | 22.5 | 22.8 | 22.2 |
| 17 | Tripura | 13.7 | 28.9 | 12.4 | 27.2 | 19.6 | 37.1 | 18.9 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 18 | Andhra Pradesh | 19.6 | 35.9 | 19.1 | 37.2 | 20.6 | 32.9 | 15.8 | 11.2 | 28 |
| 19 | West Bengal | 20.4 | 30.4 | 24.4 | 32.2 | 12.1 | 26.6 | 24.7 | 28.6 | 14.8 |
| 20 | Meghalaya | 21.8 | 34.8 | 25.9 | 37.5 | 10.3 | 27.2 | 18.5 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 21 | Assam | 23.1 | 36 | 25.7 | 35.1 | 12.8 | 39.5 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 22 | Chhattisgarh | 24.9 | 35 | 27.2 | 35.2 | 16.6 | 34.4 | 40.9 | 40.8 | 41.2 |
| 23 | Uttar Pradesh | 24.9 | 33.6 | 27 | 35.6 | 18.5 | 27.8 | 32.8 | 33.4 | 30.6 |
| 24 | Rajasthan | 25.4 | 34.2 | 30.7 | 36.5 | 12.5 | 28.5 | 22.1 | 18.7 | 32.9 |
| 25 | Arunachal Pradesh | 25.9 | 26.1 | 27.7 | 35.3 | 21.4 | 38.1 | 17.6 | 22.3 | 3.3 |
| 26 | Orissa | 28.3 | 32.1 | 30 | 32 | 20 | 33 | 46.4 | 46.8 | 44.3 |
| 27 | Madhya Pradesh | 30.3 | 32.7 | 34.9 | 33.7 | 18.6 | 30.2 | 38.3 | 36.9 | 42.1 |
| 28 | Jharkhand | 37.8 | 31.8 | 45 | 32.4 | 16.6 | 30.1 | 40.3 | 46.3 | 20.2 |
| 29 | Bihar | 39.4 | 31.4 | 41.5 | 32 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 41.4 | 42.1 | 34.6 |
| India | 20.1 | 31.6 | 23.4 | 33.4 | 13.3 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 28.3 | 25.7 | |
| SD (All states) | 10.6 | 5.6 | 12.3 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 14.1 | |
| Mean | 15.9 | 29.2 | 17.1 | 30.8 | 11.9 | 27.4 | 22.8 | 23.4 | 18.7 | |
| CV | 66.5 | 19.2 | 72.0 | 19.9 | 55.0 | 23.2 | 49.0 | 51.6 | 75.4 | |