Table 18.5.

Indicators comparison of Bihar and Maharashtra.

No.	Indicators	Bihar	Maharashtra
A	Demographic indicator
A.1	Population	104,099,452	112,374,333
A.2	Projected population by 2020	1,21,302,000	1,23,295,000
A.3	Population density	1102	365
A.4	Percentage of population in the age of 60 and above (2018)	6.3	9.0

B	Socioeconomic indicator
B.1	Literacy rate (Census of India, 2011a, Census of India, 2011b)	61.8	82.3
B.2	Percentage of population below poverty line	33.7	31.6
B.3	Per capita net SDP∗ (2015–16) (in rupees)	31,454	147,399
B.4	Employment in the organized sector (in lakhs)	4.26	49.52
B.5	Percentage of houses made of grass, thatch, bamboo, wood, mud, etc.	31.1%	6.1%
B.6	Percentage of houses with safe drinking water supply through tap water	4.4%	67.9%
B.7	Percentage of households with toilets (rural)	48	77
B.8	Percentage of households with toilets (urban)	92	86

C	Health status indicators
C.1	Total cases of acute respiratory infection (2018)	976,181	1,736,580
C.2	Number of persons diagnosed with diabetes	47,337	155,628
C.3	Number of persons diagnosed with hypertension	24,774	250,875

D	Health finance indicators
D.1	Total health expenditure in 2015–16 (in million INR)	46,530	100,520
D.2	Per capita health expenditure in 2015–16 (in INR)	491	1011
D.3	Health expenditure as a percentage of the state GDP	1.33%	0.60%

Data sources for different indicators are mentioned in Table 18.4