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Based on this, the gender development index (GDI) is derived. The districts are arranged<br />

in ascending order of GDI such that the lowest ranked state is listed first and the highest<br />

ranked state is listed at the end. Here also the worst off districts are Dharmapuri,<br />

Villupuram, Krishnagiri and Thiruvannamalai.<br />

Districts<br />

Table 4.3: Gender Development Index<br />

Life Expectancy at Birth Literacy Rate Gross Enrolment Ratio Per Capita Income (PPP$) GDI<br />

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female<br />

Rank<br />

Dharmapuri 68.5 71.1 73.6 53.5 85.1 80.4 3297.9 1124.8 0.640 30<br />

Villupuram 69.6 75.6 81.3 58.0 81.3 77.9 2706.4 2706.4 0.651 29<br />

Krishnagiri 68.3 76.6 75.0 53.5 80.8 80.7 3298.3 1124.9 0.654 28<br />

Thiruvannamalai 69.3 74.6 85.6 61.4 80.7 78.2 3075.1 990.5 0.662 27<br />

Perambalur 73.4 70.1 83.1 59.2 85.9 84.4 4391.3 1399.5 0.680 26<br />

Sivagangai 66.2 74.5 89.5 67.7 88.1 85.5 4038.7 1247.0 0.686 25<br />

Ramanathapuram 66.9 72.5 88.7 69.3 86.5 82.2 4401.0 1361.7 0.686 24<br />

Pudukkottai 70.9 73.2 89.0 66.4 86.8 84.4 3676.2 1160.4 0.688 23<br />

Dindigul 66.9 72.5 85.9 64.6 87.7 86.3 4965.5 1613.3 0.691 22<br />

Cuddallore 69.4 74.3 88.5 66.4 88.6 88.2 3727.9 1211.9 0.693 21<br />

Vellore 68.3 75.3 88.4 69.2 83.0 81.3 4319.1 1388.0 0.697 20<br />

Thanjavur 71.2 72.7 91.4 73.0 83.7 84.6 3757.0 1179.4 0.698 19<br />

Namakkal 67.8 72.1 83.4 62.1 97.5 95.0 5143.9 1705.9 0.700 18<br />

Thiruvarur 70.3 75.2 91.5 74.6 84.9 85.2 3571.3 1129.1 0.704 17<br />

Salem 70.2 78.7 80.5 60.6 87.6 89.2 4434.2 1529.4 0.706 16<br />

Erode 71.4 74.9 80.7 60.3 86.9 85.8 5510.0 1817.1 0.706 15<br />

Theni 67.0 71.9 88.2 66.9 94.5 89.3 5982.0 1959.5 0.711 14<br />

Tiruchirapalli 70.2 75.6 93.2 77.6 79.8 79.9 4508.8 1443.3 0.718 13<br />

Karur 74.8 78.9 86.0 62.5 88.6 86.7 4444.2 1410.2 0.721 12<br />

Nagapattinam 72.7 77.0 91.5 74.6 88.8 85.6 3931.6 1241.9 0.723 11<br />

Virudhunagar 66.8 73.0 90.5 69.9 90.1 86.8 7147.9 2263.1 0.724 10<br />

Thirunelveli 69.6 73.6 91.8 74.7 92.4 89.9 5233.0 1609.3 0.724 9<br />

The Nilgiris 68.6 78.3 95.8 80.0 80.9 80.0 4911.4 1551.6 0.731 8<br />

Madurai 69.6 78.4 93.2 76.2 94.1 93.5 5196.1 1702.4 0.747 7<br />

Kanniyakumari 70.8 74.5 97.2 93.1 90.5 90.1 4432.3 1401.0 0.749 6<br />

Thiruvallur 72.4 79.3 90.5 74.3 85.7 86.4 6239.2 2058.4 0.755 5<br />

Coimbatore 70.8 77.5 89.6 76.1 93.7 94.9 7050.6 2345.8 0.764 4<br />

Kanchipuram 74.0 79.4 90.7 76.5 85.3 88.4 6471.4 2127.8 0.765 3<br />

Thoothukudi 75.4 82.2 94.8 82.4 86.7 83.4 6101.2 1861.4 0.779 2<br />

Chennai 82.0 88.6 90.6 82.1 83.4 87.5 8148.7 2728.6 0.832 1<br />

Tamil Nadu 70.4 75.7 88.0 70.4 89.3 88.3 5063.0 1643.2 0.722<br />

Source: Government of Tamil Nadu (2007), Eleventh Five Year Plan, State Planning Commission.<br />

Note: Years for various indicators are the same as in Table 4.1. For details see the Eleventh Five Year Plan Document.<br />

In regard to the components of gender deficiency, as far as life expectancy at<br />

birth in concerned relative to the Tamil Nadu average, the lowest performing districts are<br />

Perambalur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai and Dharmapuri. Perambalur is also the lowest as far<br />

as female literacy is concerned. For GER, Dharmapuri, Theni and Ramanathapuram are<br />

generally placed at the lower end in gender related indices. In respect of per capita<br />

income, female earnings are the lowest in Thoothukudi, Thirunelveli and Sivagangai. In<br />

respect of variation relative to the average, variation is least for GER, followed by life<br />

expectancy at birth and literacy (Table 4.4 and Appendix Table 4.2).<br />

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