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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN

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Districts<br />

Table 4.10: Percentage of BPL to Total Rural Population<br />

No. of<br />

Rural<br />

Families<br />

Rural<br />

Population<br />

No. of<br />

BPL<br />

Families<br />

BPL<br />

Population<br />

Percentage<br />

of BPL to<br />

Total Rural<br />

Population<br />

Coimbatore 542186 1731341 188888 566170 32.7<br />

Cuddallore 453252 1388568 145440 424646 30.6<br />

Dharmapuri 290659 1462935 93990 426962 29.2<br />

Dindigul 347787 988435 110915 292897 29.6<br />

Erode 453645 1558162 141221 427891 27.5<br />

Kanchipuram 405860 1291567 141008 452497 35.0<br />

Kanniyakumari 167176 365624 48467 102238 28.0<br />

Karur 176841 587905 72352 217729 37.0<br />

Krishnagiri 356976 1338806 115320 395523 29.5<br />

Madurai 303333 926571 139395 396574 42.8<br />

Nagapattinam 282648 898600 87284 266961 29.7<br />

Namakkal 307018 953257 96168 269567 28.3<br />

Perambalur 335647 920614 153554 364098 39.5<br />

Pudukkottai 335291 1455924 117378 459483 31.6<br />

Ramanathapuram 146369 527571 95205 314110 59.5<br />

Salem 559368 1899678 187251 546621 28.8<br />

Sivagangai 235303 912644 90344 319284 35.0<br />

Thanjavur 424442 1422628 149598 476529 33.5<br />

The Nilgiris 99887 276512 34758 80758 29.2<br />

Theni 158873 421007 51712 136574 32.4<br />

Tiruchirapalli 362222 1391399 120996 427266 30.7<br />

Thirunelveli 421700 1148640 158050 374054 32.6<br />

Thiruvallur 371075 1427110 130718 456586 32.0<br />

Thiruvannamalai 472173 1971075 152486 586845 29.8<br />

Thiruvarur 277664 870266 103244 286633 32.9<br />

Tuticorin 288396 1047585 94056 310329 29.6<br />

Vellore 594028 2598878 200925 810725 31.2<br />

Villupuram 563285 1925205 198098 663435 34.5<br />

Virudhunagar 399392 1312203 113733 374693 28.6<br />

Total 10132496 35020710 3532554 11227678 32.1<br />

Source: Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and Government of Tamil Nadu.<br />

In other words, the share of BPL population in total population will be higher, the<br />

higher is the size of the village in terms of total population and the higher is the head<br />

count ratio of BPL population in that village. As such, Vellore is the most disadvantaged<br />

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