Major State Indicators

• India’s largest state, geographical heartland of India, it shelters 22% of the world’s tiger population.
• Population 60 million
• Home to 40 percent of India’s tribal population that account for 23% of the state population.
• Population below poverty line 42%
• Literacy rate: 64%
• Urbanisation rate: 26%
• Infant Mortality Rate 90 per 1000 live births.
• Maternal Mortality Rate: 498 per 100,000 live births
• Life expectancy at birth: 55