In financial year 2023, Uttar Pradesh, India's most populated state had over ** percent people living under the poverty line of **** U.S. dollars per day. A decade ago the state had over ** percent of its population living under the threshold. The state of Bihar also witnessed a significant reduction in poverty rates from over ** percent in the financial year 2012 to over ** percent in the financial year 2023.

The dataset contains All India Yearly Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line from Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy.

In 2022, the total male population living in poverty in India was about ** million. By contrast, the number of females in poverty during the same time period was around ** million.

As of 2022, over ********** children between the ages of 10 to 14 years were affected by poverty. In general, age groups from 0 to 19 years were most impacted by extreme poverty.

Of the total number of people living under extreme poverty in India in 2021, approximately ** million were females. Females were more affected by extreme poverty in India as opposed to their male counterparts during the same time period.