Table 1 : All-India Debt and Investment Survey - Debt- Asset Ratio as on 30-06-2002 - State/Regionwise
		Average Assets Holding (Rs)			Average Amount of Debt (Rs)			Debt Asset Ratio(%)
State/Region		Cultivator	Non-Culti	All-house	Cultivator	Non-Culti	All-house	Cultivator	Non-Culti	All-house
			vator	holds		vator	holds		vator	holds
Rural
1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Northern Region		723768	222793	556263	14094	6166	11442	1.95	2.77	2.06
Haryana		1070247	209556	716379	17340	5225	12359	1.62	2.49	1.73
Himachal Pradesh		563604	232830	481943	5843	3275	5196	1.04	1.41	1.08
Jammu and Kashmir		654402	306421	614671	1198	464	1114	0.18	0.15	0.18
Punjab		1461616	255634	903717	25211	6387	16502	1.72	2.50	1.83
Rajasthan		412720	198373	358351	13261	8413	12031	3.21	4.24	3.36
Delhi		1655088	238433	276145	3912	325	664	0.24	0.14	0.24
Chandigarh		1543599	79974	218257	3048	2618	2630	0.20	3.27	1.21
North-Eastern Region		205523	81995	159553	773	888	805	0.38	1.08	0.50
Arunachal Pradesh		137146	43245	117158	454	233	407	0.33	0.54	0.35
Assam		187935	74545	145782	641	647	643	0.34	0.87	0.44
Manipur		199999	178547	195767	1282	881	1203	0.64	0.49	0.61
Meghalaya		266009	147986	236474	113	28	91	0.04	0.02	0.04
Mizoram		161909	132947	157778	1105	10428	2434	0.68	7.84	1.54
Nagaland		949596	444151	851860	419	331	402	0.04	0.07	0.05
Tripura		138462	67529	93918	2759	1819	2169	1.99	2.69	2.31
Eastern Region		216083	71159	160293	3314	2446	2980	1.53	3.44	1.86
Bihar		294497	70867	206055	3336	2467	2992	1.13	3.48	1.45
Jharkhand		175802	74913	151692	1021	1454	1124	0.58	1.94	0.74
Orissa		119536	60154	98454	3976	2942	3609	3.33	4.89	3.67
Sikkim		258787	128599	211779	2126	2003	2082	0.82	1.56	0.98
West Bengal		211115	74535	151842	3820	2378	3194	1.81	3.19	2.10
A & N Island		553103	189478	264712	4977	2158	2741	0.90	1.14	1.04
Central Region		365505	105869	294539	6770	3380	5844	1.85	3.19	1.98
Chattisgarh		235531	57445	191602	4833	1186	3933	2.05	2.06	2.05
Madhya Pradesh		316834	83302	237670	12246	2763	9031	3.87	3.32	3.80
Uttranchal		453982	204767	389222	693	2308	1113	0.15	1.13	0.29
Uttar Pradesh		400441	121113	330456	5363	4149	5059	1.34	3.43	1.53
Western Region		420132	106160	279570	13708	7152	10773	3.26	6.74	3.85
Goa		504022	322941	389998	3682	4184	3998	0.73	1.30	1.03
Gujarat		478126	133490	327864	12958	10287	11794	2.71	7.71	3.60
Maharashtra		388048	87450	252749	14268	5655	10391	3.68	6.47	4.11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli		367787	117499	252825	2263	1136	1745	0.62	0.97	0.69
Daman and Diu		300174	82764	120378	700	1787	1599	0.23	2.16	1.33
Southern Region		367091	104377	220284	16896	6640	11164	4.60	6.36	5.07
Andhra Pradesh		226316	66502	135146	16154	6401	10590	7.14	9.63	7.84
Karnataka		362150	94977	248409	13422	3489	9193	3.71	3.67	3.70
Kerala		777734	245914	509679	27641	11813	19663	3.55	4.80	3.86
Tamil Nadu		331133	101323	181376	14823	6354	9304	4.48	6.27	5.13
Lakshadweep		726212	206345	501320	4399	4420	4408	0.61	2.14	0.88
Pondicherry		414602	123240	198215	10487	12204	11762	2.53	9.90	5.93
All-India		372632	107529	265606	9261	4991	7539	2.49	4.64	2.84
Note : Total or aggregate values are worked out by using estimated number of households and the respective
ratios given in Table 3 (pps A-4 to A-23) of NSSO Report No 500 (59/18.2/1).
Source : NSSO (2005), Household Assets and Liabilities in India as on 30-06-2002.All-India Debt and Investment
Survey (NSS Fifty-Ninth Round : January-December 2003).