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Table 2 Coverage of MGNREGS across the 19 large states of India, 2009-10*

From: The national employment guarantee scheme and inequities in household spending on food and non-food determinants of health in rural India

 

Rural population in millions (2011 census)

Percent of total rural households registered for MGNREGS work

Percent of registered households that got MGNREGS work

Mean MGNREGS work days in a year

Among all households

Among households registering for work

Among households that got work

Less developed states

      

Assam

26.8

28.6

60.2

6

19

32

Bihar

92.1

17.2

49.6

2

13

24

Chhattisgarh

19.6

58.9

79.8

17

28

35

Jharkhand

25

30.3

49.5

4

12

23

Madhya Pradesh

52.5

68.8

51.7

11

15

29

Odisha

35

40.4

53.5

6

14

26

Rajasthan

51.5

70.9

82.9

42

59

71

Uttar Pradesh

155.1

34.3

75.2

5

24

31

Uttaranchal

7.0

21.1

78.1

6

18

23

Other large states

      

Andhra Pradesh

56.3

43.4

79.6

16

37

46

Gujarat

34.7

30

59.2

4

15

25

Haryana

16.5

6.6

76.2

2

30

39

Jammu & Kashmir

9.1

19.0

40.0

3

14

32

Karnataka

37.6

15.1

53.0

2

16

30

Kerala

17.5

19.6

55.1

3

14

26

Maharashtra

61.5

13.5

32.8

1

11

33

Punjab

17.3

8.6

59.9

2

18

30

Tamil Nadu

37.2

39.6

83.3

14

36

43

West Bengal

62.2

59.2

72.1

7

12

17

Total

      

Less developed states

464.6

36.6

65.7

10

27

40

Other large states

349.9

32.1

70.1

7

23

33

India

833.1

34.7

68.3

9

26

37

  1. *Computed from NSSO’s employment and unemployment survey of 2009–10.