Poverty and living standards in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India: official figures
9.2% of people in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were multidimensionally poor in 2019-21, down from 19.6% in 2015-16, by NITI Aayog's national index (all-India: 14.96%). That counts people deprived in health, schooling and living standards such as cooking fuel, sanitation, housing and bank accounts; 16th highest of 36.
How many people in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have left poverty?
Applied to the official population projections, that means about 102,000 people in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were poor in 2021, against about 157,000 in 2016: roughly 55,000 fewer in five years.
Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copyHow deep is poverty in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?
Poor people in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were on average deprived in 42.1% of the weighted indicators in 2019-21 (the intensity of poverty), compared with 44.2% in 2015-16; the all-India figure was 44.4%.
Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copyHow many people in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are saving for a pension?
17,376 people in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu joined the Atal Pension Yojana, the government-backed pension for workers without a formal pension, in 2024-25; 49% of them were women. That is 12.5 new members per 1,000 residents.
Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copyMore figures
- Combining how many are poor and how poor they are, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu's multidimensional poverty index was 0.04 in 2019-21 (2015-16: 0.09), on a scale where 0 means nobody is deprived; India: 0.07. Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copy
How Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu compares with other union territories
People multidimensionally poor (2019-21)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ranks 16 of 36, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People multidimensionally poor |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | West Bengal | 11.89% |
| 14 | Gujarat | 11.66% |
| 15 | Uttarakhand | 9.67% |
| 16 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 9.21% |
| 17 | Manipur | 8.10% |
| 18 | Maharashtra | 7.81% |
| 19 | Karnataka | 7.58% |
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Sources
- Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 180: State-wise Gender-wise Enrolments under Atal Pension Yojana (APY), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c9b0eeab4f9d…)
- Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 10: State-wise Poverty Estimates - Multi-dimensional Poverty Index, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c0d6483061a8…)
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