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Caste survey report : More than one-third of population is poor in Bihar

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Patna: Bihar government tabled the caste survey report carrying details of the socio-economic survey in the state legislature on Tuesday.

The report was tabled by the parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, in both the houses.

As per the report, more than one-third of the population of Bihar is poor, and the monthly income of 34.13 percent of families was only Rs 6,000.

The report reveals that only 29.61 per cent of the families monthly income was between Rs 6,000 and Rs 10,000. The report says that more than 63 per cent of the families have a monthly income of only Rs 10,000 in the state.

Similarly, 18.06 per cent of families have a monthly income between Rs 10000 and Rs 20000, whereas 9.83 per cent of families are in the income bracket of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 monthly.

Families earning more than Rs 50,000 per month have been found to be only 3.90 pc in Bihar.

The survey states that 4.47 per cent of families in the state did not reveal their monthly income during the survey.

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