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Units Year Tamil India
Nadu
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Area '000 sq.kms. 130 3,287
Population Millions 1991 56 846
Population growth per annum percent 1981-91 1.4 2.1
Urbanisation percent 1991 34 26
Infant mortality per '000 births 1991 57 80
Literacy rate percent 1991 55 52
Net State Domestic Product (SDP) Rs.crore 1991-92 28,868 489,277
Per cap. State Domestic Product Rupees 1991-92 5,078 5,781
Growth in Real per cap. SDP % p.a. 1980-92 2.9 3.0
Share of agriculture in SDP percent 1988-89 23 34
Share of industry in SDP percent 1988-89 31 26
Share of services in SDP percent 1988-89 46 40
Foodgrain production '000 tns. 1990-93 8,036 173,140
Per capita foodgrain production kilograms 1990-93 142 201
Yield of foodgrains kgs/hectare 1990-93 1,959 1,388
Number of factories numbers 1989-90 13,800 107,992
Value of output from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 24,067 230,659
Value added from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 4,719 43,373
Consumption of commercial energy '000 toe 1992-93 14,541 200,321
Power generation GWH 1992-93 16,931 300,989
Power consumption GWH 1992-93 24,060 279,824
Railway route length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1992-93 30.93 19.01
Road length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1987-88 1,284 544
Number of bank offices numbers Mar 1994 4,438 61,852
Bank offices per lakh population numbers Mar 1994 7.7 6.9
Per capita bank deposits Rupees Mar 1994 3,657 3,562
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Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
Last updated: May 1995.