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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the expansive confederation (Mahagathbandhan) are gearing up to look each different astatine the Bihar Assembly elections. Voting is scheduled connected November 6 and 11 and the results volition beryllium announced connected November 14. An indicator-based investigation of the State shows that it features determination astatine the bottommost connected astir economical and societal measures.
The array below shows Bihar’s fertile successful assorted societal indicators and its people for each parameter successful 2019-21, 2015-16, and 2005-06. It besides lists the scores of the apical 3 highest ranked States for each parameter.
As of 2019-2021, lone 61% of Bihar’s pistillate colonisation had ever attended school. This makes it the State with the 2nd lowest stock among the 29 States whose information we considered for this parameter. Similarly, 41% of women (aged 20-24) successful Bihar were joined beneath the property of 18. The State ranks 2nd highest among the 29 States for this parameter.
Bihar’s rankings connected wellness indicators overgarment a bleak picture. Where India’s babe mortality complaint was 35.2 (infant mortality complaint is the fig of babe deaths per 1,000 unrecorded births), Bihar’s was notably higher astatine 46.8. The State besides had the lowest stock of colonisation that utilized improved sanitation facilities; and the highest stock of underweight children successful 2019-21. Even successful immoderate indicators wherever the State did not fare arsenic poorly successful 2015-16, its fertile slid to the bottommost tier by 2019-21. For instance, successful presumption of stock of wasted children (underweight for their height), Bihar ranked 20 retired of 29 States successful 2015-16, and 27 retired of 29 successful 2019-21.
Notably, successful each the wellness and women empowerment-related indicators listed successful the table, Bihar ne'er erstwhile featured among the apical 15 ranked States successful 2005-06, 2015-16, oregon 2019-21. In fact, the State lone regressed successful successive years successful astir indicators.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is simply a people created by the UNDP to measure a federation oregon subnation connected the ground of magnitude of life, entree to knowledge, and modular of living. India’s mean HDI people was 0.644 arsenic of 2022, portion Bihar’s was 0.609. In this measure, Bihar stood past among the 27 States that had information successful 2022. Goa ranked archetypal with a people of 0.791, portion Kerala ranked 2nd with a people of 0.789.
The array beneath shows Bihar’s fertile successful presumption of Human Development Index
Bihar was besides the worst performing State successful 2023-24 successful presumption of per capita nett State home merchandise (at existent prices). Per capita nett State home merchandise measures the mean economical output per idiosyncratic successful a State. Bihar’s ranking was besides mediocre successful presumption of employment successful the manufacturing and services sectors.
In 2023–24, manufacturing accounted for lone astir 6% of full employment successful the State, portion the services assemblage contributed astir 25%.
The array beneath shows Bihar’s ranking successful stock successful manufacturing and work sectors
Bihar ranked 2nd past retired of 29 States successful presumption of Gross Enrollment Rate for higher education. Only 17.1% of those who completed schoolhouse entered assemblage acquisition successful Bihar. The State ranked 28th successful presumption of Gross Enrollment Rate for higher secondary education. Only 35.9% of children successful the eligible property radical entered higher secondary classes. It besides had the 3rd highest dropout complaint successful the state among secondary schoolhouse students. The array below shows Bihar ranking successful education-relagted indicators.
Despite the debased rankings, the State scored good successful biology indicators. The State lone generated 0.61 tonnes of integrative per 1,000 population, ranking 6th retired of 29 States. It besides consumed the lowest magnitude of fossil substance per capita among 29 States. However, it is to beryllium noted that States with little concern enactment whitethorn person little fossil substance consumption.
The array below shows Bihar’s ranking successful biology indicators
Source: Niti Ayog, Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, National Family Health Survey, Reserve Bank of India
nitika.evangeline@thehindu.co.in
Published - October 29, 2025 08:00 americium IST
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