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Units Year Meghalaya India
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Area '000 sq.kms. 22 3,287
Population Millions 1991 1.7 846
Population growth per annum percent 1981-91 2.9 2.1
Urbanisation percent 1991 19 26
Infant mortality per '000 births 1991 nav 80
Literacy rate percent 1991 49 52
Net State Domestic Product (SDP) Rs.crore 1991-92 798 489,277
Per cap. State Domestic Product Rupees 1991-92 4,458 5,781
Growth in Real per cap. SDP % p.a. 1980-92 2.3 3.0
Share of agriculture in SDP percent 1988-89 nav 34
Share of industry in SDP percent 1988-89 nav 26
Share of services in SDP percent 1988-89 nav 40
Foodgrain production '000 tns. 1990-93 nav 173,140
Per capita foodgrain production kilograms 1990-93 nav 201
Yield of foodgrains kgs/hectare 1990-93 nav 1,388
Number of factories numbers 1989-90 31 107,992
Value of output from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 29 230,659
Value added from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 10 43,373
Consumption of commercial energy '000 toe 1992-93 219 200,321
Power generation GWH 1992-93 1,289 300,989
Power consumption GWH 1992-93 283 279,824
Railway route length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1992-93 nav 19.01
Road length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1987-88 286 544
Number of bank offices numbers Mar 1994 178 61,852
Bank offices per lakh population numbers Mar 1994 9.4 6.9
Per capita bank deposits Rupees Mar 1994 2,818 3,562
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Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
Last updated: May 1995.