Friday 9 February 2007

Faces and Names - National Provisional Figures - 1995 2005

National Figures of Agrarian Suicides


State 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year Unknown Total
Andhra Pradesh 221 200 276 372 446 588 2115 137 20 4,375
Assam 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8
Bihar 1 0 0 6 12 9 4 8 40
Chattisgarh 2 2 2 6
Gujarat 3 3 6
Haryana 24 0 1 3 32 21 44 60 4 189
Himachal Pradesh 2 0 4 1 7
Jharkhand 1 1
Kerala 0 0 0 0 32 43 32 122 8 10 247
Madhya Pradesh 1 0 4 1 6
Maharashtra 0 1 1 0 48 139 218 580 31 1,018
Orissa 1 1 2
Punjab * 313
Rajasthan 659 705 724 736 505 587 636 4,552
Tamil Nadu 1 15 16
Uttar Pradesh 3 10 1 1 15
West Bengal 1 2 3


Total 2 1 687 927 927 1,021 1,005 1,262 1,531 2,909 188 31 10,804

Karnataka 10,907 312 708 245 12,172

Total 22,976

* Data pertains to Sangrur District of Punjab; information from other districts is expected soon

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