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List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index

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Map of the Tamil Nadu districts by HDI in 2017

The average Human Development Index (HDI) for the state of Tamil Nadu in 1996 calculated by the government's State Planning Commission was 0.636.[1] By 2001, the average HDI for the state calculated by the State Planning Commission had risen to 0.657.[2][3] The 2017 Human development Index was calculated by the state planning commission by the methodology of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was 0.708.[4] While comparing with the 2003 data, the latest report has also shown that the two sets of reports are not strictly comparable. Besides, some districts in Tamil Nadu had seen separation in the last fourteen years.[5]

While the Human development index in the report of 2003 had placed Chennai, Kanchipuram, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi and Coimbatore as the districts in the top five positions, the latest report of 2017 shows that Kanyakumari has taken the first position. Virudhunagar district has the second place now, succeeded by Thoothokudi and Chennai went to the fourth place, followed by Kanchipuram.[6][7]

Human Development Index is a composite index that takes into consideration:

  1. Life expectancy
  2. Education
  3. Per capita income.

List of districts by HDI as of 2017

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List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) methodology as of 2017.[7][8]

Rank District HDI for 2017
Very High Human Development
1 Kanyakumari 0.944
2 Virudhunagar 0.855
3 Thoothukudi 0.852
4 Chennai 0.847
5 Kanchipuram 0.845
6 Coimbatore 0.844
7 Tirunelveli 0.802
8 Thiruvallur 0.801
High Human Development
9 Krishnagiri 0.788
10 Trichy 0.774
11 Vellore 0.742
12 Namakkal 0.738
13 Cuddalore 0.719
- Tamil Nadu 0.709
Medium human development
14 Dindigul 0.691
15 Madurai 0.689
16 Sivaganga 0.671
17 Salem 0.669
18 Karur 0.668
19 Thanjavur 0.655
20 Ramanathapuram 0.653
21 Dharmapuri 0.644
22 Pudukottai 0.631
23 Tiruppur 0.627
24 The Nilgiris 0.624
25 Erode 0.616
26 Nagapattinam 0.601
27 Tiruvannamalai 0.596
28 Thiruvarur 0.568
29 Villupuram 0.561
Low Human Development
30 Theni 0.539
31 Perambalur 0.447
32 Ariyalur 0.282

HDI from 1995–2017

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Human Development Index of Indian states since 1995 by the State Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu (1995-2017)[8][7][1][3][9][2][10]

No District HDI 1995 HDI 2001 HDI 2007 HDI 2011 HDI 2017 (UNDP Method)
1 Ariyalur 0.282
2 Chennai 0.752 0.757 0.842 0.859 0.847
3 Coimbatore 0.663 0.699 0.775 0.807 0.844
4 Cuddalore 0.59 0.644 0.709 0.745 0.719
5 Dharmapuri 0.576 0.584 0.656 0.706 0.644
6 Dindigul 0.599 0.641 0.705 0.735 0.691
7 Erode 0.644 0.658 0.721 0.755 0.616
8 Kanchipuram 0.685 0.712 0.778 0.809 0.845
9 Kanyakumari 0.679 0.711 0.763 0.812 0.944
10 Karur 0.628 0.647 0.737 0.785 0.668
11 Krishnagiri 0.665 0.742 0.788
12 Madurai 0.633 0.661 0.759 0.777 0.689
13 Nagapattiam 0.618 0.654 0.738 0.777 0.601
14 Namakkal 0.611 0.636 0.715 0.764 0.738
15 Nilgiris 0.667 0.685 0.745 0.767 0.624
16 Perambalur 0.592 0.596 0.697 0.703 0.447
17 Pudukottai 0.612 0.618 0.705 0.738 0.631
18 Ramanathapuram 0.622 0.629 0.703 0.737 0.653
19 Salem 0.622 0.626 0.717 0.762 0.669
20 Sivaganga 0.608 0.64 0.701 0.733 0.671
21 Thanjavur 0.586 0.63 0.714 0.754 0.655
22 Theni 0.618 0.628 0.726 0.726 0.539
23 Thiruvallur 0.654 0.654 0.767 0.801 0.801
24 Thiruvarur 0.598 0.637 0.719 0.743 0.568
25 Thoothukudi 0.703 0.791 0.802 0.852
26 Tirunelveli 0.652 0.658 0.74 0.77 0.802
27 Tiruppur 0.627
28 Tiruvannamalai 0.586 0.612 0.678 0.721 0.596
29 Trichy 0.638 0.732 0.784 0.774
30 Vellore 0.635 0.658 0.71 0.75 0.742
31 Villupuram 0.587 0.667 0.71 0.561
32 Virudhunagar 0.639 0.651 0.737 0.773 0.855
Tamil Nadu 0.636 0.657 0.736 0.768 0.708

Trend analysis

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Compared with the previous Tamil Nadu's Human Development Reports by the state planning commission and the latest district-level government statistical report, Tamil Nadu has significantly improved its HDI in all of its administrative subdivisions.

The decline of the poverty rate has been very significant for Tamil Nadu, that it takes much of the pain to the political criticism against the Dravidian parties about corruption in the administration. The substantial reduction in urban and rural poverty at a huge level since the economic improvements of the 1990s, shows that poverty reduction and social well-being programmes have brought in rising incomes for the poor.[6]

Kanyakumari is the district with the highest Human Development Index in the report of 2017. Kanyakumari also has the highest literacy rate in the state. Ariyalur has the lowest HDI in the 2017 report. Thoothukudi, with high life expectancy and high literacy rate, is in the top five districts.[7] Ariyalur and Perambalur, due to its Per capita income being so low, came in the bottom five.[7] Coimbatore, in spite of its high degree of industrialisation and Per capita income, does not rank in the top five districts with high Human Development Index in the report of 2017.[6][5]

The previous report of 2003 showed that Chennai, Kanchipuram, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi and Coimbatore were the top five districts. Though the two sets of reports are not strictly comparable given the separation of some districts between the two time points, some relative observations are made. According to the latest report, Kanyakumari has reached the top position, while Coimbatore does not even figure in the top five. The new entrant in the top five district category is Virudhunagar in the latest Human development report. Virudhunagar's rise to the top has been primarily due to its relatively higher per capita income which in turn can be connected to the spread of small scale industries, and a vibrant agricultural marketing economy. The five districts in the bottom of the previous report are Perambalur, Villupuram, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai and Pudukottai. Many of these districts have been separated, but Perambalur and Villupuram continue to be at the bottom. Theni has newly entered into the bottom five.[6][5][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Shanmugam, K.; Chelliah, Raja (1 May 2001). "Some Aspects of Inter District Disparities in Tamil Nadu". MSE Working Paper No. 1.
  2. ^ a b The Tamil Nadu HDR (2003) provides insights into the process of development of a state (marginally ahead of fifteen major Indian States).Tamil Nadu Human Development Report 2003
  3. ^ a b "Tamil Nadu Human Development Report 2003 | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. January 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Human Development Report 2018 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Ramakrishnan, T. (17 May 2017). "Kanniyakumari tops HDI rankings". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d Venkatesh, M. R. (28 January 2019). "TN human development report - 2017 : Chennai slips in HDI rank, Kovai out of top 5". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e f TAMIL NADU HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2017 -Status of Human Development TAMIL NADU HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2017
  8. ^ a b "State Planning Commission". www.spc.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. ^ Tamil Nadu Human Development Report Government of Tamil Nadu Human Development Report 2003 : Tamil Nadu - UNDP
  10. ^ State Income - Tamil Nadu Government Portal - STATE INCOME
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