Data | In Andhra Pradesh, rich districts such as West Godavari and Visakhapatnam, performed poorly on social indicators Premium
The Hindu
In Andhra Pradesh, richer districts did not top most socio-economic metrics. In most lists, they featured at the bottom or in the bottom half. Krishna, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari were the richest, while Srikakulam, Kurnool, Vizianagaram and Anantapur were the poorest. Clean fuel use, health insurance coverage, maternal mortality rate, out-of-pocket expenditure, hospital beds per lakh population and school dropout rates all showed varying results. Uneven progress existed in all States analysed, but Andhra Pradesh did not conform to the trend.
The Data Team of The Hindu has been exploring inter-district differences in southern States through a series of Data Points. District-wise variations in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana were discussed in the previous editions. This is the last story in the series which looks at the inter-district disparities in Andhra Pradesh.
While uneven progress existed in all States analysed, there was a common denominator. In all States, in general, the richer districts performed well in most socio-economic metrics while the poorer districts suffered. This understandable pattern was recorded across all the four States analysed till now. However, Andhra Pradesh did not conform to this trend.
In Andhra Pradesh, richer districts did not top most of the socio-economic parameters analysed. Interestingly, in most lists, they featured at the bottom or in the bottom half of the list.
Chart 1 | The chart shows the district-wise per-capita income at current prices for 2019-20 in ₹
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Krishna district, followed by Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari were the richest, while Srikakulam, Kurnool, Vizianagaram and Anantapur were the poorest, with the rest of the districts placed in the middle.
Chart 2 | The chart shows the share of households that used clean fuel (electricity, LPG/natural gas, biogas) for cooking in 2019-21.
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