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Maharashtra
Map of Maharashtra
 
Population
(million)
(2001)		 GSDP (current prices (Rs’000 million)
(2005-06) 		Per capita Income (Rs) (2005-06) Growth rate for Real GSDP 2000 - 2006 (%) Big towns (No.) Urban population
(%)		 Distribution of Households
(%)
Rich Middle Class Poor
96.88 4183.6 33,750 7.8 27 44.46
11.5 58.5 30.0
 
Economic Activity
 
Maharashtra Pie Charts
Black Arrow Economic Activity: Manufacturing - 22%; Services - 67%; Agriculture – 11%
Black Arrow State Priority Areas: Software, Electronics, Textiles, Auto-ancillaries, and Metals.
Black Arrow Investment Strengths: Well-developed, fast improving Physical/ social infrastructure, excellent financial infrastructure, largest market for goods and services; high purchasing power. Among the big western states, Maharashtra is the best in consumer market, primary education, primary health and infrastructure.
Black Arrow Investment Weakness: Deteriorating state government image as business friendly; low irrigation coverage, resulting in high variability in agricultural output.
 
  Value   Value
Physical infrastructure      
Per capita power supply (2005-06) - KWH 868 Villages electrified % 100
    Power surplus % -18.1
Telecom density (2002) 10 Cell phones / 1000 persons 122
Road length km / 1000 sq. km area (2002) 870 Surfaced roads % (2001) 94.6
Registered Vehicles/million population 824.3 Non Transport
vehicles/million population
(2003)		 716.2
No. of ports 55 Railway track length km/’000 sq km (2003-04) 17.8
Airports 9 Irrigated farming % (2003) 16.9
Quality of Governance      
Average annual enterprise growth
(1998-2005) %		 4.41    
% of state GDP spent on
important growth items 		2.15    
Labour Infrastructure      
Average annual employment growth
(1998-2005) (%)		 1.79 Man days lost in labour disputes ‘000 (2001) 687.1
Social Infrastructure      
Literacy rate (%) 77.27 Urban population % 44.5
Perceptions of Investors      
Physical infrastructure 1 Quality of Governance 1
Labour 1 Social Infrastructure 1
 
 
 
 
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