Highest Poverty in Uttar Pradesh

Top 100 cities ranked by highest poverty

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All Countries · India · Uttar Pradesh

Highest Poverty — Uttar Pradesh

1 Zamānia 28.0%

2 Zaidpur 28.0%

3 Zafarābād 28.0%

4 Wazīrganj 28.0%

5 Vrindāvan 28.0%

6 Varanasi 28.0%

7 Utraula 28.0%

8 Usehat 28.0%

9 Unnāo 28.0%

10 Ūn 28.0%

11 Ujhāni 28.0%

12 Ugu 28.0%

13 Tūndla 28.0%

14 Tulsīpur 28.0%

15 Tori-Fatehpur 28.0%

16 Titron 28.0%

17 Tindwāri 28.0%

18 Tilhar 28.0%

19 Tīkri 28.0%

20 Tikaitnagar 28.0%

21 Thāna Bhawan 28.0%

22 Thakurdwara 28.0%

23 Tāndā 28.0%

24 Tālgrām 28.0%

25 Tālbahat 28.0%

26 Tājpur 28.0%

27 Suriānwān 28.0%

28 Sultānpur 28.0%

29 Suār 28.0%

30 Soron 28.0%

31 Sītāpur 28.0%

32 Siswā Bāzār 28.0%

33 Sisauli 28.0%

34 Sirsi 28.0%

35 Sirsāganj 28.0%

36 Sirsā 28.0%

37 Sirāthu 28.0%

38 Sikandra Rao 28.0%

39 Sikandra 28.0%

40 Sikandarpur 28.0%

41 Sikandarābād 28.0%

42 Sidhpura 28.0%

43 Sidhaulī 28.0%

44 Shīshgarh 28.0%

45 Shikohābād 28.0%

46 Shikārpūr 28.0%

47 Sherkot 28.0%

48 Shergarh 28.0%

49 Shankargarh 28.0%

50 Shamsābād 28.0%

51 Shāmli 28.0%

52 Shāhpur 28.0%

53 Shāhjānpur 28.0%

54 Shāhi 28.0%

55 Shāhganj 28.0%

56 Shāhābād 28.0%

57 Seohāra 28.0%

58 Saurikh 28.0%

59 Satrikh 28.0%

60 Sāsni 28.0%

61 Sarīla 28.0%

62 Sardhana 28.0%

63 Sarauli 28.0%

64 Sarāi Mīr 28.0%

65 Sarai Ekdil 28.0%

66 Sarāi Ākil 28.0%

67 Sandīla 28.0%

68 Sāndi 28.0%

69 Samthar 28.0%

70 Sambhal 28.0%

71 Salon 28.0%

72 Sakīt 28.0%

73 Saidpur 28.0%

74 Sahāwar 28.0%

75 Sahaswān 28.0%

76 Sahaspur 28.0%

77 Sahāranpur 28.0%

78 Safīpur 28.0%

79 Sādāt 28.0%

80 Sadābād 28.0%

81 Rura 28.0%

82 Rūdarpur 28.0%

83 Robertsganj 28.0%

84 Richha 28.0%

85 Reoti 28.0%

86 Renukūt 28.0%

87 Rāya 28.0%

88 Rasūlābād 28.0%

89 Rasrā 28.0%

90 Rānīpur 28.0%

91 Rāmpura 28.0%

92 Rāmpur 28.0%

93 Rāmnagar 28.0%

94 Rāmkola 28.0%

95 Rājāpur 28.0%

96 Raebareli 28.0%

97 Rādhākund 28.0%

98 Rabūpura 28.0%

99 Purwā 28.0%

100 Pūranpur 28.0%

Cities with the highest poverty rates in Uttar Pradesh face deep economic challenges affecting a significant portion of their population. Zamānia has a poverty rate of 28.0%.

High poverty rates impact communities in multiple ways: reduced access to healthcare and healthy food, lower educational outcomes, higher crime rates, and deteriorating infrastructure. These challenges are interconnected and require comprehensive solutions.

Addressing poverty in these cities requires a multi-pronged approach including economic development, affordable housing, quality education, healthcare access, and workforce training programs targeting underserved populations.

Did You Know?

1. In Zamānia, 28.0% of residents — roughly 1 in 4 people — live below the poverty line.
2. Child poverty rates in these cities are often even higher than the overall rate, sometimes exceeding 40%.
3. Poverty is measured by household income relative to family size — the threshold varies from $15,060 for an individual to $31,200 for a family of four.

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