A startling fact has come out that 88.88% of rural households in Odisha manage their families by earning a meagre Rs 5,000 a month. The number of these households stands at 7,5,78,136 out of a total 8,6,22,827 rural families, the Socio Economic and Case Census (SECC)-2011 Report, released by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday, revealed.
The report further states that as many as 6,31,729 rural families in Odisha earn between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 and their percentage is 7.33 while 41,0930 households earn Rs 10,000 or more.In the State, the number of rural households with salaried job is 5,86,475 which constitutes 6.8%. The report says 2,20,071 rural families pay income tax or professional tax.
Of a total household of 9,8,8,5118, as many as 1,2,6,2291 live in urban areas with an average household size of 4.21.In the State, while 87.67% families are headed by male persons, the percentage is 12.31 in cases of families headed by women.Odisha is ranked the second lowest in terms of mobile phone penetration with only 33.56 per cent of households owning the gadget.