DISTRICTWISE ABSTRACT OF B.P.L. SURVEY 1997 |
| Sl. No. | Name of the District | Total Rural Families | SC | ST | WOMEN | PH | SF | MF | RA | AL | Total BPL Families | % of BPL |
| 1 | Angul | 203152 | 31095 | 22111 | 2845 | 1839 | 19033 | 58067 | 2884 | 31268 | 120581 | 59.36 |
| 2 | Balangir | 329700 | 51502 | 49932 | 9092 | 125 | 36432 | 59121 | 3586 | 70106 | 201310 | 61.06 |
| 3 | Balasore | 349446 | 77183 | 43827 | 16806 | 1523 | 30985 | 74294 | 2211 | 150116 | 257606 | 73.72 |
| 4 | Bargarh | 291901 | 47357 | 47778 | 14477 | 1256 | 32916 | 52945 | 6091 | 81793 | 176241 | 60.38 |
| 5 | Bhadrak | 205185 | 41060 | 7331 | 10419 | 1723 | 19967 | 59633 | 874 | 83072 | 136849 | 66.70 |
| 6 | Boudh | 89617 | 21310 | 10216 | 4758 | 1006 | 18507 | 27379 | 2080 | 21652 | 71872 | 80.20 |
| 7 | Cuttack | 335998 | 43179 | 9457 | 18168 | 84308 | 21182 | 65354 | 13156 | 61726 | 176002 | 52.38 |
| 8 | Debagarh | 55298 | 8657 | 17240 | 1906 | 1759 | 8831 | 9151 | 817 | 17724 | 43571 | 78.79 |
| 9 | Dhenkanal | 203032 | 33629 | 24471 | 6845 | 3668 | 13420 | 50095 | 1491 | 54648 | 127159 | 62.63 |
| 10 | Gajapati | 112029 | 11340 | 37197 | 4268 | 684 | 5553 | 6566 | 805 | 25213 | 68763 | 61.38 |
| 11 | Ganjam | 548308 | 100343 | 21624 | 17255 | 14681 | 16478 | 25936 | 6394 | 96488 | 301585 | 55.00 |
| 12 | Jagatsinghpur | 172300 | 29839 | 876 | 2268 | 310 | 2178 | 48692 | 3861 | 35864 | 90895 | 52.75 |
| 13 | Jajpur | 280769 | 59320 | 15551 | 9648 | 1538 | 20172 | 66063 | 9055 | 65617 | 169595 | 60.40 |
| 14 | Jharsuguda | 68168 | 7156 | 16821 | 2128 | 393 | 4791 | 14668 | 545 | 4375 | 33415 | 49.02 |
| 15 | Kalahandi | 307835 | 46195 | 65689 | 11990 | 6217 | 37821 | 46254 | 3486 | 80141 | 193054 | 62.71 |
| 16 | Kendrapara | 219436 | 41511 | 724 | 6774 | 468 | 16926 | 51644 | 10327 | 53524 | 131424 | 59.89 |
| 17 | Keonjhar | 286923 | 29109 | 123114 | 499910 | 9256 | 52569 | 20859 | 79220 | 4607 | 220820 | 76.96 |
| 18 | Khurda | 226800 | 29881 | 12894 | 5468 | 182 | 13481 | 21583 | 4533 | 47117 | 134192 | 59.17 |
| 19 | Koraput | 264707 | 59996 | 111917 | 0 | 3685 | 39322 | 60455 | 3011 | 94463 | 221846 | 83.81 |
| 20 | Malkangiri | 108870 | 21760 | 59488 | 4957 | 540 | 26870 | 32848 | 3641 | 25779 | 89138 | 81.88 |
| 21 | Mayurbhanj | 482176 | 30959 | 230673 | 38308 | 3610 | 55784 | 163764 | 16705 | 134281 | 374867 | 77.74 |
| 22 | Nabarangpur | 215429 | 37080 | 81384 | 0 | 1271 | 79296 | 34819 | 11400 | 87677 | 158684 | 73.66 |
| 23 | Nawapara | 127022 | 17255 | 37204 | 9031 | 702 | 16804 | 49027 | 1890 | 31187 | 108864 | 85.70 |
| 24 | Nayagarh | 183437 | 28808 | 16042 | 4949 | 837 | 21757 | 59189 | 9070 | 38945 | 124576 | 67.91 |
| 25 | Phulbani | 145335 | 26687 | 61129 | 112479 | 1981 | 17594 | 37235 | 1548 | 37253 | 113970 | 78.42 |
| 26 | Puri | 236721 | 44434 | 1256 | 6282 | 741 | 24488 | 53564 | 3539 | 56007 | 163639 | 69.13 |
| 27 | Rayagada | 188499 | 22290 | 91615 | 10762 | 1081 | 15018 | 35789 | 6436 | 65617 | 135785 | 72.03 |
| 28 | Sambalpur | 150799 | 19555 | 46190 | 5232 | 588 | 24234 | 27767 | 2941 | 39212 | 90141 | 59.78 |
| 29 | Sonepur | 110098 | 28481 | 8727 | 4682 | 544 | 10132 | 19594 | 2107 | 44798 | 80396 | 73.02 |
| 30 | Sundergarh | 285141 | 25182 | 126788 | 24245 | 1602 | 45232 | 85177 | 6086 | 49474 | 185969 | 65.22 |
| Grand Total | 6784127 | 1072153 | 1399266 | 865952 | 148118 | 747776 | 1417532 | 219790 | 1689744 | 4502809 | 66.37 | |