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India's 13 most debt-ridden states

March 31, 2009

Rank: 3

State: West Bengal

Debt position (2006-2007): Rs 126,226 crore (Rs 1,262.26 billion)

State income (2005-2006): Rs 213,427 crore (Rs 2,134.27 billion)

Per capita income (2005-2006): Rs 25,156

Population (2001 census): 8.022 crore (80.22 million)

Population below poverty line (2004-2005): 24.7 per cent

Infant mortality rate (2006): 38 per 1,000

Chief minister: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Ruling party: Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Image: An idol of the goddess Durga is readied in Kolkata, in preparation for annual Durga Puja festival. | Photograph: Sucheta Das/Reuters

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