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India's 13 most debt-ridden states

March 31, 2009

Rank: 7

State: Tamil Nadu

Debt position (2006-2007): Rs 68,655 crore (Rs 686.55 billion)

State income (2005-2006): Rs 194,528 crore (Rs 1,945.28 billion)

Per capita income (2005-2006): Rs 29,958

Population (2001 census): 6.211 crore (62.11 million)

Population below poverty line (2004-2005): 22.5 per cent

Infant mortality rate (2006): 16 per 1,000

Chief minister: M Karunanidhi

Ruling party: Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam

Image: In this test of strength, a bull runs through crowded arena during the Pongal festival near the city of Madurai. The object is to wrest a bounty, which is held in a cloth bag tied between the horns of the bulls. | Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

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