Poverty is defined as the sum of several characteristics, including not only income and calorie consumption, but also access to land and credit, nutrition, health and longevity, literacy and education, as well as safe drinking water, sanitation, and other infrastructure. The study discusses and analyses multidimensional poverty indicators that reflect human and gender development and empowerment, as well as estimates of infant mortality and female literacy. It is investigated whether places with a high prevalence of severe income poverty also lack access to literacy, knowledge, nutrition, communication, and infrastructure.

Keywords: Poverty, Population, India, Government, Economy.