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The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 1 Farmers suicide hot spots during the year 2015.

From: Predictive factors to avoid farming as a livelihood

SI. no.

State

No. of suicides

% share in total

1.

Maharashtra

4291

34.1

2.

Karnataka

1569

12.5

3.

Telangana

1400

11.1

4.

Madhya Pradesh

1290

10.2

5.

Chhattisgarh

954

7.6

6.

Andhra Pradesh

916

7.3

7.

Tamil Nadu

606

4.8

8.

Total (Seven states)

11,026

87.5

9.

Total No. of farmers suicides in India

12,602

 
  1. Total number of suicides by farmers in 2015 (12,602) is 2% higher than 2014 (12,360); Maharashtra reported 852 agrarians suicides in the first 4 months of 2017