| District-wise Number of Rural Families Below Poverty Line (BPL) in Karnataka (2002) | |
| District | Total BPL Families |
| Uttara Kannada | |
| Udupi | |
| Tumkur | |
| Shimoga | |
| Raichur | |
| Mysore | |
| Mandya | |
| Koppal | |
| Kolar | |
| Kodagu | |
| Haveri | |
| Hassan | |
| Gulbarga | |
| Gadag | |
| Dharwad | |
| Davanagere | |
| Dakshina Kannada | |
| Chitradurga | |
| Chikmagalur | |
| Chamarajanagar | |
| Bijapur | |
| Bidar | |
| Bellary | |
| Bangalore Rural | |
| Bangalore | |
| Bagalkot | |
| Karnataka | |
