How many districts in Bengal has the highest poverty rate?

Q. How many districts in Bengal has the highest poverty rate?
Answer: 9
Notes: In West Bengal, the report said, high-poverty districts are Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, North and South Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia and Birbhum, where between 41 per cent to 60 per cent of the people live below the poverty line.

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