Economy-North Indian states faired well in terms of Per Capita GDP and HDI. 

The North Indian states of Punjab and Haryana ranked highest in per capita GDP and Human development Index as well. Also Himachal Pradesh is a top ranking state, union terrritory of Delhi which comprise of National Capital Region(Gurgaon, NOIDA) and Chandigarh have also the highest per capita income in the country. The cities of Ghaziabad (U.P), Faridabad (Haryana), Agra (U.P), Delhi, Patna(Bihar), Bhopal (M.P), Lucknow (U.P), Kanpur (U.P), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Dhanbad (Jharkhand) are among the fastest growing cities in the world.   

Human Development Ranking and Per Capita GDP by State(2001)

 State            Rank      Per Capita GDP
                               
 Punjab           1         2 
 Maharashtra      2         1
 Haryana          3         4
 Gujarat          4         3
 Tamil Nadu       5         5
 Karnataka        6         6
 Kerala           7         -  
 Andhra Pradesh   8         7
 West Bengal      9         8
 Rajasthan        10        9
 Madhya Pradesh   11        10
 Assam            12        -
 Uttar Pradesh    13        11
 Orissa           14        12
 Bihar            15        13   

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Himhifi