Medak Medak District Medak district is one of the most backward districts of Andhra Pradesh characterized by low literacy and high incidence of poverty. Agriculture is the major source of livelihood and economy in the district engaging more than 80% of the main workers. Only one fifth (22.8%) of the cropped area is irrigated. Only source of irrigation being from less assured sources like tanks and open wells makes agricultural highly vulnerable. As a result half of district's population (49.2%) are below poverty line. Percentage of population below poverty line for the state is 22.19% indicating the extent of underdevelopment of Medak compared to the state. Three fourths of those below poverty line are agricultural labourers indicating the lack of non farm sources of employment. Medak has a low female literacy rate in the state next only to Mahabubnagar. Female literacy rate is 19.3% according to 2001 census data against the state average of 32.7%. Overall literacy rate for entire district population is 53.24% against state average of 61.11 %. Literacy rate of rural areas is 26.9%, with female literacy being still lower at 13.8%. Educational backwardness of the area is also reflected in the low percentage (28%) of children in the 5-14 age group attending school. Medak has the highest primary school dropout rate (66.51%) in the state of Andhra Pradesh with the enrolment rate is as low as 32.72%. Besides, a large proportion (48%) of the children not attending the school in the 1...