| Reasons of rural poverty | Mean | SD |
| Lack of access to educational opportunities/Illiteracy | 4.49 | 0.602 |
| Lack of employment opportunities | 4.35 | 0.853 |
| Lack of good governance policies by the state | 4.32 | 0.756 |
| Small Land holdings and Low agricultural produce | 4.11 | 0.693 |
| Lack of access to health Facilities | 4.06 | 0.688 |
| Poor marketing facilities of agriculture produce | 4.02 | 0.723 |
| Limited access to social safety nets (SSNs) and Micro-credit facilities | 3.97 | 0.749 |
| Poor Agric. Technology transfer system | 3.82 | 0.964 |