[1] This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by access to safe drinking water.
[1] This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by access to safe drinking water.
The list is compiled from the 2011 India Census Report published by Government of India. [2] [3] The rank is based on the percentage of households which have access to safe drinking water.
Kerala ranked highest with 97.6%, while Andhra has the worst rank with only 33.5% households having access to safe drinking water. National average stands at 85.5%.
| Rank | State | Percentage of households with access to safe drinking water(2011) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 97.6 |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 95.1 |
| 3 | Bihar | 94.0 |
| 4 | Haryana | 93.8 |
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 93.7 |
| 6 | Maharashtra | 92.5 |
| 7 | Uttarakhand | 92.2 |
| 8 | West Bengal | 92.2 |
| 9 | Punjab | 90.5 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 90.3 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 87.5 |
| 12 | Chhattisgarh | 86.3 |
| 13 | Goa | 85.7 |
| ** All India Average | 85.5 | |
| 14 | Sikkim | 85.3 |
| 15 | Tamil Nadu | 83.4 |
| 16 | Arunachal Pradesh | 78.6 |
| 17 | Rajasthan | 78.1 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 78.0 |
| U/T | Jammu and Kashmir | 76.8 |
| 20 | Odisha | 75.3 |
| 21 | Assam | 69.9 |
| 22 | Tripura | 67.5 |
| 23 | Mizoram | 60.4 |
| 24 | Jharkhand | 60.1 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 53.8 |
| 26 | Manipur | 45.4 |
| 27 | Meghalaya | 44.7 |
| 28 | Andhra Pradesh | 33.5 |
| U/T | Chandigarh | 99.3 |
| U/T | Daman and Diu | 98.7 |
| U/T | Puducherry | 97.8 |
| U/T | Delhi | 95.0 |
| U/T | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 91.6 |
| U/T | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 85.5 |
| U/T | Lakshadweep | 22.8 |
| No | States & Union territory | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |||||||
| Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | |||
1 | na | na | na | 65.2 | 54.9 | 95.7 | 76.8 | 70.1 | 96.1 | ||
| 2 | Himachal Pradesh | 77.3 | 75.5 | 91.9 | 88.6 | 87.5 | 97.0 | 93.7 | 93.2 | 97.8 | |
| 3 | Punjab | 92.7 | 92.1 | 94.2 | 97.6 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 97.6 | 96.7 | 98.9 | |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 97.7 | 98.1 | 97.7 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 99.3 | 98.7 | 99.4 | |
| 5 | Uttarakhand | a | a | a | 86.7 | 83.0 | 97.8 | 92.2 | 89.5 | 98.7 | |
| 6 | Haryana | 74.3 | 67.1 | 93.2 | 86.1 | 81.1 | 97.3 | 93.8 | 92.0 | 96.7 | |
| 7 | Delhi | 95.8 | 91.0 | 96.2 | 97.2 | 90.1 | 97.7 | 95.0 | 87.9 | 95.2 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 59.0 | 50.6 | 86.5 | 68.2 | 60.4 | 93.5 | 78.1 | 72.8 | 94.3 | |
| 9 | Uttar Pradesh | 62.2 | 56.6 | 85.8 | 87.8 | 85.5 | 97.2 | 95.1 | 94.3 | 97.9 | |
| 10 | Bihar | 58.8 | 56.5 | 73.4 | 86.6 | 86.1 | 91.2 | 94.0 | 93.9 | 94.7 | |
| 11 | Sikkim | 73.1 | 70.8 | 92.8 | 70.7 | 67.0 | 97.1 | 85.3 | 82.7 | 92.2 | |
| 12 | Arunachal Pradesh | 70.0 | 66.9 | 88.2 | 77.5 | 73.7 | 90.7 | 78.6 | 74.3 | 91.3 | |
| 13 | Nagaland | 53.4 | 55.6 | 45.5 | 46.5 | 47.5 | 42.3 | 53.8 | 54.6 | 51.8 | |
| 14 | Manipur | 38.7 | 33.7 | 52.1 | 37.0 | 29.3 | 59.4 | 45.4 | 37.5 | 60.8 | |
| 15 | Mizoram | 16.2 | 12.9 | 19.9 | 36.0 | 23.8 | 47.8 | 60.4 | 43.4 | 75.8 | |
| 16 | Tripura | 37.2 | 30.6 | 71.1 | 52.5 | 45.0 | 85.8 | 67.5 | 58.1 | 91.9 | |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 36.2 | 26.8 | 75.4 | 39.0 | 29.5 | 73.5 | 44.7 | 35.1 | 79.5 | |
| 18 | Assam | 45.9 | 43.3 | 64.1 | 58.8 | 56.8 | 70.4 | 69.9 | 68.3 | 78.2 | |
| 19 | West Bengal | 82.0 | 80.3 | 86.2 | 88.5 | 87.0 | 92.3 | 92.2 | 91.4 | 93.9 | |
| 20 | Jharkhand | a | a | a | 42.6 | 35.5 | 68.2 | 60.1 | 54.3 | 78.4 | |
| 21 | Odisha | 39.1 | 35.3 | 62.8 | 64.2 | 62.9 | 72.3 | 75.3 | 74.4 | 79.8 | |
| 22 | Chhattisgarh | a | a | a | 70.5 | 66.2 | 88.8 | 86.3 | 84.1 | 93.9 | |
| 23 | Madhya Pradesh | 53.4 | 45.6 | 79.4 | 68.4 | 61.5 | 88.6 | 78.0 | 73.1 | 92.1 | |
| 24 | Gujarat | 69.8 | 60.0 | 87.2 | 84.1 | 76.9 | 95.4 | 90.3 | 84.9 | 97.0 | |
| 25 | Daman & Diu | 71.4 | 56.9 | 86.8 | 96.3 | 94.9 | 98.9 | 98.7 | 97.8 | 99.0 | |
| 26 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 45.6 | 41.2 | 91.0 | 77.0 | 70.5 | 96.1 | 91.6 | 84.3 | 98.4 | |
| 27 | Maharashtra | 68.5 | 54.0 | 90.5 | 79.8 | 68.4 | 95.4 | 83.4 | 73.2 | 95.7 | |
| 28 | Andhra Pradesh | 55.1 | 49.0 | 73.8 | 80.1 | 76.9 | 90.2 | 90.5 | 88.6 | 94.5 | |
| 29 | Karnataka | 71.7 | 67.3 | 81.4 | 84.6 | 80.5 | 92.1 | 87.5 | 84.4 | 92.3 | |
| 30 | Goa | 43.4 | 30.5 | 61.7 | 70.1 | 58.3 | 82.1 | 85.7 | 78.4 | 90.4 | |
| 31 | Lakshadweep | 11.9 | 3.4 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 22.8 | 31.2 | 20.2 | |
| 32 | Kerala | 18.9 | 12.2 | 38.7 | 23.4 | 16.9 | 42.8 | 33.5 | 28.3 | 39.4 | |
| 33 | Tamil Nadu | 67.4 | 64.3 | 74.2 | 85.6 | 85.3 | 85.9 | 92.5 | 92.2 | 92.9 | |
| 34 | Puducherry | 88.8 | 92.9 | 86.1 | 95.9 | 96.6 | 95.5 | 97.8 | 99.6 | 97.0 | |
| 35 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 67.9 | 59.4 | 90.9 | 76.7 | 66.8 | 97.8 | 85.5 | 78.2 | 98.1 | |
| All India | 62.3 | 55.5 | 81.4 | 77.9 | 73.2 | 90.0 | 85.5 | 82.7 | 91.4 | ||
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