List of Indian states and union territories by access to safe drinking water

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.[1][2] The rank is based on the percentage of households which have access to safe drinking water.

States and union
territories of India
ordered by

Punjab ranked highest with 97.6%, while Kerala has the worst rank with only 33.5% households having access to safe drinking water. National average stands at 85.5%.

RankStatePercentage of households with access to safe drinking water(2011)
1Punjab97.6
2Uttar Pradesh95.1
3Bihar94.0
4Haryana93.8
5Himachal Pradesh93.7
6Tamil Nadu92.5
7Uttarakhand92.2
8West Bengal92.2
9Andhra Pradesh90.5
10Gujarat90.3
11Karnataka87.5
12Chhattisgarh86.3
13Goa85.7
**All India Average85.5
14Sikkim85.3
15Maharashtra83.4
16Arunachal Pradesh78.6
17Rajasthan78.1
18Madhya Pradesh78.0
U/TJammu and Kashmir76.8
20Odisha75.3
21Assam69.9
22Tripura67.5
23Mizoram60.4
24Jharkhand60.1
25Nagaland53.8
26Manipur45.4
27Meghalaya44.7
28Kerala33.5
U/TChandigarh99.3
U/TDaman and Diu98.7
U/TPuducherry97.8
U/TDelhi95.0
U/TDadra and Nagar Haveli91.6
U/TAndaman and Nicobar Islands85.5
U/TLakshadweep22.8

ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER IN HOUSEHOLDS IN INDIA (in per cent)[2]
No States & Union territory 1991 2001 2011
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1

Jammu & Kashmir

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

Notes
  1. "Households access to safe drinking water". Government of India. 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  2. "Access to safe drinking water in households in India" (PDF). Government of India. 2012–13. p. 129. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.

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