This is a list of the states of India ranked in order of percentage of households owning a television set.
On March 13, 2012, the Ministry of Home Affairs released comprehensive data under "Houselisting and Housing Census" which was collected as part of the Decennial Census exercise conducted in 2011. The Census of India 2001 results have also been provided for comparison.
Delhi had the highest percentage of TV ownership amongst union territories with 88 percent and Tamil Nadu has the highest TV ownership amongst states with 87 percent. Dadra and Nagar Haveli have the lowest percentage of TV ownership amongst union territories with 47 percent and Bihar has the lowest TV ownership amongst states with 14.5 percent.
Between 2001 and 2011, percentage of Indian households owning a television set increased from 31.6% to 47.2%.
List Number State Television ownership (%)(Census 2011) Census (2001)1 Delhi 88.0 74.52 Tamil Nadu 87.0 39.53 Punjab 81.7 67.74 Chandigarh 82.5 73.95 Kerala 76.8 38.86 Himachal Pradesh 74.4 53.37 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 68.5 52.48 Haryana 67.9 53.09 Lakshadweep 64.1 33.410 Uttarakhand 62.0 42.911 Daman and Diu 61.0 49.312 Karnataka 60.0 37.013 Andhra Pradesh (includes Telangana) 58.8 31.514 Maharashtra 56.6 44.115 Mizoram 55.1 48.316 Sikkim 54.7 30.917 Gujarat 53.8 38.718 Jammu and Kashmir 51.0 40.719 Manipur 47.4 24.2Overall India 47.2 31.620 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 47.2 27.821 Tripura 44.9 23.722 Arunachal Pradesh 41.1 25.723 Nagaland 37.9 18.124 Rajasthan 37.6 28.125 West Bengal 35.3 26.626 Meghalaya 33.7 20.927 Uttar Pradesh 33.2 25.028 Madhya Pradesh 32.1 29.629 Chhattisgarh 31.3 21.530 Assam 27.5 18.331 Jharkhand 26.8 17.232 Odisha 26.7 15.533 Bihar 14.5 9.1
References
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