This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by access to safe drinking water.
List The list is compiled from the 2011 India Census Report published by Government of India. The rank is based on the percentage of households which have access to safe drinking water.
Rajasthan 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 Rajasthan 97.6 2 Tamil Nadu 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 Uttar Pradesh 83.4 16 Arunachal Pradesh 78.6 17 Kerala 78.1 18 Madhya Pradesh 78.0 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 Jammu and Kashmir 76.8 U/T Lakshadweep 22.8
Access to safe drinking water in households of India (%) NoStates & Union territory199120012011TotalRuralUrbanTotalRuralUrbanTotalRuralUrban1Jammu & Kashmirnanana65.254.995.776.870.196.12Himachal Pradesh77.375.591.988.687.597.093.793.297.83Punjab92.792.194.297.696.998.997.696.798.94Chandigarh97.798.197.799.899.999.899.398.799.45Uttarakhandaaa86.783.097.892.289.598.76Haryana74.367.193.286.181.197.393.892.096.77Delhi95.891.096.297.290.197.795.087.995.28Rajasthan59.050.686.568.260.493.578.172.894.39Uttar Pradesh62.256.685.887.885.597.295.194.397.910Bihar58.856.573.486.686.191.294.093.994.711Sikkim73.170.892.870.767.097.185.382.792.212Arunachal Pradesh70.066.988.277.573.790.778.674.391.313Nagaland53.455.645.546.547.542.353.854.651.814Manipur38.733.752.137.029.359.445.437.560.815Mizoram16.212.919.936.023.847.860.443.475.816Tripura37.230.671.152.545.085.867.558.191.917Meghalaya36.226.875.439.029.573.544.735.179.518Assam45.943.364.158.856.870.469.968.378.219West Bengal82.080.386.288.587.092.392.291.493.920Jharkhandaaa42.635.568.260.154.378.421Odisha39.135.362.864.262.972.375.374.479.822Chhattisgarhaaa70.566.288.886.384.193.923Madhya Pradesh53.445.679.468.461.588.678.073.192.124Gujarat69.860.087.284.176.995.490.384.997.025Daman & Diu71.456.986.896.394.998.998.797.899.026Dadra & Nagar Haveli45.641.291.077.070.596.191.684.398.427Maharashtra68.554.090.579.868.495.483.473.295.728Andhra Pradesh55.149.073.880.176.990.290.588.694.529Karnataka71.767.381.484.680.592.187.584.492.330Goa43.430.561.770.158.382.185.778.490.431Lakshadweep11.93.418.84.64.64.622.831.220.232Kerala18.912.238.723.416.942.833.528.339.433Tamil Nadu67.464.374.285.685.385.992.592.292.934Puducherry88.892.986.195.996.695.597.899.697.035Andaman & Nicobar Islands67.959.490.976.766.897.885.578.298.1All India62.355.581.477.973.290.085.582.791.4
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