{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "aishe",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "AISHE survey rounds",
  "source": "Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), via MoSPI eSankhyiki",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2021-04",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "revisionPolicy": "Survey estimates are final on release. Each survey year is a cross-section; the five years (2017-18 to 2021-22) are comparable by design but are never chained into a spliced index.",
  "coverage": "States/UTs and All India; number of universities and of colleges, five survey years.",
  "note": "Survey years are fiscal (Apr–Mar), plotted at April of the first year. The five AISHE rounds served by the eSankhyiki API (2017-18 to 2021-22) are comparable by design but are never chained into a spliced index. GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio) = enrolled students ÷ the college-age population × 100; it is gross, so it can exceed 100. GPI (Gender Parity Index) = female GER ÷ male GER; 1.0 is parity. Universities are reported for 33 states and UTs: the smallest UTs (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) have colleges but no university of their own."
 },
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  "2017-04-01",
  "2018-04-01",
  "2019-04-01",
  "2020-04-01",
  "2021-04-01"
 ],
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   "color": "#5F6675",
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    993,
    1043,
    1113,
    1168
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   "color": "#878D99",
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    41,
    41,
    45,
    47
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Arunachal Pradesh",
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   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    10,
    10,
    10,
    10
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_assam__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Assam",
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   "color": "#C9CED6",
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    22,
    26,
    28,
    30
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_bihar__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Bihar",
   "group": "Bihar",
   "color": "#5F6675",
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    33,
    35,
    37,
    37
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_chandigarh__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Chandigarh",
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   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
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    3,
    3,
    3,
    3
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_chhattisgarh__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Chhattisgarh",
   "group": "Chhattisgarh",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
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    28,
    28,
    32,
    34
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Delhi",
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   "color": "#C9CED6",
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    27,
    28,
    28,
    30
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_goa__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Goa",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
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    3,
    3,
    3,
    3
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_gujarat__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Gujarat",
   "group": "Gujarat",
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    72,
    76,
    83,
    91
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_haryana__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Haryana",
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   "data": [
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    48,
    53,
    56,
    56
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   "unit": "count"
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   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
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    26,
    27,
    29,
    30
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Jammu & Kashmir",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    15,
    15,
    15,
    16
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Jharkhand",
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    25,
    32,
    32,
    33
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   "unit": "count"
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   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    65,
    69,
    72,
    75
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Kerala",
   "group": "Kerala",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    22,
    23,
    23,
    23,
    25
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_ladakh__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Ladakh",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
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    null,
    1,
    2,
    2
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   "color": "#878D99",
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    65,
    66,
    74,
    77
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Maharashtra",
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   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    62,
    65,
    71,
    74
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_manipur__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Manipur",
   "group": "Manipur",
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    6,
    8,
    9,
    10
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   "unit": "count"
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    10,
    10,
    11,
    11
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   "color": "#878D99",
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    3,
    3,
    3,
    3
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   "label": "Universities · Nagaland",
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    5,
    5,
    5,
    6
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    28,
    32,
    36,
    37
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   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    4,
    4,
    4,
    4
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   "unit": "count"
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    31,
    32,
    32,
    34,
    40
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Rajasthan",
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   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    83,
    89,
    92,
    90
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   "unit": "count"
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    7,
    8,
    8,
    9
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_tamil_nadu__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Tamil Nadu",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    59,
    59,
    59,
    62
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Universities · Telangana",
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   "color": "#878D99",
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    24,
    24,
    31,
    31
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   "unit": "count"
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   "name": "aishe_tripura__universities",
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    4,
    4,
    5,
    5
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   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
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    79,
    81,
    84,
    91
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   "name": "aishe_uttarakhand__universities",
   "label": "Universities · Uttarakhand",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
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    36,
    36,
    37,
    38
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   "unit": "count"
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   "color": "#878D99",
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    45,
    47,
    52,
    58
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   "label": "Colleges · All India",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    39931,
    42343,
    43796,
    45473
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Colleges · Andaman & Nicobar Islands",
   "group": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
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    8,
    8,
    9,
    9
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   "unit": "count"
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    2678,
    2750,
    2601,
    2602
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    37,
    39,
    42,
    44
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    544,
    558,
    595,
    607
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    840,
    874,
    1035,
    1092
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    25,
    25,
    26,
    26
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    760,
    810,
    870,
    917
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    18,
    18,
    19,
    19
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    180,
    179,
    180,
    188
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    57,
    58,
    61,
    62
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    2232,
    2275,
    2267,
    2395
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    1090
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    336,
    344,
    348,
    349
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   "unit": "count"
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    293,
    316,
    348,
    341
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   "unit": "count"
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    313,
    323,
    336,
    366
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    4233,
    4430
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   "unit": "count"
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    1417,
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    1463
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    5,
    3,
    6
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    0,
    null
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    2610,
    2742
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    4692
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   "unit": "count"
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    92,
    102,
    105,
    108
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   "unit": "count"
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    63,
    67,
    75,
    77
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    32,
    35,
    39,
    40
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    67,
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    68,
    69
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    1300
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   "unit": "count"
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    81,
    82
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   "unit": "count"
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    1039,
    1044
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   "unit": "count"
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    3694,
    3934
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   "unit": "count"
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   "label": "Colleges · Sikkim",
   "group": "Sikkim",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    19,
    22,
    23,
    24
   ],
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  },
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   "label": "Colleges · Tamil Nadu",
   "group": "Tamil Nadu",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    2472,
    2466,
    2610,
    2667,
    2829
   ],
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  },
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   "name": "aishe_telangana__colleges",
   "label": "Colleges · Telangana",
   "group": "Telangana",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    2045,
    1988,
    2071,
    2062,
    2083
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
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   "name": "aishe_tripura__colleges",
   "label": "Colleges · Tripura",
   "group": "Tripura",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    52,
    52,
    53,
    54,
    54
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
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   "name": "aishe_uttar_pradesh__colleges",
   "label": "Colleges · Uttar Pradesh",
   "group": "Uttar Pradesh",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    6922,
    7078,
    7788,
    8114,
    8375
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
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   "name": "aishe_uttarakhand__colleges",
   "label": "Colleges · Uttarakhand",
   "group": "Uttarakhand",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    440,
    438,
    454,
    477,
    500
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
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   "name": "aishe_west_bengal__colleges",
   "label": "Colleges · West Bengal",
   "group": "West Bengal",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    1341,
    1371,
    1411,
    1446,
    1514
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  }
 }
}