{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "hces",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "survey 2022-23 & 2023-24",
  "source": "MoSPI, National Statistical Office",
  "vintage": "2026-08-06",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2023-04",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "revisionPolicy": "Survey estimates are final on release. Each round is a cross-section; the two rounds are comparable by design but are never averaged or chained.",
  "coverage": "States/UTs × rural/urban; average MPCE in ₹, with imputation (adds the value of food and goods received free through welfare schemes).",
  "note": "\"Without imputation\" is the headline MPCE convention (comparable across the two rounds); \"with imputation\" adds the imputed value of items received free of cost through social welfare programmes. Only the 2022-23 and 2023-24 HCES rounds exist in the eSankhyiki API — the 2011-12 and earlier NSS CES rounds are not served and are methodologically different; these series must never be spliced with them."
 },
 "dates": [
  "2022-04-01",
  "2023-04-01"
 ],
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   "name": "hces_andaman_nicobar_islands_rural",
   "label": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands · Rural",
   "group": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    7332,
    7805
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "andaman_nicobar_islands_urban": {
   "name": "hces_andaman_nicobar_islands_urban",
   "label": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands · Urban",
   "group": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    10268,
    10461
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "andhra_pradesh_rural": {
   "name": "hces_andhra_pradesh_rural",
   "label": "Andhra Pradesh · Rural",
   "group": "Andhra Pradesh",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    4996,
    5539
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "andhra_pradesh_urban": {
   "name": "hces_andhra_pradesh_urban",
   "label": "Andhra Pradesh · Urban",
   "group": "Andhra Pradesh",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    6877,
    7341
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "arunachal_pradesh_rural": {
   "name": "hces_arunachal_pradesh_rural",
   "label": "Arunachal Pradesh · Rural",
   "group": "Arunachal Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    5300,
    6107
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "arunachal_pradesh_urban": {
   "name": "hces_arunachal_pradesh_urban",
   "label": "Arunachal Pradesh · Urban",
   "group": "Arunachal Pradesh",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    8649,
    9877
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "assam_rural": {
   "name": "hces_assam_rural",
   "label": "Assam · Rural",
   "group": "Assam",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    3961
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "assam_urban": {
   "name": "hces_assam_urban",
   "label": "Assam · Urban",
   "group": "Assam",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
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    6210,
    6913
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "bihar_rural": {
   "name": "hces_bihar_rural",
   "label": "Bihar · Rural",
   "group": "Bihar",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    3788
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   "unit": "inr"
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   "name": "hces_bihar_urban",
   "label": "Bihar · Urban",
   "group": "Bihar",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    4819,
    5165
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   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "chandigarh_rural": {
   "name": "hces_chandigarh_rural",
   "label": "Chandigarh · Rural",
   "group": "Chandigarh",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    8857
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   "unit": "inr"
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  "chandigarh_urban": {
   "name": "hces_chandigarh_urban",
   "label": "Chandigarh · Urban",
   "group": "Chandigarh",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    12577,
    13425
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   "unit": "inr"
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  "chhattisgarh_rural": {
   "name": "hces_chhattisgarh_rural",
   "label": "Chhattisgarh · Rural",
   "group": "Chhattisgarh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
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    2927
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  },
  "chhattisgarh_urban": {
   "name": "hces_chhattisgarh_urban",
   "label": "Chhattisgarh · Urban",
   "group": "Chhattisgarh",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    4557,
    5114
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   "unit": "inr"
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  "dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_diu_rural": {
   "name": "hces_dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_diu_rural",
   "label": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu · Rural",
   "group": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    4229,
    4450
   ],
   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_diu_urban": {
   "name": "hces_dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_diu_urban",
   "label": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu · Urban",
   "group": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    6306,
    6876
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   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "delhi_rural": {
   "name": "hces_delhi_rural",
   "label": "Delhi · Rural",
   "group": "Delhi",
   "color": "#5F6675",
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    7415
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   "unit": "inr"
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  "delhi_urban": {
   "name": "hces_delhi_urban",
   "label": "Delhi · Urban",
   "group": "Delhi",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    8250,
    8548
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  "goa_rural": {
   "name": "hces_goa_rural",
   "label": "Goa · Rural",
   "group": "Goa",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    8178
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   "unit": "inr"
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   "name": "hces_goa_urban",
   "label": "Goa · Urban",
   "group": "Goa",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
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    9782
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   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "gujarat_rural": {
   "name": "hces_gujarat_rural",
   "label": "Gujarat · Rural",
   "group": "Gujarat",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    4190
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   "unit": "inr"
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  "gujarat_urban": {
   "name": "hces_gujarat_urban",
   "label": "Gujarat · Urban",
   "group": "Gujarat",
   "color": "#878D99",
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    7198
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   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "haryana_rural": {
   "name": "hces_haryana_rural",
   "label": "Haryana · Rural",
   "group": "Haryana",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
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    5449
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   "name": "hces_haryana_urban",
   "label": "Haryana · Urban",
   "group": "Haryana",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
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    8462
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   "name": "hces_himachal_pradesh_rural",
   "label": "Himachal Pradesh · Rural",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    5833
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   "name": "hces_himachal_pradesh_urban",
   "label": "Himachal Pradesh · Urban",
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   "data": [
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    9230
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  "jammu_kashmir_rural": {
   "name": "hces_jammu_kashmir_rural",
   "label": "Jammu & Kashmir · Rural",
   "group": "Jammu & Kashmir",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
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    4896
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   "unit": "inr"
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   "label": "Jammu & Kashmir · Urban",
   "group": "Jammu & Kashmir",
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    6375
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  "jharkhand_rural": {
   "name": "hces_jharkhand_rural",
   "label": "Jharkhand · Rural",
   "group": "Jharkhand",
   "color": "#5F6675",
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    3056
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   "label": "Jharkhand · Urban",
   "group": "Jharkhand",
   "color": "#878D99",
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    5455
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   "name": "hces_karnataka_rural",
   "label": "Karnataka · Rural",
   "group": "Karnataka",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
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    5068
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   "name": "hces_karnataka_urban",
   "label": "Karnataka · Urban",
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    8169
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   "unit": "inr"
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  "kerala_rural": {
   "name": "hces_kerala_rural",
   "label": "Kerala · Rural",
   "group": "Kerala",
   "color": "#5F6675",
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    6673
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   "name": "hces_kerala_urban",
   "label": "Kerala · Urban",
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    7834
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   "name": "hces_ladakh_rural",
   "label": "Ladakh · Rural",
   "group": "Ladakh",
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    5063
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    7561
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  "lakshadweep_rural": {
   "name": "hces_lakshadweep_rural",
   "label": "Lakshadweep · Rural",
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   "color": "#5F6675",
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    6489
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   "name": "hces_lakshadweep_urban",
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    6477
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   "label": "Madhya Pradesh · Rural",
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    3522
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   "label": "Madhya Pradesh · Urban",
   "group": "Madhya Pradesh",
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    5589
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   "label": "Maharashtra · Rural",
   "group": "Maharashtra",
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    4249
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    7415
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  "manipur_rural": {
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    4592
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    6005
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   "name": "hces_meghalaya_rural",
   "label": "Meghalaya · Rural",
   "group": "Meghalaya",
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    3900
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  "meghalaya_urban": {
   "name": "hces_meghalaya_urban",
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    7857
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   "name": "hces_mizoram_rural",
   "label": "Mizoram · Rural",
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    5963
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    8709
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    5282
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    5925
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  "puducherry_rural": {
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    7609
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   "name": "hces_puducherry_urban",
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    8639
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   "name": "hces_punjab_rural",
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    5874
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   "name": "hces_punjab_urban",
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    7383
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   "group": "Rajasthan",
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    4626
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   "name": "hces_rajasthan_urban",
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    6640
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    9474
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    13965
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   "name": "hces_tamil_nadu_rural",
   "label": "Tamil Nadu · Rural",
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   "name": "hces_telangana_rural",
   "label": "Telangana · Rural",
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    5675
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    9131
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   "name": "hces_tripura_rural",
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    8118
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    3578
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    5474
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   "label": "Uttarakhand · Rural",
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    5123
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   "name": "hces_uttarakhand_urban",
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    7547
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   "unit": "inr"
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  "west_bengal_rural": {
   "name": "hces_west_bengal_rural",
   "label": "West Bengal · Rural",
   "group": "West Bengal",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
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    3815
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   "unit": "inr"
  },
  "west_bengal_urban": {
   "name": "hces_west_bengal_urban",
   "label": "West Bengal · Urban",
   "group": "West Bengal",
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    5903
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   "unit": "inr"
  }
 }
}