{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "states-hbs",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "as published",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India, Handbook of Statistics on Indian States (via DBIE)",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "latestPeriod": "2022-04",
  "unit": "per_1000",
  "periodKind": "fy",
  "sparse": false,
  "hbs": {
   "table": "2",
   "report": "1558",
   "section": "SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS",
   "title": "State-wise Birth Rate",
   "duplicates": []
  },
  "coverage": "State-wise Birth Rate: RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, Table 2",
  "note": "DBIE report 1558, data provider \"Query 1\". Values exactly as DBIE serves them; each series carries its unit (scripts/lib/products/states.mjs HBS_UNITS, read from the table's unit column and divisor); DBIE's unit column says: Per Thousands. Periods: fiscal years, dated at April. Dimensions: none; measures: value. Jammu & Kashmir to 2018-19 (with Ladakh) and from 2019-20 (the UT) are separate series; 2019-20 straddles the change of 31 October 2019."
 },
 "dates": [
  "2003-04-01",
  "2004-04-01",
  "2005-04-01",
  "2006-04-01",
  "2007-04-01",
  "2008-04-01",
  "2009-04-01",
  "2010-04-01",
  "2011-04-01",
  "2012-04-01",
  "2013-04-01",
  "2014-04-01",
  "2015-04-01",
  "2016-04-01",
  "2017-04-01",
  "2018-04-01",
  "2019-04-01",
  "2020-04-01",
  "2021-04-01",
  "2022-04-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "all_india": {
   "name": "all_india",
   "label": "All India: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    24.1,
    23.8,
    23.5,
    23.1,
    22.8,
    22.5,
    22.1,
    21.8,
    21.6,
    21.2,
    21,
    20.8,
    20.4,
    20.2,
    20,
    19.7,
    19.5,
    19.3,
    19.1,
    18.4
   ]
  },
  "andaman_and_nicobar_islands": {
   "name": "andaman_and_nicobar_islands",
   "label": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    16.9,
    15.7,
    15.7,
    15.8,
    16.9,
    16.3,
    15.6,
    15.1,
    15,
    14.6,
    14.7,
    12,
    11.7,
    11.4,
    11.2,
    11,
    10.8,
    10.6,
    10.2,
    10.1
   ]
  },
  "andhra_pradesh": {
   "name": "andhra_pradesh",
   "label": "Andhra Pradesh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    19,
    19.1,
    18.9,
    18.7,
    18.4,
    18.3,
    17.9,
    17.5,
    17.5,
    17.4,
    17,
    16.8,
    16.4,
    16.2,
    16,
    15.9,
    15.7,
    15.4,
    15.7,
    15
   ]
  },
  "arunachal_pradesh": {
   "name": "arunachal_pradesh",
   "label": "Arunachal Pradesh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    21.2,
    23.3,
    22.5,
    22.2,
    21.8,
    21.1,
    20.5,
    19.8,
    19.4,
    19.3,
    19.2,
    18.8,
    18.9,
    18.3,
    17.9,
    17.6,
    17.3,
    17,
    17,
    16.6
   ]
  },
  "assam": {
   "name": "assam",
   "label": "Assam: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    25.1,
    25,
    24.6,
    24.3,
    23.9,
    23.6,
    23.2,
    22.8,
    22.5,
    22.4,
    22.4,
    22,
    21.7,
    21.2,
    21.1,
    21,
    20.8,
    20.6,
    20.4,
    19.8
   ]
  },
  "bihar": {
   "name": "bihar",
   "label": "Bihar: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    30.2,
    30.4,
    29.9,
    29.4,
    28.9,
    28.5,
    28.1,
    27.7,
    27.7,
    27.6,
    25.9,
    26.3,
    26.8,
    26.4,
    26.2,
    25.8,
    25.5,
    25.6,
    26.9,
    25.8
   ]
  },
  "chandigarh": {
   "name": "chandigarh",
   "label": "Chandigarh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    16.1,
    17.3,
    15.8,
    15.7,
    16.4,
    15.9,
    15.6,
    15,
    14.8,
    14.7,
    14.3,
    13.7,
    13.9,
    13.5,
    13.3,
    13,
    12.9,
    12.5,
    11.5,
    11.1
   ]
  },
  "chhattisgarh": {
   "name": "chhattisgarh",
   "label": "Chhattisgarh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    27.4,
    27.2,
    26.9,
    26.5,
    26.1,
    25.7,
    25.3,
    24.9,
    24.5,
    24.4,
    23.4,
    23.2,
    22.8,
    22.7,
    22.5,
    22.2,
    22,
    21.7,
    22.8,
    22.3
   ]
  },
  "dadra_and_nagar_haveli": {
   "name": "dadra_and_nagar_haveli",
   "label": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    28.8,
    29.4,
    28.1,
    27.8,
    27,
    27,
    26.6,
    26.1,
    25.6,
    25.5,
    25.6,
    25.5,
    24.5,
    23.6,
    22.9,
    21.9,
    20.3,
    19.8,
    16.6,
    15.9
   ]
  },
  "daman_and_diu": {
   "name": "daman_and_diu",
   "label": "Daman & Diu: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    20,
    19.1,
    18.4,
    17.8,
    17.5,
    19.2,
    18.8,
    18.4,
    18.1,
    17.9,
    17.3,
    17.1,
    24,
    20.2,
    19.6,
    18.6,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "delhi": {
   "name": "delhi",
   "label": "Delhi: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    18.4,
    18.6,
    18.4,
    18.1,
    18.4,
    18.1,
    17.8,
    17.5,
    17.3,
    17.2,
    16.8,
    16.4,
    15.5,
    15.2,
    14.7,
    14.4,
    14.2,
    13.9,
    13.3,
    12.9
   ]
  },
  "goa": {
   "name": "goa",
   "label": "Goa: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    13.8,
    14.8,
    15.1,
    14.7,
    13.6,
    13.5,
    13.2,
    13.3,
    13.1,
    13,
    12.9,
    12.7,
    12.9,
    12.5,
    12.4,
    12.3,
    12.1,
    11.7,
    10.9,
    10.8
   ]
  },
  "gujarat": {
   "name": "gujarat",
   "label": "Gujarat: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    24.3,
    23.7,
    23.5,
    23,
    22.6,
    22.3,
    21.8,
    21.3,
    21.1,
    20.8,
    20.6,
    20.4,
    20.1,
    19.9,
    19.7,
    19.5,
    19.3,
    18.9,
    18.3,
    17.6
   ]
  },
  "haryana": {
   "name": "haryana",
   "label": "Haryana: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    25.1,
    24.3,
    23.9,
    23.4,
    23,
    22.7,
    22.3,
    21.8,
    21.6,
    21.3,
    21.2,
    20.9,
    20.7,
    20.5,
    20.3,
    20.1,
    19.9,
    19.5,
    19.3,
    18.7
   ]
  },
  "himachal_pradesh": {
   "name": "himachal_pradesh",
   "label": "Himachal Pradesh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    19.2,
    20,
    18.8,
    17.4,
    17.7,
    17.2,
    16.9,
    16.5,
    16.2,
    16,
    16.4,
    16.3,
    16,
    15.8,
    15.7,
    15.4,
    15.3,
    15,
    14.5,
    14.3
   ]
  },
  "jammu_and_kashmir_ut": {
   "name": "jammu_and_kashmir_ut",
   "label": "Jammu & Kashmir (UT, from 2019-20): Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    14.6,
    14.6,
    15.3,
    14.8
   ]
  },
  "jammu_and_kashmir_state": {
   "name": "jammu_and_kashmir_state",
   "label": "Jammu & Kashmir (state, with Ladakh, to 2018-19): Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    18.7,
    18.9,
    18.7,
    19,
    18.8,
    18.6,
    18.3,
    17.8,
    17.6,
    17.5,
    16.8,
    16.2,
    15.7,
    15.4,
    15.4,
    14.9,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "jharkhand": {
   "name": "jharkhand",
   "label": "Jharkhand: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    26.2,
    26.8,
    26.2,
    26.1,
    25.8,
    25.6,
    25.3,
    25,
    24.7,
    24.6,
    23.8,
    23.5,
    22.9,
    22.7,
    22.6,
    22.3,
    22,
    21.8,
    21.2,
    20.6
   ]
  },
  "karnataka": {
   "name": "karnataka",
   "label": "Karnataka: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    20.9,
    20.6,
    20.1,
    19.9,
    19.8,
    19.5,
    19.2,
    18.8,
    18.5,
    18.3,
    18.1,
    17.9,
    17.6,
    17.4,
    17.2,
    16.9,
    16.5,
    16.2,
    15.8,
    15.2
   ]
  },
  "kerala": {
   "name": "kerala",
   "label": "Keralam: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    15.2,
    15,
    14.9,
    14.7,
    14.6,
    14.7,
    14.8,
    15.2,
    14.9,
    14.7,
    14.8,
    14.8,
    14.3,
    14.2,
    13.9,
    13.5,
    13.2,
    12.9,
    12.4,
    12.3
   ]
  },
  "ladakh": {
   "name": "ladakh",
   "label": "Ladakh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    14.3,
    14.3,
    15.2,
    14.6
   ]
  },
  "lakshadweep": {
   "name": "lakshadweep",
   "label": "Lakshadweep: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    20.4,
    19.1,
    18.9,
    18.3,
    14.3,
    15,
    14.3,
    14.7,
    14.8,
    14.8,
    14,
    14.7,
    18.9,
    15,
    15.3,
    14.8,
    14.5,
    14.4,
    13.6,
    13.4
   ]
  },
  "madhya_pradesh": {
   "name": "madhya_pradesh",
   "label": "Madhya Pradesh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    29.8,
    29.4,
    29.1,
    28.5,
    28,
    27.7,
    27.3,
    26.9,
    26.6,
    26.3,
    25.7,
    25.5,
    25.1,
    24.8,
    24.6,
    24.5,
    24.1,
    23.8,
    23.3,
    22.5
   ]
  },
  "maharashtra": {
   "name": "maharashtra",
   "label": "Maharashtra: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    19.1,
    19,
    18.5,
    18.1,
    17.9,
    17.6,
    17.1,
    16.7,
    16.6,
    16.5,
    16.5,
    16.3,
    15.9,
    15.7,
    15.6,
    15.3,
    15,
    14.7,
    14.7,
    14
   ]
  },
  "manipur": {
   "name": "manipur",
   "label": "Manipur: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    13.9,
    14.7,
    13.4,
    14.6,
    15.8,
    15.4,
    14.9,
    14.4,
    14.6,
    14.7,
    14.6,
    14.4,
    12.9,
    14.6,
    14.3,
    13.6,
    13.3,
    13.1,
    13.3,
    13
   ]
  },
  "meghalaya": {
   "name": "meghalaya",
   "label": "Meghalaya: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    25.2,
    25.1,
    24.7,
    24.4,
    25.2,
    24.4,
    24.5,
    24.1,
    24.1,
    23.9,
    24.1,
    23.7,
    23.7,
    22.8,
    22.1,
    23.2,
    22.9,
    23,
    23,
    22.7
   ]
  },
  "mizoram": {
   "name": "mizoram",
   "label": "Mizoram: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    19.1,
    18.8,
    17.8,
    18.2,
    17.8,
    17.6,
    17.1,
    16.6,
    16.3,
    16.1,
    16.4,
    16.2,
    15.5,
    15,
    14.8,
    14.5,
    14.4,
    14.4,
    14.4,
    14.2
   ]
  },
  "nagaland": {
   "name": "nagaland",
   "label": "Nagaland: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    13.9,
    16.4,
    17.3,
    17.4,
    17.5,
    17.2,
    16.8,
    16.1,
    15.6,
    15.4,
    15.3,
    14.8,
    14,
    13.5,
    12.9,
    12.7,
    12.5,
    12.6,
    14.1,
    13.6
   ]
  },
  "odisha": {
   "name": "odisha",
   "label": "Odisha: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    22.7,
    22.3,
    21.9,
    21.5,
    21.4,
    21,
    20.5,
    20.1,
    19.9,
    19.6,
    19.4,
    19.2,
    18.6,
    18.3,
    18.2,
    18,
    17.7,
    17.4,
    16.5,
    16
   ]
  },
  "puducherry": {
   "name": "puducherry",
   "label": "Puducherry: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    17,
    16.2,
    15.7,
    15.1,
    16.4,
    16.5,
    16.7,
    16.1,
    15.8,
    15.7,
    14.6,
    13.8,
    13.9,
    13.2,
    13.7,
    13.3,
    13.1,
    12.8,
    12.4,
    12.1
   ]
  },
  "punjab": {
   "name": "punjab",
   "label": "Punjab: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    18.7,
    18.1,
    17.8,
    17.6,
    17.3,
    17,
    16.6,
    16.2,
    15.9,
    15.7,
    15.5,
    15.2,
    14.9,
    14.9,
    14.8,
    14.5,
    14.3,
    14.1,
    14.3,
    13.8
   ]
  },
  "rajasthan": {
   "name": "rajasthan",
   "label": "Rajasthan: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    29,
    28.6,
    28.3,
    27.9,
    27.5,
    27.2,
    26.7,
    26.2,
    25.9,
    25.6,
    25,
    24.8,
    24.3,
    24.1,
    24,
    23.7,
    23.5,
    23.6,
    23.8,
    22.9
   ]
  },
  "sikkim": {
   "name": "sikkim",
   "label": "Sikkim: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    19.5,
    19.9,
    19.2,
    18.1,
    18.4,
    18.1,
    17.8,
    17.6,
    17.2,
    17.1,
    17.1,
    17,
    16.6,
    16.4,
    16.3,
    16.5,
    15.6,
    15.4,
    14.9,
    14.7
   ]
  },
  "tamil_nadu": {
   "name": "tamil_nadu",
   "label": "Tamil Nadu: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    17.1,
    16.5,
    16.2,
    15.8,
    16,
    16.3,
    15.9,
    15.9,
    15.7,
    15.6,
    15.4,
    15.2,
    15,
    14.9,
    14.7,
    14.2,
    13.8,
    13.4,
    12.1,
    12
   ]
  },
  "telangana": {
   "name": "telangana",
   "label": "Telangana: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    18,
    17.8,
    17.5,
    17.2,
    16.9,
    16.7,
    16.4,
    16.1,
    16.5,
    15.8
   ]
  },
  "tripura": {
   "name": "tripura",
   "label": "Tripura: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    15,
    16,
    16.6,
    17.1,
    15.4,
    14.8,
    14.9,
    14.3,
    13.9,
    13.7,
    14.9,
    14.7,
    13.7,
    13,
    13,
    12.8,
    12.6,
    12.8,
    15.6,
    15.3
   ]
  },
  "uttarakhand": {
   "name": "uttarakhand",
   "label": "Uttarakhand: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    20.5,
    20.9,
    21,
    20.4,
    20.1,
    19.7,
    19.3,
    18.9,
    18.5,
    18.2,
    18.2,
    17.8,
    16.6,
    17.3,
    16.7,
    17.1,
    16.6,
    16.8,
    17.1,
    16.9
   ]
  },
  "uttar_pradesh": {
   "name": "uttar_pradesh",
   "label": "Uttar Pradesh: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    30.8,
    30.4,
    30.1,
    29.5,
    29.1,
    28.7,
    28.3,
    27.8,
    27.4,
    27.2,
    27,
    26.7,
    26.2,
    25.9,
    25.6,
    25.4,
    25.1,
    24.8,
    24.2,
    23.6
   ]
  },
  "west_bengal": {
   "name": "west_bengal",
   "label": "West Bengal: Birth Rate",
   "unit": "per_1000",
   "group": "Social and demographic indicators",
   "data": [
    19.3,
    18.8,
    18.4,
    17.9,
    17.5,
    17.2,
    16.8,
    16.3,
    16.1,
    16,
    15.6,
    15.5,
    15.4,
    15.2,
    15,
    14.9,
    14.6,
    14.6,
    14.5,
    14
   ]
  }
 }
}