Updated 10 Oct 2026 Next print: September's consumer prices, about 12 October
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Lakshadweep

How Lakshadweep spends, works, borrows, learns and falls ill, set against India and its neighbours, in 94 figures from 48 official tables. MoSPI's state accounts do not cover it, so there is no income figure.

Kind Union territory Codes IN-LD, LGD 31 Neighbours none by land Series naming it 5,996 in 13 guides
Retail inflation (CPI)
3.1%
Aug 2026, joint 30th of 36, counted from the highestIndia 4.8%
Unemployment rate
6.9%
2025, 3rd highest of 36India 3.1%
Monthly spending per person, rural
₹6,350
2023-24, 8th of 36, counted from the highestIndia ₹4,122
Credit-deposit ratio
13.0%
end Jun 2026, the lowest of 36India 83.0%
01

Where Lakshadweep stands

Each row puts every state and union territory with a figure for the same period on one line, lowest on the left and highest on the right. Lakshadweep is the blue dot; India, where the source gives an all-India figure for that period, is the gold tick. Rows read on their own scales: a dot near the right of one row and the left of another says where Lakshadweep ranks, not how big the numbers are.

A union territory without a legislature: the Union government runs it, and several state-level sources leave it out.

Lakshadweep among the states and union territories

Each measure at its comparison period, the latest that at least three in four units have published.
Source: India Atlas, from the bundles named under each section below. Ranks count only units with a figure for the same period.
02

Income and growth

State domestic product is everything produced inside the state in a year. Divided by the people who live there, it is the nearest thing to an average income each state publishes, though it measures production, not what people take home. Every figure here is on MoSPI's 2011-12 base.

MoSPI's state accounts do not cover this union territory: it has no legislature, and its output is counted within the all-India figures.

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03

What the economy runs on

What the state's output is made of: farms, forests and fishing; industry, which is mining, manufacturing, power and water, and construction; and services, from shops and transport to banks, schools, hospitals and government.

MoSPI's state accounts do not cover this union territory, so the shares of its output are not published.

Read from: states-structure, states-industry-shares.

04

Prices

Retail inflation on the 2024 base of the Consumer Price Index, which began in January 2026: how much more the same basket of goods and services cost than a year earlier. Each state has its own basket, so a state's index and the all-India index weigh items differently.

In Lakshadweep, retail inflation (prices against a year earlier) was 3.1% in August 2026, joint 30th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 4.8%. Something that cost ₹100 a year earlier cost about ₹103 in August 2026, on the average shopping basket of Lakshadweep.

In Lakshadweep, inflation in food and drink was 0.1% in August 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026. The all-India figure was 5.7%.

Prices in Lakshadweep against a year earlier, on two rulers

Consumer Price Index, combined, per cent change on the same month a year earlier: base 2012 to December 2025, base 2024 from January 2026. The two are different indices and are not joined. Grey: All India.
Source: MoSPI, NSO, CPI (cpi-states, cpi-2024-states, cpi, cpi-2024).
MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Inflation for farm labourers (CPI-AL) 1.7% Aug 2026 2nd lowest of 32 5.2% Row

Read from: cpi-2024-states, cpialrl-states-2019, cpi-2024-states-divisions.

05

Work and pay

From the Periodic Labour Force Survey's calendar-year estimates for 2025, the survey's new design. Usual status counts what a person did for most of the year. Wages are the Labour Bureau's daily rates for men in rural India, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.

In Lakshadweep, the unemployment rate (age 15 and above, usual status) was 6.9% in 2025, 3rd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 3.1%.

In Lakshadweep, the unemployment rate among graduates (usual status) was 22.6% in 2025, 3rd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 11.2%.

In Lakshadweep, the share of women working or looking for work was 21.9% in 2025, 2nd lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 40.0%.

Women and men at work in Lakshadweep, against India

Per cent, age 15 and above, usual status, calendar year 2025. Gold ticks: All India.
Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, calendar-year estimates (plfs-cy25-states-ur, -lfpr, -wpr; plfs-cy25-india).
MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Unemployment, age 15 to 29 26.3% 2025 2nd highest of 36 9.9% Row
Unemployment, women 10.5% 2025 3rd highest of 36 3.1% Row
Unemployment, men 5.6% 2025 5th highest of 36 3.1% Row
Men in the labour force 76.1% 2025 25th of 36, counted from the highest 79.1% Row
Women in work 19.6% 2025 2nd lowest of 36 38.8% Row
Men in work 71.9% 2025 28th of 36, counted from the highest 76.6% Row

No figure for Lakshadweep: daily wage, farm labour (men); daily wage, non-farm labour (men); daily wage, construction (men). The source does not publish them for this unit.

Read from: plfs-cy25-states-ur, plfs-cy25-states-lfpr, plfs-cy25-states-wpr, states-hbs-t113, states-hbs-t115, states-hbs-t112.

06

How households live

Spending from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24; poverty from NITI Aayog's multidimensional index; homes, women's lives and families from the sixth National Family Health Survey (2023-24), with the fifth round (2019-21) beside each figure as the NFHS-6 fact sheets print it. Toilets and cooking fuel are not in the NFHS-6 fact sheets, so they come from NFHS-5.

In Lakshadweep, monthly spending per person in villages was ₹6,350 in 2023-24, 8th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹4,122. A month's ₹6,350 is about ₹212 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Lakshadweep, monthly spending per person in towns and cities was ₹6,377 in 2023-24, 27th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹6,996. A month's ₹6,377 is about ₹213 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Lakshadweep, monthly spending per person of the poorest 5% of village households was ₹2,362 in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (14th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was ₹1,677.

In Lakshadweep, food's share of what village households spend was 48.7% in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (13th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 47.0%.

In Lakshadweep, the average cash loan outstanding per rural household, counting those with none (AIDIS, 30 June 2018) was ₹8,383 in NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019, 3rd lowest of 33 states and union territories with figures for NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019. The all-India figure was ₹59,748.

In Lakshadweep, the share of people who are multidimensionally poor (NITI Aayog) was 1.1% in 2019-21, 4th lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 15.0%.

In Lakshadweep, the share of people in homes with an improved toilet was 99.8% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, the highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 70.2%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 99.4%.

MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Food's share of spending, urban 54.1% 2023-24 the highest of 36 39.7% Row
Spending of the richest 5%, rural ₹18,297 2023-24 5th highest of 36 ₹10,137 Row
Inequality of spending (Gini), rural 0.249 2023-24 joint 3rd highest of 36 0.237 Row
Inequality of spending (Gini), urban 0.233 2023-24 joint 26th of 36, counted from the highest 0.284 Row
Monthly spending per person, Scheduled Caste households, rural ₹5,394 2023-24 11th of 35, counted from the highest ₹3,878 Row
Assets of a rural household ₹10,18,300 NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019 26th of 33, counted from the highest ₹15,92,379 no row
Rural households in debt 44 per 1,000 NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019 2nd lowest of 33 350 per 1,000 no row
Adults with a bank account 95.9% NSS 79, 2022-23 near the middle, 16th of 36 counted from the highest 94.6% no row
Homes with broadband 65.0% NSS 78, 2020-21 5th highest of 36 41.8% no row
People with a disability 2.0% NSS 76, July to December 2018 near the middle, joint 17th of 33 counted from the highest 2.2% no row
Clean cooking fuel 59.4%NFHS-4, 2015-16: 34.8% NFHS-5, 2019-21 near the middle, 21st of 36 counted from the highest 58.6% Row
Improved drinking water 88.4%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 92.9% NFHS-6, 2023-24 4th lowest of 35 96.5% Row
Electricity at home 99.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 99.8% NFHS-6, 2023-24 joint highest of 35 98.3% Row
Health insurance 45.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 67.7% NFHS-6, 2023-24 27th of 35, counted from the highest 60.2% Row
Women with a bank account 89.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 66.9% NFHS-6, 2023-24 joint 25th of 35, counted from the highest 89.0% Row
Women with a mobile phone 85.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 84.0% NFHS-6, 2023-24 9th of 35, counted from the highest 63.6% Row
Women who have used the internet 77.9%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 56.3% NFHS-6, 2023-24 9th of 35, counted from the highest 64.3% Row
Women with 10 years of school 78.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 67.8% NFHS-6, 2023-24 2nd highest of 35 46.4% Row
Women married before 18 2.9%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 1.3% NFHS-6, 2023-24 joint lowest of 35 20.1% Row
Sex ratio at birth 1,051NFHS-4, 2015-16: 922 NFHS-5, 2019-21 2nd highest of 36 929 Row
Households with a bank account 98.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 96.3% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, 21st of 35 counted from the highest 98.2% Row
Women who own a house or land 53.6%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 48.0% NFHS-6, 2023-24 2nd highest of 35 18.8% Row
Children aged 2 to 4 in pre-school 70.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 56.1% NFHS-6, 2023-24 2nd highest of 35 47.0% Row
Women who faced spousal violence 10.2%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 1.3% NFHS-6, 2023-24 27th of 35, counted from the highest 22.3% Row

No figure for Lakshadweep: monthly income of a farm household; women among MLAs. The source does not publish them for this unit.

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07

Health

Nutrition, births, vaccination, blood pressure and blood sugar from the sixth National Family Health Survey (2023-24); anaemia, which its fact sheets do not print, from the fifth (2019-21); infant deaths and life expectancy from the Sample Registration System; government hospital beds from the Ministry of Health, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.

In Lakshadweep, the share of children under five who are too short for their age was 34.1% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 6th of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 29.3%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 32.0%. That is about 34 in every 100 children under five, a sign of poor nutrition in the years when it matters most.

In Lakshadweep, the share of births in a hospital or health centre was 100.0% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, the highest of 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 90.6%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 99.6%.

In Lakshadweep, the share of women aged 15 and above with high blood pressure, or on medicine for it was 30.7% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 3rd highest of 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 19.4%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 24.8%.

In Lakshadweep, the share of women aged 15 to 49 who are anaemic was 25.8% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 57.0%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 45.7%.

In Lakshadweep, the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births (Sample Registration System) was 9 in 2022-23, joint 27th of the 34 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 25.

MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Children wasted 12.4%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 17.4% NFHS-6, 2023-24 25th of 35, counted from the highest 19.0% Row
Children anaemic 43.1%NFHS-4, 2015-16: 51.9% NFHS-5, 2019-21 5th lowest of 36 67.1% Row
Children fully vaccinated 90.5%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 86.1% NFHS-6, 2023-24 5th highest of 35 82.6% Row
Children per woman 2.2NFHS-5, 2019-21: 1.4 NFHS-6, 2023-24 joint 2nd highest of 35 2.0 Row
Women overweight or obese 50.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 33.5% NFHS-6, 2023-24 2nd highest of 35 30.7% Row
Men with high blood pressure 31.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 24.7% NFHS-6, 2023-24 6th of 35, counted from the highest 22.1% Row
Women with high blood sugar 22.5%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 19.5% NFHS-6, 2023-24 6th of 35, counted from the highest 17.8% Row
Men with high blood sugar 23.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 20.7% NFHS-6, 2023-24 11th of 35, counted from the highest 20.9% Row
Men who use tobacco 29.5%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 28.5% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, 22nd of 35 counted from the highest 36.3% Row
Government hospital beds 250 2022-23 the lowest of 36 8,40,455 Row

No figure for Lakshadweep: life expectancy at birth. The source does not publish it for this unit.

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08

Money

Bank deposits and credit booked at branches in the state, from the RBI's quarterly statistics, and the number of bank branches. Credit is counted where a loan is sanctioned, which is not always where the money is spent.

In Lakshadweep, the credit-deposit ratio (bank loans booked in the state for every ₹100 deposited there) was 13.0% at the end of June 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was 83.0%. For every ₹100 deposited with banks in Lakshadweep, they have lent about ₹13 in Lakshadweep. The rest is lent elsewhere.

In Lakshadweep, the total of bank deposits was ₹1,860 crore at the end of June 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was ₹256.52 lakh crore.

In Lakshadweep, farm loans' share of bank credit booked in the state was 26.5% at the end of June 2026, 2nd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was 11.2%.

Lakshadweep's district, by bank deposits, as on 31 March 2026 (RBI, Basic Statistical Returns; amounts are the sums of the rural, semi-urban, urban and metropolitan figures as published)
DistrictDepositsCreditCredit-deposit ratioWomen's share of loans to individuals
Lakshadweep₹1,888 croreno figureno figure24.9%
MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Bank credit ₹241 crore end Jun 2026 the lowest of 36 ₹212.88 lakh crore Row
Personal loans, share of bank credit 59.5% end Jun 2026 8th of 36, counted from the highest 30.9% Row
Urban co-operative banks 0 end Mar 2023 not ranked no figure Row
Deposits in urban co-operative banks ₹0 crore end Mar 2022 not ranked no figure Row
Bank branches 17 end Jun 2026 the lowest of 36 no figure Row

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09

Industry, energy and exports

Registered factories from the Annual Survey of Industries; small unincorporated businesses outside farming, from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises; renewable power from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; electricity supply from the Central Electricity Authority and goods exports by state of origin from the commerce ministry, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.

In Lakshadweep, the number of factories in operation was 3 in 2023-24, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 2,12,990.

In Lakshadweep, the number of unincorporated enterprises outside farming (ASUSE) was 4,477 in 2023-24, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 7,33,99,476.

In Lakshadweep, the renewable power capacity installed was 9 MW in July 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for July 2026. The all-India figure was 2,91,726 MW.

What Lakshadweep's registered factories make: the largest industries by value added, 2023-24 (Annual Survey of Industries; 0 industries in all)
Industry (NIC 2008 division)Value addedShare of the state's factory value addedPeople engaged
MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
People working in factories 12 2023-24 the lowest of 36 1,95,89,131 Row
Value added by factories ₹0 crore 2023-24 the lowest of 36 ₹24,58,336 crore Row
Workers in informal enterprises 7,622 2023-24 the lowest of 36 12,05,99,815 Row
Solar power capacity 9 MW Jul 2026 4th lowest of 36 1,64,595 MW Row
Wind power capacity 0 MW Jul 2026 not ranked 58,137 MW Row
Electricity available per person 1,015 kWh 2024-25 near the middle, 20th of 34 counted from the highest 1,208 kWh Row
Power lost in transmission 14.0% 2022-23 5th lowest of 34 17.7% Row
Goods exported US$1 million 2024-25 joint 3rd lowest of 36 US$437.42 billion Row

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10

Farms

Crop output, yield, irrigation and milk from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Department of Animal Husbandry, as the RBI's Handbook of Statistics on Indian States reprints them; fertiliser use per hectare from the farms guide's state tables. The farms guide holds every crop for every state since 1980-81.

MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Milk produced 0.0 lakh tonnes 2023-24 the lowest of 34 2,393 lakh tonnes Row

No figure for Lakshadweep: foodgrains grown; foodgrain yield; cropped area irrigated; cropping intensity; rice grown; wheat grown; pulses grown; oilseeds grown; sugarcane grown; cotton grown; fertiliser per hectare. The source does not publish them for this unit.

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Education

Schools from UDISE+, the Ministry of Education's census of every school, as MoSPI serves it (2018-19 to 2024-25); college enrolment from the All India Survey on Higher Education (2021-22). A gross enrolment ratio counts every enrolled student, of any age, against the population of the official age group, so it can pass 100.

In Lakshadweep, the gross enrolment ratio in higher education (18 to 23 year olds) was 1.1% in 2021-22, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2021-22. The all-India figure was 28.4%.

In Lakshadweep, the gross enrolment ratio in classes 11 and 12 was 51.1% in 2024-25, 26th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.

In Lakshadweep, the pupil-teacher ratio in the state's schools was 16 pupils for each teacher in 2024-25, joint 27th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.

In Lakshadweep, the share of schools with an internet connection was 100.0% in 2023-24, joint highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24.

In Lakshadweep, the share of 15 to 29 year olds not in education, employment or training (NSS 79) was 30.9% in NSS 79, 2022-23, 4th highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for NSS 79, 2022-23. The all-India figure was 25.6%.

MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
College enrolment ratio, women 1.9% 2021-22 the lowest of 36 28.5% Row
Young people who can use the internet 96.0% NSS 79, 2022-23 7th of 36, counted from the highest 84.2% no row
Years of schooling, adults 10.4 years NSS 79, 2022-23 6th of 36, counted from the highest 7.5 years no row
Schools with working electricity 100.0% 2024-25 joint highest of 36 no figure no row
Schools with a working girls' toilet 100.0% 2024-25 joint highest of 36 no figure no row
Single-teacher schools 0.0% 2024-25 not ranked no figure no row

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Climate

Temperature and rain over the whole state, from ERA5, a reconstruction of past weather that the World Bank's Climate Change Knowledge Portal averages over each state's area. Each year is set against the state's own average for 1951 to 1980.

In Lakshadweep, the average air temperature over the year was 27.8°C in 2025, 2nd highest of 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025. Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 27.0°C.

In Lakshadweep, the rain over the year was 1,335 mm in 2025, near the middle of the 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025 (22nd counted from the highest). Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 1,786 mm.

In Lakshadweep, the change in days of 35°C or more by 2040 to 2059 against 1995 to 2014, on a middle emissions path (SSP2-4.5, median of the models) was +0 days in 2040-2059.

How warm Lakshadweep's years have been since 1950

Average air temperature over the year, °C, across the state's area. The rule is its own average for 1951 to 1980.
Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, ERA5 reanalysis (climate-era5-states-temp).
MeasureLakshadweepPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Days of 35°C or more 0 days1951 to 1980 average: 0 days 2025 not ranked no figure Row
Extra hot days by 2040-59 (high path) +0 days 2040-2059 not ranked no figure Row

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State finances

The state government's own accounts, from the RBI's Handbook, set against the state's GSDP as the states guide computes it, with what it pays to borrow and how often it ran short of cash with the RBI, from the RBI's weekly and monthly tables. Actual accounts run two years behind; budget and revised estimates are left out.

This union territory has no state budget of its own in the RBI's Handbook: its accounts are part of the Union government's.

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Neighbours and peers

Lakshadweep beside the units it shares a land border with. Each figure carries its own period; where two periods differ, the figures are not a like-for-like comparison.

State or UTRetail inflation (CPI)Unemployment rateMonthly spending per person, ruralCredit-deposit ratio
Lakshadweep no figureno figure3.1%Aug 20266.9%2025₹6,3502023-2413.0%end Jun 2026
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Go deeper

5,996 series across 13 guides name Lakshadweep. Each guide explains its measure in full, and its every-cut table holds every series. The figures above link to their own rows. The whole list, with each series' latest value and a link to its row, is one download: lakshadweep.csv.

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How to read this profile

Every number on this page is copied from an official table, or worked out from one in a way the page names (a share, a growth rate, an average). Nothing is estimated or filled in. Where a source has no figure for Lakshadweep, the page says so.

States report at different lags. MoSPI's newest year of state accounts comes from a few states first, so each figure is ranked at its comparison period, the latest that at least three in four units have published, and the newer estimate is given beside it. A rank counts only the units with a figure for that period, and says how many.

Figures from different sources are different rulers. The 2012 and 2024 bases of the Consumer Price Index, the two designs of the labour force survey, and the rounds of the family health survey are never joined into one series. Boundaries change too: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana split in June 2014; Jammu and Kashmir became two union territories in October 2019; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu merged in January 2020. A figure for a unit before its change appears only under that unit's own name.

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How to misread a state profile

  • 1

    "Income per person is what a typical person earns."

    It is what is produced in the state, divided by everyone who lives there. Profits of companies based elsewhere count where the plant stands; money sent home by people working in other states counts where they work. Spending per person, from the household survey, is closer to how a household lives.

  • 2

    "It ranks 10th, so it is in the middle."

    Check out of how many. Some tables cover 36 units, some 19. A rank says nothing about the distance to the next state; the row in the first chart shows it.

  • 3

    "This figure is from this year."

    Each figure carries its own period, printed beside it. A family health survey figure, a college enrolment ratio and a state's accounts each come from a different year, and the newest of them can be years apart. Two figures side by side may not describe the same year.

  • 4

    "A low credit-deposit ratio means banks are not lending."

    Loans are counted where they are sanctioned. A company with plants in one state may borrow in Mumbai; a farmer's crop loan stays local. A low ratio says that much of the money saved in the state is lent elsewhere.

  • 5

    "The state's weather station says otherwise."

    The climate figures are averages over the whole area of the state, from a reconstruction of past weather, not readings at one station. A city can be warmer or wetter than its state's average.

Sources, method and revisions

Sources of record

48 baked tables: MoSPI, National Statistical Office; Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment; MoSPI, eSankhyiki; Reserve Bank of India, Handbook of Statistics on Indian States; MoSPI / International Institute for Population Sciences; IIPS and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NFHS-6 (2023-24) fact sheets; Reserve Bank of India; Reserve Bank of India, DBIE; Reserve Bank of India, DBIE, via the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub's data service; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), via MoSPI eSankhyiki; World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.

Method

Read at build time from the Atlas's baked bundles through one state key (src/dossiers/states-key.js), which maps every source's spelling of every state. Sentences are templates filled from the data; no language model writes on this page. The build checks every figure against its table.

Breaks

No series is joined across a change of base, survey design or boundary. Ranks never mix periods.

This profile

Rebuilt whenever any of its tables is refreshed. Data vintages from 2026-05-27 to 2026-10-10.

India Atlas, state profiles Lakshadweep Set in Source Serif 4 and Golos Text