Indian states ranking by drinking water
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This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by access to safe drinking water. The list is compiled from the 2011 India Census Report published by Government of India.[1][2] The rank is based on the percentage of households which have access to safe drinking water
Punjab ranked highest with 97.6%, while Bihar has the worst rank with only 33.5% households having access to safe drinking water. National average stands at 85.5%.
| Rank | State | % of households with access to safe drinking water(2011) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala (India)Kerala | 97.6 |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 95.1 |
| 3 | punjab | 94.0 |
| 4 | Haryana | 93.8 |
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 93.7 |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu | 92.5 |
| 7 | Uttarakhand | 92.2 |
| 7 | West Bengal | 92.2 |
| 8 | Andhra Pradesh | 90.5 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 90.3 |
| 10 | Karnataka | 87.5 |
| 11 | Chhattisgarh | 86.3 |
| 12 | Goa | 85.7 |
| ** | All India Average | 85.5 |
| 13 | Sikkim | 85.1 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 83.4 |
| 15 | Arunachal Pradesh | 78.6 |
| 16 | Rajasthan | 78.1 |
| 17 | Madhya Pradesh | 78.0 |
| 18 | Jammu and Kashmir | 76.8 |
| 19 | Odisha | 75.3 |
| 20 | Assam | 69.9 |
| 21 | Tripura | 67.5 |
| 22 | Mizoram | 60.4 |
| 23 | Jharkhand | 60.1 |
| 24 | Nagaland | 53.8 |
| 25 | Manipur | 45.4 |
| 26 | Meghalaya | 44.7 |
| 27 | Bihar | 29.5 |
| 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 | Lakshadweep | 22.8 |
