Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(In thousands)
STATES / UTs
1995
1996
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 (R)
2004(P)
Andhra Pradesh
2212
2579
3100
3301
3636
3966
4389
5002
5720
Arunachal Pradesh
15
16
21
Assam
348
359
409
406
453
Bihar
1247
1330
1505
1599
871
STATES
Chhattisgarh
* 21
21
21
21
21
* 21
542
596
657
727
949
1024
1121
751
857
948
1076
1216
Goa
193
212
268
292
319
341
366
397
436
Gujarat
3021
3378
4206
4680
5189
5576
6008
6508
7087
Haryana
955
1065
1224
1410
1733
1949
2122
2279
2548
Himachal Pradesh
105
119
150
150
**
193
217
244
269
289
178
195
217
* 217
299
330
364
399
439
Jharkhand
909
984
1101
1217
3393
3537
3636
3738
3977
1782
2112
2315
2552
2792
Karnataka
2014
2250
2804
3067
Kerala
1006
1170
1508
1508
Madhya Pradesh
2070
2310
2832
3124
3457
3095
3173
3459
3804
Maharashtra
3621
4033
5040
5518
6114
6760
7414
8134
8969
Manipur
59
62
65
72
77
77
90
97
106
**
Meghalaya
42
45
51
54
58
62
67
73
73
Mizoram
16
18
20
* 20
27
31
34
37
42
Nagaland
95
101
117
130
145
160
177
162
172
Orissa
595
658
810
876
982
1096
1215
1359
1525
Punjab
1770
1915
2296
2296
2910
3103
3308
3529
Rajasthan
1585
1769
2200
2444
2712
2943
3197
3487
3834
Sikkim
10
11
12
12
13
15
17
Tamil Nadu
2423
2772
3614
4074
4611
5162
5658
8005
8575
Tripura
32
35
43
43
45
50
57
66
76
364
406
457
516
5171
5928
6460
2366
2548
67466
Uttarakhand
**
2296
**
Uttar Pradesh
2544
2977
3775
4027
4627
4921
West Bengal
1199
1240
1485
1604
1690
1690
TOTAL STATES
27352
30617
37770
40944
44742
50639
54482
62073
A & N Islands
13
15
16
23
25
28
28
Chandigarh
352
373
386
**
386
**
386
**
386
**
562
586
D & N Haveli
11
13
* 13
13
13
13
31
35
16
19
27
30
34
37
41
44
48
Delhi
2432
2630
3033
3277
3424
3635
3699
3971
4237
Lakshadweep
Puducherry
119
119
119
206
231
252
270
293
313
1690
UTs
* 16
386
+ 28
TOTAL UTs
2943
3169
3597
3931
4115
4352
4442
4934
5252
GRAND TOTAL
30295
33786
41367
44875
48857
54991
58924
67007
72718
: Data relates to
** : Data relates to 1997-98.
** : Data relates to 1997-98
$ : Data relates to
$ : Figures for Bihar only, excluding Jharkhand.
+ : Data relates to 2001-02
# : Figures for Bihar only, excluding Jharkhand.
(P) : Provisional
Note : Consequent on formation of three States (Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand), separate data is available only from 2000-01.