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. The rank is based on the percentage of households which have access to safe drinking water.
Punjab ranked highest with 97.6%, while Kerala has the worst rank with only 33.5% households having access to safe drinking water. National average stands at 85.5%.
| Rank | State | Percentage of households with access to safe drinking water(2011) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjab | 97.6 |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 95.1 |
| 3 | Bihar | 94.0 |
| 4 | Haryana | 93.8 |
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 93.7 |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu | 92.5 |
| 7 | Uttarakhand | 92.2 |
| 8 | West Bengal | 92.2 |
| 9 | Andhra Pradesh | 90.5 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 90.3 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 87.5 |
| 12 | Chhattisgarh | 86.3 |
| 13 | Goa | 85.7 |
| ** | All India Average | 85.5 |
| 14 | Sikkim | 85.3 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 83.4 |
| 16 | Arunachal Pradesh | 78.6 |
| 17 | Rajasthan | 78.1 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 78.0 |
| U/T | Jammu and Kashmir | 76.8 |
| 20 | Odisha | 75.3 |
| 21 | Assam | 69.9 |
| 22 | Tripura | 67.5 |
| 23 | Mizoram | 60.4 |
| 24 | Jharkhand | 60.1 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 53.8 |
| 26 | Manipur | 45.4 |
| 27 | Meghalaya | 44.7 |
| 28 | Kerala | 33.5 |
| 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 |
Access to safe drinking water in households of India(in per cent)
| No | States & Union territory | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |||||||
| Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | |||
| 1 | Jammu & Kashmir | na | na | na | 65.2 | 54.9 | 95.7 | 76.8 | 70.1 | 96.1 | |
| 2 | Himachal Pradesh | 77.3 | 75.5 | 91.9 | 88.6 | 87.5 | 97.0 | 93.7 | 93.2 | 97.8 | |
| 3 | Punjab | 92.7 | 92.1 | 94.2 | 97.6 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 97.6 | 96.7 | 98.9 | |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 97.7 | 98.1 | 97.7 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 99.3 | 98.7 | 99.4 | |
| 5 | Uttarakhand | a | a | a | 86.7 | 83.0 | 97.8 | 92.2 | 89.5 | 98.7 | |
| 6 | Haryana | 74.3 | 67.1 | 93.2 | 86.1 | 81.1 | 97.3 | 93.8 | 92.0 | 96.7 | |
| 7 | Delhi | 95.8 | 91.0 | 96.2 | 97.2 | 90.1 | 97.7 | 95.0 | 87.9 | 95.2 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 59.0 | 50.6 | 86.5 | 68.2 | 60.4 | 93.5 | 78.1 | 72.8 | 94.3 | |
| 9 | Uttar Pradesh | 62.2 | 56.6 | 85.8 | 87.8 | 85.5 | 97.2 | 95.1 | 94.3 | 97.9 | |
| 10 | Bihar | 58.8 | 56.5 | 73.4 | 86.6 | 86.1 | 91.2 | 94.0 | 93.9 | 94.7 | |
| 11 | Sikkim | 73.1 | 70.8 | 92.8 | 70.7 | 67.0 | 97.1 | 85.3 | 82.7 | 92.2 | |
| 12 | Arunachal Pradesh | 70.0 | 66.9 | 88.2 | 77.5 | 73.7 | 90.7 | 78.6 | 74.3 | 91.3 | |
| 13 | Nagaland | 53.4 | 55.6 | 45.5 | 46.5 | 47.5 | 42.3 | 53.8 | 54.6 | 51.8 | |
| 14 | Manipur | 38.7 | 33.7 | 52.1 | 37.0 | 29.3 | 59.4 | 45.4 | 37.5 | 60.8 | |
| 15 | Mizoram | 16.2 | 12.9 | 19.9 | 36.0 | 23.8 | 47.8 | 60.4 | 43.4 | 75.8 | |
| 16 | Tripura | 37.2 | 30.6 | 71.1 | 52.5 | 45.0 | 85.8 | 67.5 | 58.1 | 91.9 | |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 36.2 | 26.8 | 75.4 | 39.0 | 29.5 | 73.5 | 44.7 | 35.1 | 79.5 | |
| 18 | Assam | 45.9 | 43.3 | 64.1 | 58.8 | 56.8 | 70.4 | 69.9 | 68.3 | 78.2 | |
| 19 | West Bengal | 82.0 | 80.3 | 86.2 | 88.5 | 87.0 | 92.3 | 92.2 | 91.4 | 93.9 | |
| 20 | Jharkhand | a | a | a | 42.6 | 35.5 | 68.2 | 60.1 | 54.3 | 78.4 | |
| 21 | Odisha | 39.1 | 35.3 | 62.8 | 64.2 | 62.9 | 72.3 | 75.3 | 74.4 | 79.8 | |
| 22 | Chhattisgarh | a | a | a | 70.5 | 66.2 | 88.8 | 86.3 | 84.1 | 93.9 | |
| 23 | Madhya Pradesh | 53.4 | 45.6 | 79.4 | 68.4 | 61.5 | 88.6 | 78.0 | 73.1 | 92.1 | |
| 24 | Gujarat | 69.8 | 60.0 | 87.2 | 84.1 | 76.9 | 95.4 | 90.3 | 84.9 | 97.0 | |
| 25 | Daman & Diu | 71.4 | 56.9 | 86.8 | 96.3 | 94.9 | 98.9 | 98.7 | 97.8 | 99.0 | |
| 26 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 45.6 | 41.2 | 91.0 | 77.0 | 70.5 | 96.1 | 91.6 | 84.3 | 98.4 | |
| 27 | Maharashtra | 68.5 | 54.0 | 90.5 | 79.8 | 68.4 | 95.4 | 83.4 | 73.2 | 95.7 | |
| 28 | Andhra Pradesh | 55.1 | 49.0 | 73.8 | 80.1 | 76.9 | 90.2 | 90.5 | 88.6 | 94.5 | |
| 29 | Karnataka | 71.7 | 67.3 | 81.4 | 84.6 | 80.5 | 92.1 | 87.5 | 84.4 | 92.3 | |
| 30 | Goa | 43.4 | 30.5 | 61.7 | 70.1 | 58.3 | 82.1 | 85.7 | 78.4 | 90.4 | |
| 31 | Lakshadweep | 11.9 | 3.4 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 22.8 | 31.2 | 20.2 | |
| 32 | Kerala | 18.9 | 12.2 | 38.7 | 23.4 | 16.9 | 42.8 | 33.5 | 28.3 | 39.4 | |
| 33 | Tamil Nadu | 67.4 | 64.3 | 74.2 | 85.6 | 85.3 | 85.9 | 92.5 | 92.2 | 92.9 | |
| 34 | Puducherry | 88.8 | 92.9 | 86.1 | 95.9 | 96.6 | 95.5 | 97.8 | 99.6 | 97.0 | |
| 35 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 67.9 | 59.4 | 90.9 | 76.7 | 66.8 | 97.8 | 85.5 | 78.2 | 98.1 | |
| ALL INDIA | 62.3 | 55.5 | 81.4 | 77.9 | 73.2 | 90.0 | 85.5 | 82.7 | 91.4 | ||