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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Polit Wkly. 2013 Aug 31;48(35):http://www.epw.in/consequences-gender-imbalance/effect-male-surplus-intimate-partner-violence-india.html.

Table 1.

Percentage of ever married women aged 15–49 who have ever experienced physical violence by husbands, by state, NFHS-3, India

State Physical violence
Bihar 55.6
Madhya Pradesh 44.0
Tamil Nadu 41.9
Uttar Pradesh 41.2
Tripura 40.9
Manipur 40.7
Rajasthan 40.3
Arunachal Pradesh 37.5
Assam 36.7
Andhra Pradesh 35.0
Jharkhand 34.7
Orissa 33.5
West Bengal 32.7
Chhattisgarh 29.2
Uttaranchal 27.3
Haryana 25.5
Punjab 24.4
Mizoram 22.0
Karnataka 19.5
Delhi 16.1
Kerala 15.3
Sikkim 14.8
Nagaland 14.0
Meghalaya 12.6
Jammu & Kashmir 11.5
Himachal Pradesh 5.9
India 35.1