Table 5.
Health worker density (per 10 000 population) in states in India
| State | Doctors* | Health associates† | Nurses and midwives | All |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5.9 | 11.5 | 7.9 | 25.4 |
| Assam | 1.8 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 11.3 |
| Other north-east states‡ | 6.7 | 7.8 | 10.6 | 25.1 |
| Bihar | 3.3 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 22.9 |
| Chhattisgarh | 18.3 | 3.5 | 10.7 | 32.4 |
| Delhi | 34.4 | 13.4 | 19.5 | 67.3 |
| Goa | 11.3 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 22.7 |
| Gujarat | 5.8 | 7.4 | 26.5 | 39.8 |
| Haryana | 16.8 | 18.3 | 9.0 | 44.1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1.9 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 15.9 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 14.7 | 15.7 | 11.0 | 41.8 |
| Jharkhand | 3.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 6.7 |
| Karnataka | 17.1 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 35.1 |
| Kerala | 14.5 | 13.4 | 38.2 | 66.0 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 12.3 |
| Maharashtra | 19.7 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 36.0 |
| Odisha | 7.4 | 10.3 | 2.1 | 19.9 |
| Punjab | 17.8 | 21.3 | 12.5 | 51.7 |
| Rajasthan | 4.5 | 1.4 | 14.3 | 20.4 |
| Tamilnadu | 8.6 | 8.7 | 15.2 | 32.6 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 13.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 22.1 |
| Uttarakhand | 11.6 | 6.9 | 18.7 | 37.2 |
| West Bengal | 16.9 | 12.5 | 6.7 | 36.1 |
| Union Territories§ | 12.3 | 21.8 | 27.6 | 61.7 |
| All India | 11.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 29.1 |
Source: authors’ estimates using unit-level data of National Sample Survey Organisation 2011–2012.
*Includes allopathic, AYUSH and dental practitioners.
†Includes health assistants, sanitarians, dietitians and nutritionists, optometrists and opticians, dental assistants, physiotherapy associates, pharmacists, and pharmaceutical assistants.
‡Includes six north-east Indian states: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
§Includes Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, and Lakshadweep.
AYUSH, indigenous Indian system of medicine comprising Ayurvedic, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy.