List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth - wikipedia List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth States and union territories of India ordered by Area Population Abbreviations Capitals Child Nutrition Crime rate Electricity penetration Fertility rate Forest cover GDP ( per capita ) Highest point HIV awareness HDI Home ownership Household size Human Trafficking Institutional delivery Life expectancy at birth Literacy rate Media exposure Number of Vehicles Number of voters Obesity Open defecation Origin of name Places of worship Poverty Power capacity Safe Drinking Water Safety of Women School Enrollment Rate Sex ratio Suicides Tax revenues TV ownership Toilet availability Transport network Underweight people Unemployment Vaccination coverage This is a list of Indian states by Life expectancy at birth. The figures come from the Human Development Index Report, published in 2011, by United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) India and Sample Registration Survey ( SRS ) based life table 2010 - 14. The report provides life expectancy at birth for years 2002 - 06 and 2010 - 14. In 2002 - 6, Punjab had the second highest life expectancy. Kerala had the highest life expectancy among the states in India, while Assam had the lowest. The figures for North - Eastern States were unavailable. Rank State Life expectancy at birth ( 2010 - 14 ) ( 2002 - 06 ) Kerala 74.9 74.0 Delhi 73.2 - Jammu and Kashmir 72.6 - Uttarakhand 71.7 60.0 5 Himachal Pradesh 71.6 67.0 5 Punjab 71.6 69.4 5 Maharashtra 71.6 67.2 8 Tamil Nadu 70.6 66.2 9 West Bengal 70.2 64.9 10 Karnataka 68.8 65.3 11 Gujarat 68.7 64.1 12 Haryana 68.6 66.2 13 Andhra Pradesh ( includes Telangana ) 68.5 64.4 14 Bihar 68.1 61.6 * India 67.9 63.5 15 Rajasthan 67.7 62.0 16 Jharkhand 66.6 58.0 17 Odisha 65.8 59.6 18 Chhattisgarh 64.8 58.0 19 Madhya Pradesh 64.2 58.0 20 Uttar Pradesh 64.1 60.0 21 Assam 63.9 58.9 References Jump up ^ Ponnapalli et al. ( 2013 ), Aging and the Demographic Transition in India and Its States : A Comparative Perspective, International Journal of Asian Social Science, 3 ( 1 ), pp 171 - 193 Jump up ^ The Future Population on India Archived 2015 - 07 - 01 at the Wayback Machine. Population Research Bureau Jump up ^ `` Inequality - Adjusted Human Development Index for India 's States 2011 '' ( PDF ). United Nations Development Programme. 2011. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on March 1, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Contents 2010 - 14 '' ( PDF ). OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` ABRIDGED LIFE TABLES - 2010 - 14 '' ( PDF ). OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA. p. 5. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017. Jump up ^ Life Expectancy at Birth by Gender, 1992 -- 2004 Archived 2016 - 03 - 05 at the Wayback Machine. Table 5A. 10, India Human Development Index Report, page 287 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Indian_states_by_life_expectancy_at_birth&oldid=856632736 '' Categories : States and union territories of India - related lists Health in India by state or union territory Demographics of India Lists of subdivisions of India Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk About Wikipedia Ελληνικά हिन्दी தமிழ் اردو Edit links This page was last edited on 26 August 2018, at 16 : 12 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: which indian state has the highest life expectancy
Answer: Kerala