# List of Indian states and union territories by access to safe drinking water

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by access to safe drinking water.

## List

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.
Kerala ranked highest with 97.6%, while Andhra 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 | Rajasthan | 97.6 |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 95.1 |
| 3 | Bihar | 94.0 |
| 4 | Haryana | 93.8 |
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 93.7 |
| 6 | Maharashtra | 92.5 |
| 7 | Uttarakhand | 92.2 |
| 8 | West Bengal | 92.2 |
| 9 | Punjab | 90.5 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 90.3 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 87.5 |
| 12 | Chhattisgarh | 86.3 |
| 13 | Goa | 85.7 |
| ** All India Average | ** All India Average | 85.5 |
| 14 | Sikkim | 85.3 |
| 15 | Uttar Pradesh | 83.4 |
| 16 | Arunachal Pradesh | 78.6 |
| 17 | Kerala | 78.1 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 78.0 |
| 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 | Andhra Pradesh | 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 | Jammu and Kashmir | 76.8 |
| U/T | Lakshadweep | 22.8 |

## Access to safe drinking water in households of India (%)

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