Lok Sabha Question No. 4132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Efficacy of e-Lok Adalat
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri, Sangeeta Azad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4132 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 24 th MARCH, 2023

## Efficacy of e-Lok Adalat

## 4132. MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI: SHRIMATI SANGEETA AZAD:

## Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of e-Lok Adalats functioning presently in various States, State and districtwise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the number of cases and the rate of pendency in High Courts and the district-level courts during each of the last five years, court and State-wise;
- (c) the  extent  to  which  e-Lok  Adalats  have  been  successful  in  reducing  the  number  of pending cases in High courts and Lower courts;
- (d) whether  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  'e-Lok  Adalats'  across  India  to  clear pending cases in High courts and district-level courts;
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including the timeline for implementation of the same and the target set and the outcome desired with regard to disposing of cases pending in the said courts; and
- (f) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  e-Lok  Adalats  for  providing speedy and affordable justice to citizens across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) The first e-Lok Adalat was held in Madhya Pradesh on 27.06.2020.The detail of e-Lok

Adalats  organized  from  June,  2020  to  January,  2023  in  28  States/UTs  including  Uttar

- Pradesh is at Annexure - A.
- (b) The detailed statement of Pendency of Cases in High Court and the District level courts during each of the last five years, court and State-wise is at Annexure - B and Annexure - C respectively.
- (c) The  Lok  Adalats  are  most  effective  mode  of  Alternative  Dispute  Resolution  (ADR) mechanism in arresting the mounting arrears of the Courts including High Courts.46.07 lakh pre-litigation cases and 15.02 lakh pending cases in Courts have been disposed of by e-Lok Adalats during June, 2020 to January, 2023.
- (d) to (e) Lok Adalat is not a permanent establishment and is organised at such intervals as felt required with a view to reduce pendency of cases in courts and settle disputes at prelitigation  stage.  During  the  covid  pandemic,  the  Legal  Services  Authorities  under  the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) ingeniously integrated technology to  move LokAdalat on to the virtual platform, better known as e-LokAdalats. Since eLokAdalats are organized simultaneously with regular LokAdalats, benches are constituted on the basis of volume of cases referred by various courts or tribunals and institutions for pre-litigation cases.
- (f) Steps taken by Legal Services Authorities to promote e-Lok Adalats include - Standard Operating  Procedure  for  conduct  of  e-Lok  Adalat,  Technical  training  through  System officers to the Court Staff, Whatsapp groups for litigants, advocates and respondents for conveying  them  relevant  information/  link  for  attending  e-Lok  Adalats  and  Video conferencing link and cause list displayed on the website of the District Courts.

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Statement  as  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4132  for  answering  on 24.03.2023 raised by Ms. Debasree Chaudhuri and Shrimati Sangeeta Azad, MPs - Efficacy of e-Lok Adalat

| Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   | Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   | Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   | Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   | Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   | Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   | Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   | Statement showing details of e-LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to January, 2023   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                 | Name of the State                                                                      | Pre-Litigation Cases                                                                   | Pre-Litigation Cases                                                                   | Pending Cases in Courts                                                                | Pending Cases in Courts                                                                | Total                                                                                  | Total                                                                                  |
| S. No.                                                                                 | Name of the State                                                                      | Taken Up                                                                               | Disposal                                                                               | Taken Up                                                                               | Disposal                                                                               | Taken Up                                                                               | Disposal                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                      | Authority Andhra Pradesh                                                               | 661                                                                                    | 214                                                                                    | 22,072                                                                                 | 15,500                                                                                 | 22,733                                                                                 | 15,714                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                      | 141                                                                                    | 18                                                                                     | 67                                                                                     | 23                                                                                     | 208                                                                                    | 41                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                      | Bihar                                                                                  | 58,182                                                                                 | 17,469                                                                                 | 9,023                                                                                  | 3,078                                                                                  | 67,205                                                                                 | 20,547                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                                           | 13,052                                                                                 | 7,739                                                                                  | 14,087                                                                                 | 8,661                                                                                  | 27,139                                                                                 | 16,400                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                      | Goa                                                                                    | 0                                                                                      | 0                                                                                      | 170                                                                                    | 65                                                                                     | 170                                                                                    | 65                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                                | 2,44,476                                                                               | 1,39,067                                                                               | 37,738                                                                                 | 20,945                                                                                 | 2,82,214                                                                               | 1,60,012                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                      | Haryana                                                                                | 3,755                                                                                  | 3,625                                                                                  | 9,565                                                                                  | 4,985                                                                                  | 13,320                                                                                 | 8,610                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                                       | 2,72,292                                                                               | 11,688                                                                                 | 416                                                                                    | 244                                                                                    | 27,2,708                                                                               | 11,932                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                      | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                         | 2,281                                                                                  | 1,575                                                                                  | 8,923                                                                                  | 6,291                                                                                  | 11,204                                                                                 | 7,866                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                                              | 1,81,033                                                                               | 1,17,468                                                                               | 58,832                                                                                 | 37,411                                                                                 | 2,39,865                                                                               | 1,54,879                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                     | Karnataka                                                                              | 20,558                                                                                 | 11,885                                                                                 | 3,02,404                                                                               | 1,76,527                                                                               | 3,22,962                                                                               | 1,88,412                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                     | Kerala                                                                                 | 3,985                                                                                  | 986                                                                                    | 35,541                                                                                 | 25,271                                                                                 | 39,526                                                                                 | 26,257                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                                         | 3,661                                                                                  | 312                                                                                    | 36,592                                                                                 | 8,385                                                                                  | 40,253                                                                                 | 8,697                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                            | 2,37,67,045                                                                            | 41,35,134                                                                              | 87,90,833                                                                              | 10,07,872                                                                              | 3,25,57,878                                                                            | 51,43,006                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                     | Manipur                                                                                | 881                                                                                    | 738                                                                                    | 172                                                                                    | 91                                                                                     | 1,053                                                                                  | 829                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                                              | 133                                                                                    | 33                                                                                     | 25                                                                                     | 8                                                                                      | 158                                                                                    | 41                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                                | 1,856                                                                                  | 283                                                                                    | 168                                                                                    | 47                                                                                     | 2,024                                                                                  | 330                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                     | Odisha                                                                                 | 23,806                                                                                 | 1,143                                                                                  | 24,272                                                                                 | 4,236                                                                                  | 48,078                                                                                 | 5,379                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                     | Punjab                                                                                 | 5,327                                                                                  | 536                                                                                    | 9,387                                                                                  | 6,639                                                                                  | 14,714                                                                                 | 7,175                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                                              | 36,725                                                                                 | 6,438                                                                                  | 57,865                                                                                 | 29,674                                                                                 | 94,590                                                                                 | 36,112                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                                 | 1,136                                                                                  | 260                                                                                    | 235                                                                                    | 59                                                                                     | 1,371                                                                                  | 319                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                     | Telangana                                                                              | 887                                                                                    | 862                                                                                    | 12,450                                                                                 | 10,408                                                                                 | 13,337                                                                                 | 11,270                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                     | Tripura                                                                                | 2,350                                                                                  | 505                                                                                    | 1,472                                                                                  | 169                                                                                    | 3,822                                                                                  | 674                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                          | 2,01,448                                                                               | 1,33,939                                                                               | 65,569                                                                                 | 40,214                                                                                 | 2,67,017                                                                               | 1,74,153                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                                            | 3,591                                                                                  | 408                                                                                    | 12,168                                                                                 | 4,210                                                                                  | 15,759                                                                                 | 4,618                                                                                  |
| 26                                                                                     | West Bengal                                                                            | 15,657                                                                                 | 1,927                                                                                  | 12,281                                                                                 | 9,032                                                                                  | 27,938                                                                                 | 10,959                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                     | Chandigarh                                                                             | 0                                                                                      | 0                                                                                      | 70                                                                                     | 12                                                                                     | 70                                                                                     | 12                                                                                     |
| 28                                                                                     | Delhi                                                                                  | 16,167                                                                                 | 13,243                                                                                 | 95,624                                                                                 | 82,099                                                                                 | 1,11,791                                                                               | 95,342                                                                                 |
|                                                                                        | Grand Total                                                                            | 2,48,81,086                                                                            | 46,07,495                                                                              | 96,18,021                                                                              | 15,02,156                                                                              | 3,44,99,107                                                                            | 61,09,651                                                                              |

## Annexure - B

Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4132 for answering on 24.03.2023 raised by Ms. Debasree Chaudhuri and Shrimati Sangeeta Azad, MPs - Efficacy of e-Lok Adalat

| Statement regarding pendency in High Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in High Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in High Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in High Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in High Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in High Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in High Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                     | High Court                                                                                                | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2018                                                                        | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2019                                                                        | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2020                                                                        | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2021                                                                        | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2022                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                                         | Allahabad High Court                                                                                      | 939475                                                                                                    | 944657                                                                                                    | 773408                                                                                                    | 803567                                                                                                    | 1032228                                                                                                   |
| 2                                                                                                         | Bombay High Court                                                                                         | 287864                                                                                                    | 305962                                                                                                    | 559119                                                                                                    | 569018                                                                                                    | 610734                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                         | Calcutta High Court                                                                                       | 231576                                                                                                    | 228060                                                                                                    | 267431                                                                                                    | 225449                                                                                                    | 207898                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                         | Gauhati High Court                                                                                        | 33445                                                                                                     | 37243                                                                                                     | 51901                                                                                                     | 55649                                                                                                     | 58501                                                                                                     |
| 5                                                                                                         | High Court for State of Telangana                                                                         | -                                                                                                         | 206413                                                                                                    | 236852                                                                                                    | 256518                                                                                                    | 254089                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                         | High Court of Andhra Pradesh                                                                              | 354833                                                                                                    | 193594                                                                                                    | 207762                                                                                                    | 222842                                                                                                    | 240238                                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                                         | High Court Of Chhattisgarh                                                                                | 63574                                                                                                     | 69316                                                                                                     | 75836                                                                                                     | 81001                                                                                                     | 91184                                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                                         | High Court of Delhi                                                                                       | 74536                                                                                                     | 80950                                                                                                     | 91195                                                                                                     | 100068                                                                                                    | 105271                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                         | High Court of Gujarat                                                                                     | 114962                                                                                                    | 129184                                                                                                    | 142803                                                                                                    | 152130                                                                                                    | 161929                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                        | High Court of Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 36177                                                                                                     | 54452                                                                                                     | 73862                                                                                                     | 82238                                                                                                     | 91210                                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                                        | High Court of Jammu and Kashmir                                                                           | 64042                                                                                                     | 71693                                                                                                     | 63468                                                                                                     | 47761                                                                                                     | 44526                                                                                                     |
| 12                                                                                                        | High Court of Jharkhand                                                                                   | 88932                                                                                                     | 58272                                                                                                     | 88445                                                                                                     | 88371                                                                                                     | 87992                                                                                                     |
| 13                                                                                                        | High Court of Karnataka                                                                                   | 357604                                                                                                    | 271929                                                                                                    | 293259                                                                                                    | 265946                                                                                                    | 304444                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                        | High Court of Kerala                                                                                      | 192754                                                                                                    | 196823                                                                                                    | 214384                                                                                                    | 212525                                                                                                    | 197314                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                        | High Court of Madhya Pradesh                                                                              | 331388                                                                                                    | 357929                                                                                                    | 362932                                                                                                    | 413467                                                                                                    | 429743                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                        | High Court of Manipur                                                                                     | 3062                                                                                                      | 2468                                                                                                      | 4374                                                                                                      | 4817                                                                                                      | 4865                                                                                                      |
| 17                                                                                                        | High Court of Meghalaya                                                                                   | 782                                                                                                       | 757                                                                                                       | 1443                                                                                                      | 1578                                                                                                      | 1188                                                                                                      |
| 18                                                                                                        | High Court of Punjab and Haryana                                                                          | 337231                                                                                                    | 353888                                                                                                    | 637148                                                                                                    | 447690                                                                                                    | 447886                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                        | High Court Of Rajasthan                                                                                   | 285012                                                                                                    | 459828                                                                                                    | 523600                                                                                                    | 574064                                                                                                    | 633787                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                        | High Court of Sikkim                                                                                      | 252                                                                                                       | 234                                                                                                       | 241                                                                                                       | 180                                                                                                       | 165                                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                                        | High Court of Tripura                                                                                     | 2977                                                                                                      | 2586                                                                                                      | 2347                                                                                                      | 1736                                                                                                      | 1601                                                                                                      |
| 22                                                                                                        | High Court of Uttarakhand                                                                                 | 34049                                                                                                     | 35407                                                                                                     | 38676                                                                                                     | 41922                                                                                                     | 45023                                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                                        | Madras High Court                                                                                         | 293004                                                                                                    | 272722                                                                                                    | 580770                                                                                                    | 579742                                                                                                    | 550083                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                        | Orissa High Court                                                                                         | 167909                                                                                                    | 150562                                                                                                    | 172476                                                                                                    | 195161                                                                                                    | 164709                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                        | Patna High Court                                                                                          | 153486                                                                                                    | 172425                                                                                                    | 178835                                                                                                    | 225628                                                                                                    | 212106                                                                                                    |
| Total                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                     | 4448926                                                                                                   | 4657354                                                                                                   | 5642567                                                                                                   | 5649068                                                                                                   | 5978714                                                                                                   |

Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4132 for answering on 24.03.2023 raised by Ms. Debasree Chaudhuri and Shrimati Sangeeta Azad, MPs - Efficacy of e-Lok Adalat

| Statement regarding pendency in District Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in District Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in District Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in District Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in District Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in District Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   | Statement regarding pendency in District Courts (as per National Judicial Data Grid) during last five years   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                         | States                                                                                                        | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2018                                                                            | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2019                                                                            | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2020                                                                            | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2021                                                                            | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2022                                                                            |
| 1                                                                                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                | 1068400                                                                                                       | 567096                                                                                                        | 635220                                                                                                        | 773952                                                                                                        | 829147                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                     |                                                                                                               | 580193                                                                                                        | 674301                                                                                                        | 805622                                                                                                        | 1059401                                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                                             | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                                      | 10229                                                                                                         | 9795                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                             | 11886                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                             | 9652                                                                                                          | 10658                                                                                                         | -                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                             |                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                             | Assam                                                                                                         | 291960                                                                                                        | 301427                                                                                                        | 357197                                                                                                        | 417788                                                                                                        | 488800                                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                                             | Bihar                                                                                                         | 2502204                                                                                                       | 2714344                                                                                                       | 3158070                                                                                                       | 3379229                                                                                                       | 3445159                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                             | Chandigarh                                                                                                    | 56357                                                                                                         | 62955                                                                                                         | 57418                                                                                                         | 69502                                                                                                         | 79526                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                             | Chattisgarh                                                                                                   | 267429                                                                                                        | 285025                                                                                                        | 324273                                                                                                        | 376220                                                                                                        | 411599                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                                             | Delhi                                                                                                         | 834813                                                                                                        | 882366                                                                                                        | 955850                                                                                                        | 1082415                                                                                                       | 1293571                                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                                            | Diu and Daman                                                                                                 | 5468                                                                                                          | 5344                                                                                                          | 2777                                                                                                          | 2878                                                                                                          | 2901                                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                                            | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                           |                                                                                                               |                                                                                                               | 3502                                                                                                          | 3681                                                                                                          | 3770                                                                                                          |
| 12                                                                                                            | Goa                                                                                                           | 42783                                                                                                         | 49049                                                                                                         | 56545                                                                                                         | 59370                                                                                                         | 56375                                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                                            | Gujarat                                                                                                       | 1447459                                                                                                       | 1595813                                                                                                       | 1890667                                                                                                       | 1951550                                                                                                       | 1743723                                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                                            | Haryana                                                                                                       | 728097                                                                                                        | 853375                                                                                                        | 1100904                                                                                                       | 1281697                                                                                                       | 1458270                                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                                            | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                              | 256640                                                                                                        | 293706                                                                                                        | 416564                                                                                                        | 455949                                                                                                        | 476137                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                                            | Jammu& Kashmir                                                                                                | 163520                                                                                                        | 172769                                                                                                        | 215803                                                                                                        | 243026                                                                                                        | 299716                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                            | Jharkhand                                                                                                     | 330607                                                                                                        | 365642                                                                                                        | 438567                                                                                                        | 495108                                                                                                        | 519156                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                            | Karnataka                                                                                                     | 1494608                                                                                                       | 1531008                                                                                                       | 1746886                                                                                                       | 1823103                                                                                                       | 1893265                                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                                            | Kerala                                                                                                        | 1652509                                                                                                       | 1614277                                                                                                       | 1798342                                                                                                       | 1943255                                                                                                       | 1933363                                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                                            | Ladakh                                                                                                        | -                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                             | 749                                                                                                           | 824                                                                                                           | 1154                                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                | 1354602                                                                                                       | 1455435                                                                                                       | 1690053                                                                                                       | 1876194                                                                                                       | 2000268                                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                                            | Maharashtra                                                                                                   | 3531425                                                                                                       | 3821487                                                                                                       | 4516311                                                                                                       | 4881718                                                                                                       | 4982911                                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                                            | Manipur                                                                                                       | 6216                                                                                                          | 6516                                                                                                          | 10794                                                                                                         | 12802                                                                                                         | 12269                                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                                            | Meghalaya                                                                                                     | 13584                                                                                                         | 13673                                                                                                         | 10403                                                                                                         | 14622                                                                                                         | 16135                                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                                            | Mizoram                                                                                                       | 6154                                                                                                          | 6589                                                                                                          | 4699                                                                                                          | 5882                                                                                                          | 5142                                                                                                          |
| 26                                                                                                            | Nagaland                                                                                                      | 4994                                                                                                          | 3361                                                                                                          | 1539                                                                                                          | 2603                                                                                                          | 2966                                                                                                          |
| 27                                                                                                            | Orissa                                                                                                        | 1319031                                                                                                       | 1433522                                                                                                       | 1382538                                                                                                       | 1519106                                                                                                       | 1559338                                                                                                       |
| 28                                                                                                            | Puducherry                                                                                                    | 27161                                                                                                         | 30094                                                                                                         | -                                                                                                             | 34029                                                                                                         | 29831                                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                                            | Punjab                                                                                                        | 602014                                                                                                        | 642327                                                                                                        | 814538                                                                                                        | 918858                                                                                                        | 922360                                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                                            | Rajasthan                                                                                                     | 1732308                                                                                                       | 1769823                                                                                                       | 1830462                                                                                                       | 2029814                                                                                                       | 2123475                                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                                            | Sikkim                                                                                                        | 1208                                                                                                          | 1142                                                                                                          | 1570                                                                                                          | 1926                                                                                                          | 1843                                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                                            | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                    | 1084286                                                                                                       | 1137684                                                                                                       | 1288573                                                                                                       | 1363917                                                                                                       | 1432575                                                                                                       |
| 33                                                                                                            | Tripura                                                                                                       | 58261                                                                                                         | 27491                                                                                                         | 41032                                                                                                         | 39204                                                                                                         | 40012                                                                                                         |
| 34                                                                                                            | Lakshadweep                                                                                                   | 364                                                                                                           | 397                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                             |
| 35                                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                 | 6987417                                                                                                       | 7807863                                                                                                       | 8572092                                                                                                       | 9822224                                                                                                       | 10973480                                                                                                      |
| 36                                                                                                            | Uttarakhand                                                                                                   | 232338                                                                                                        | 195281                                                                                                        | 260564                                                                                                        | 301001                                                                                                        | 327350                                                                                                        |
| 37                                                                                                            | West Bengal                                                                                                   | 1950492                                                                                                       | 2048697                                                                                                       | 2380633                                                                                                       | 2589993                                                                                                       | 2772290                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                               | Total                                                                                                         | 30074590                                                                                                      | 32296224                                                                                                      | 36639436                                                                                                      | 40579062                                                                                                      | 43209164                                                                                                      |