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		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				2001			2011
		Total		Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
1	Jammu & Kashmir		na	na	na	65.2	54.9	95.7	76.8	70.1	96.1
2	Himachal Pradesh		77.3	75.5	91.9	88.6	87.5	97.0	93.7	93.2	97.8
3	Punjab		92.7	92.1	94.2	97.6	96.9	98.9	97.6	96.7	98.9
4	Chandigarh		97.7	98.1	97.7	99.8	99.9	99.8	99.3	98.7	99.4
5	Uttarakhand		a	a	a	86.7	83.0	97.8	92.2	89.5	98.7
6	Haryana		74.3	67.1	93.2	86.1	81.1	97.3	93.8	92.0	96.7
7	Delhi		95.8	91.0	96.2	97.2	90.1	97.7	95.0	87.9	95.2
8	Rajasthan		59.0	50.6	86.5	68.2	60.4	93.5	78.1	72.8	94.3
9	Uttar Pradesh		62.2	56.6	85.8	87.8	85.5	97.2	95.1	94.3	97.9
10	Bihar		58.8	56.5	73.4	86.6	86.1	91.2	94.0	93.9	94.7
11	Sikkim		73.1	70.8	92.8	70.7	67.0	97.1	85.3	82.7	92.2
12	Arunachal Pradesh		70.0	66.9	88.2	77.5	73.7	90.7	78.6	74.3	91.3
13	Nagaland		53.4	55.6	45.5	46.5	47.5	42.3	53.8	54.6	51.8
14	Manipur		38.7	33.7	52.1	37.0	29.3	59.4	45.4	37.5	60.8
15	Mizoram		16.2	12.9	19.9	36.0	23.8	47.8	60.4	43.4	75.8
16	Tripura		37.2	30.6	71.1	52.5	45.0	85.8	67.5	58.1	91.9
17	Meghalaya		36.2	26.8	75.4	39.0	29.5	73.5	44.7	35.1	79.5
18	Assam		45.9	43.3	64.1	58.8	56.8	70.4	69.9	68.3	78.2
19	West Bengal		82.0	80.3	86.2	88.5	87.0	92.3	92.2	91.4	93.9
20	Jharkhand		a	a	a	42.6	35.5	68.2	60.1	54.3	78.4
21	Odisha		39.1	35.3	62.8	64.2	62.9	72.3	75.3	74.4	79.8
22	Chhattisgarh		a	a	a	70.5	66.2	88.8	86.3	84.1	93.9
23	Madhya Pradesh		53.4	45.6	79.4	68.4	61.5	88.6	78.0	73.1	92.1
24	Gujarat		69.8	60.0	87.2	84.1	76.9	95.4	90.3	84.9	97.0
25	Daman & Diu		71.4	56.9	86.8	96.3	94.9	98.9	98.7	97.8	99.0
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli		45.6	41.2	91.0	77.0	70.5	96.1	91.6	84.3	98.4
27	Maharashtra		68.5	54.0	90.5	79.8	68.4	95.4	83.4	73.2	95.7
28	Andhra Pradesh		55.1	49.0	73.8	80.1	76.9	90.2	90.5	88.6	94.5
29	Karnataka		71.7	67.3	81.4	84.6	80.5	92.1	87.5	84.4	92.3
30	Goa		43.4	30.5	61.7	70.1	58.3	82.1	85.7	78.4	90.4
31	Lakshadweep		11.9	3.4	18.8	4.6	4.6	4.6	22.8	31.2	20.2
32	Kerala		18.9	12.2	38.7	23.4	16.9	42.8	33.5	28.3	39.4
33	Tamil Nadu		67.4	64.3	74.2	85.6	85.3	85.9	92.5	92.2	92.9
34	Puducherry		88.8	92.9	86.1	95.9	96.6	95.5	97.8	99.6	97.0
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands		67.9	59.4	90.9	76.7	66.8	97.8	85.5	78.2	98.1
All India			62.3	55.5	81.4	77.9	73.2	90.0	85.5	82.7	91.4