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Table 3 Percentage distribution of allopathic doctors and nurse across states, 2018

From: Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?

 

NHWA

NSSO estimates

State

Doctors

Nurses

Doctors

Nurses

Andhra Pradesh

9.09

12.38

4.33

6.64

Assam

2.16

1.68

1.46

3.66

Bihar

3.67

0.6

7.04

1.86

Chhattisgarh

0.79

0.88

1.04

2.88

Delhi

1.93

2.4

1.58

4.30

Gujarat

6.05

5.73

3.94

4.97

Haryana

0.52

1.9

1.37

2.66

Himachal

0.28

1.09

0.14

0.51

Jammu and Kashmir

1.36

0

2.38

0.78

Jharkhand

0.53

0.27

1.46

1.59

Karnataka

11.1

9.53

4.65

4.39

Kerala

5.36

10.22

11.10

5.85

Madhya Pradesh

3.45

5.28

8.48

3.02

Maharashtra

15.67

7.02

7.49

8.78

NE States*

0.39

1.34

1.88

2.66

Odisha

2.04

4.6

1.14

2.37

Punjab

4.37

3.33

0.83

3.37

Rajasthan

3.92

10.31

2.41

5.30

Tamil Nadu

12.24

11.73

6.74

10.99

Telangana

0.45

0.51

3.93

3.97

Uttar Pradesh

7.01

4.51

13.72

9.97

Uttarakhand

0.78

0.17

0.74

1.92

West Bengal

6.51

4.54

11.39

6.75

Union Territories

0

0

0.78

0.81

  1. Sources: NHWA 2018 and NSSO 2017–2018
  2. *Includes north-east states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura