Table 4: Dispensaries: All India (Total)
Number per 1,00,000 population

Year	1961	1966	1971	1976	1981	1986	1988	1991	1996	19981
Andhra Pradesh	1.39	2.69	1.84	1.68	1.32	1.32	1.27	0.27	0.4	0.2
Arunachal Pradesh	*	*	16.47	15.65	10.45	3.89	4.3	3.61	1.2	1.2
Assam	5.86	5.51	4.77	2.38	2.18	1.99	1.47	1.46	1.4	1.4
Bihar	1.83	1.39	1.47	0.74	1.43	2.21	0.52	0.49	0.5	0.5
Delhi	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	4.0	3.8
Gujarat	6.13	5.95	4.58	1.45	1.38	9.47	15	15.22	16.1	15.5
Goa	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	49.4	2.2
Haryana	*	1.6	1.56	1.75	1.93	1.6	1.38	1.32	1.2	0.7
Himachal Pradesh	6.12	11.86	14.65	4.5	4.65	4.71	4.48	4.17	3.0	2.7
Jammu and Kashmir	3.2	13.87	12.45	11.73	10.82	9.43	9.21	7.9	8.5	8.5
Karnataka	3.17	2.76	2.56	3.59	3.85	3.68	2.9	1.88	1.7	1.6
Kerala	1.17	1.07	1.17	2.77	2.95	5.48	7.51	6.04	6.4	0.2
Madhya Pradesh	1.36	1.02	0.93	1.25	1.23	0.83	0.59	0.42	0.4	0.4
Maharashtra	1.98	2.22	1.99	2.42	5.58	10.26	12.36	11.69	9.9	9.9
Manipur	6.79	6.26	5.5	5.13	3.66	3.2	3.05	2.85	1.9	0.0
Meghalaya	*	*	5.63	4.86	4.34	3.75	3.55	1.31	2.1	0.9
Mizoram	*	*	4.51	3.63	*	4.58	3.18	3.21	2.2	1.5
Nagaland	*	16.26	14.91	12.39	10.19	7.23	6.28	5.35	1.3	1.1
Orissa	1.24	1.41	1.51	1.4	1.14	0.97	0.7	0.62	3.3	3.4
Pondicherry	5.15	4.04	4.66	3.9	4.63	4.88	4.63	3.8	2.7	1.2
Punjab	4.49	2.19	2.13	3.82	8.85	9.69	8.54	7.12	6.5	6.4
Rajasthan	1.53	1.3	2.43	2.47	3.52	3.08	2.94	0.63	0.6	0.5
Sikkim	*	*	*	9.12	1.9	*	32.32	33.45	29.3	28.1
Tamil Nadu	1.83	1.71	2.72	1.44	1.38	1.29	0.94	0.92	0.9	0.9
Tripura	8.49	7.12	6.81	6.48	6.14	10.17	13.6	17.31	14.2	17.3
Uttar Pradesh	1.45	0.49	1.58	1.12	1.44	1.4	1.34	1.26	1.4	1.4
West Bengal	1.68	1.3	1.17	0.88	0.77	0.9	0.86	0.81	0.7	0.7
Union Territories
A & N Islands	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	38.3	38.2
Chandigarh	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.0	4.0
D & N Haveli	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1.8	1.7
Daman & Diu	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	26.2	26.2
Goa, Daman and Diu	4.95	17.52	3.61	3.19	3.68	19.81	53.5	49.29	*	*
Lakswadeep	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	4.8	0.0
All India	2.14	1.92	2.22	1.9	2.45	3.38	3.67	3.25	3.0	2.7

Table 4: Dispensaries: All India (Rural)
Number per 1,00,000 population

Year	1961	1966	1981	1986	1988	1991	1996	19981
Andhra Pradesh	1.41	2.79	1.31	1.23	1.19	0.28	0.4	0.2
Arunachal Pradesh	*	*	11.18	4.17	4.68	3.98	1.3	1.3
Assam	*	5.87	2.26	2.09	1.56	1.5	1.5	1.5
Bihar	*	1.44	1.61	2.51	0.58	0.55	0.5	0.5
Delhi	*	*	*	*	*	*	6.1	NA
Goa	*	*	*	*	*	*	41.0	3.5
Gujarat	*	6.76	1.62	5.85	9.52	9.33	8.2	8.2
Haryana	*	1.21	1.47	0.78	0.34	0.32	0.3	0.2
Himachal Pradesh	6.53	12.23	4.53	4.59	4.4	4.07	2.9	2.6
Jammu and Kashmir	*	15.1	13.14	11.65	10.95	9.92	8.9	8.9
Karnataka	3.57	2.61	4.37	4.29	3.44	1.97	1.7	1.7
Kerala	1.33	1.22	3.43	5.09	7.52	5.82	6.4	0.2
Madhya Pradesh	1.49	1.08	1.26	0.84	0.58	0.3	0.2	0.2
Maharashtra	1.68	2.33	3.02	1.59	1.83	1.65	0.7	0.7
Manipur	7.16	6.69	4.69	4.14	3.96	3.71	2.4	0.1
Meghalaya	*	*	5.21	4.51	4.28	1.47	1.2	1.0
Mizoram	*	*	*	7.29	5.41	5.69	4.0	3.8
Nagaland	*	17.17	11	7.47	6.87	5.67	1.5	1.4
Orissa	1.2	1.36	0.96	0.82	0.61	0.48	3.6	3.8
Pondicherry	6.17	*	7.97	6.91	6.91	4.83	3.1	0.7
Punjab	4.08	1.82	10.62	11.93	10.5	8.8	7.7	7.7
Rajasthan	1.07	0.69	3.21	2.57	2.46	0.06	0.0	0.0
Sikkim	*	*	2.26	*	35.85	36.63	32.3	31.5
Tamil Nadu	2.01	*	0.96	0.85	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Tripura	8.37	7.64	6.57	11.46	15.58	20.16	16.6	20.7
Uttar Pradesh	1.17	0.29	1.3	1.3	1.25	1.18	1.3	1.3
West Bengal	1.79	1.33	0.68	0.91	0.88	0.83	0.8	0.8
Union Territories
A & N Islands	*	*	*	*	*	*	40.2	39.2
Chandigarh	*	*	*	*	*	*	11.2	11.4
D & N Haveli	*	*	*	*	*	*	2.0	1.9
Daman & Diu	*	*	*	*	*	*	26.4	26.4
Goa, Daman and Diu	5.14	*	4.35	24.01	45.81	44.54	*	*
Lakswadeep	*	*	*	*	*	*	3.7	0.0
All India	1.39	1.92	2.21	2.39	2.29	1.86	1.7	1.5

Table 4: Dispensaries: All India (Urban)
Number per 1,00,000 population

Year	1961	1966	1981	1986	1988	1991	1996	19981
Andhra Pradesh	6.69	12.3	4.29	3.63	3.39	0.77	0.4	0.1
Arunachal Pradesh	*	*	159.31	38.29	38.47	28.62	0.9	0.9
Assam	*	62.66	19.73	17.4	12.8	12.02	1.1	1.1
Bihar	*	14.03	11.31	17	3.89	3.62	0.1	0.1
Delhi	*	*	*	*	*	*	3.7	NA
Goa	*	*	*	*	*	*	61.6	0.8
Gujarat	*	18.2	3.58	11.93	18.86	17.78	31.2	28.1
Haryana	*	5.71	5.23	2.53	1.06	0.96	3.9	1.9
Himachal Pradesh	96.66	170.55	54.91	51.38	47.9	42.71	4.2	4.1
Jammu and Kashmir	*	70.01	49.27	39.87	36.38	31.7	4.4	4.4
Karnataka	12.42	8.54	10.76	10.01	7.87	4.4	1.5	1.4
Kerala	7.48	6.54	14.88	17.21	23.42	16.24	6.4	0.1
Madhya Pradesh	8.93	5.91	4.96	3	2	0.99	0.8	0.8
Maharashtra	4.27	5.47	5.59	2.71	3.02	2.61	24.4	24.4
Manipur	75	52.51	13.05	11.12	10.5	9.69	0.5	0.0
Meghalaya	*	*	23.62	19.99	18.83	6.38	0.6	0.5
Mizoram	*	*	*	12.3	7.74	6.62	0.0	0.0
Nagaland	*	198.88	59.88	37.54	33.85	27.13	0.0	0.0
Orissa	17.84	16.85	7.2	5.61	4.08	3.12	1.5	1.1
Pondicherry	19.1	*	7.28	4.91	4.5	2.8	2.4	1.3
Punjab	13.63	5.95	27.73	29.49	25.47	20.81	3.6	3.5
Rajasthan	5.49	3.37	12.02	9.05	8.51	0.2	2.4	2.1
Sikkim	*	*	11.75	*	303.34	384.71	0.0	0.0
Tamil Nadu	5.52	*	1.96	1.68	0.79	0.77	1.8	1.8
Tripura	84.47	70.09	53.2	73.85	93.92	111.94	1.2	1.0
Uttar Pradesh	7.92	1.84	5.92	5.58	5.24	4.81	1.8	1.8
West Bengal	5.53	4.06	1.88	2.47	2.35	2.19	0.7	0.7
Union Territories
A & N Islands	*	*	*	*	*	*	33.1	35.7
Chandigarh	*	*	*	*	*	*	4.3	3.2
D & N Haveli	*	*	*	*	*	*	0.0	0.0
Daman & Diu	*	*	*	*	*	*	26.0	26.0
Goa, Daman and Diu	26.73	*	9.1	36.67	62.87	52.85	*	*
Lakswadeep	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.7	0.0
All India	6.35	8.14	7.26	7.31	6.84	5.38	6.7	5.5

Notes: Rural-Urban breakup not available for years 1971.
* Not applicable
Sources: Health Information of India, CBHI, MOHFW, GOI, respective years.
¹ Figures based on Statistical Abstract India 2000 and Denominator Population used for obtaining Hospital- Population ratio refers to reference period given in the source.