IndiaFacts

Sources

Every value on IndiaFacts cites one of the institutions below.

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Tier 1

Census 2011 — Census of India 2011, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner

Decennial enumeration of population — the baseline for literacy, sex ratio, urbanisation and household indicators.

SRS — Sample Registration System, Registrar General of India

Vital statistics: birth & death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy.

RBI — Reserve Bank of India — Handbook of Statistics on Indian States

Economic, fiscal and social statistics across states, compiled from primary sources.

CAG — Comptroller & Auditor General — State Finance Accounts

Audited receipts, disbursements and debt position of state governments.

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Tier 2

MoSPI — Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation — National Accounts

State GSDP, NSDP and per-capita income at constant and current prices.

PLFS — Periodic Labour Force Survey, National Statistical Office

Employment, unemployment and labour-force participation estimates.

NCRB — National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs

Annual compendium of registered cognizable crimes by state and category.

UDISE+ — Unified District Information System for Education Plus, Ministry of Education

School enrolment, teachers, infrastructure and dropout rates.

AISHE — All India Survey on Higher Education, Ministry of Education

Higher-education enrolment, gross enrolment ratio and gender parity.

NITI Aayog — NITI Aayog — SDG India Index & sectoral dashboards

Composite indices and harmonised indicators across states.

MoRTH — Ministry of Road Transport & Highways — Basic Road Statistics

Road length, road density and transport statistics by state.

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Tier 3

NFHS-5 — National Family Health Survey 5 (2019-21), IIPS for MoHFW

~700 health, nutrition and demographic indicators at state & district level.

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Tier 5

PRS — PRS Legislative Research — State Budget Analysis

Independent transcription and analysis of state budgets.