| 13.1 STATEWISE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES OF BIRTH RATE, DEATH | ||||||||||||||||
| RATE AND NATURAL GROWTH RATE, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sr. | India/State/ | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Natural Growth Rate | ||||||||||||
| No. | Union Territory | R | U | C | R | U | C | R | U | C | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| India | 26.6 | 19.9 | 25.0 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 16.9 | |||||||
| States: | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Andhra Prad. | 21.0 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 12.6 | ||||||
| 2 | Assam | 27.5 | 18.3 | 26.6 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 18.0 | 12.3 | 17.4 | ||||||
| 3 | Bihar | 31.8 | 23.5 | 30.9 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 23.7 | 17.4 | 23.0 | ||||||
| 4 | Gujarat | 26.5 | 20.5 | 24.6 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 17.0 | ||||||
| 5 | Haryana | 27.5 | 22.5 | 26.5 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 20.4 | 16.2 | 19.5 | ||||||
| 6 | Karnataka | 23.4 | 18.8 | 22.0 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 15.6 | 13.0 | 14.9 | ||||||
| 7 | Kerala | 17.0 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | ||||||
| 8 | Madhya Prad. | 32.2 | 22.7 | 30.3 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 9.7 | 21.8 | 15.4 | 20.6 | ||||||
| 9 | Maharashtra | 20.5 | 19.8 | 20.2 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 12.9 | ||||||
| 10 | Orissa | 23.6 | 19.5 | 23.1 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 9.8 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.3 | ||||||
| 11 | Punjab | 21.7 | 18.1 | 20.8 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 13.7 | ||||||
| 12 | Rajasthan | 31.9 | 24.2 | 30.6 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 24.0 | 17.8 | 22.9 | ||||||
| 13 | Tamilnadu | 19.1 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 10.8 | ||||||
| 14 | Uttar Prad. | 32.6 | 26.8 | 31.6 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 22.4 | 19.5 | 21.9 | ||||||
| 15 | West Bengal | 22.5 | 14.0 | 20.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 15.7 | 7.7 | 13.7 | ||||||
| 16 | Arunachal Prad. | 20.9 | 12.3 | 20.2 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 15.4 | ||||||
| 17 | Chhatisgarh | 26.5 | 22.6 | 25.0 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 16.3 | ||||||
| 18 | Goa | 14.4 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | ||||||
| 19 | Jharkhand | 28.5 | 19.0 | 26.4 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 20.0 | 13.1 | 18.4 | ||||||
| 20 | Himachal Prad. | 21.1 | 16.5 | 20.7 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 13.2 | ||||||
| 21 | J & K | 19.9 | 16.0 | 19.2 | N.A. | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | N.A. | 14.1 | 10.3 | 13.4 | ||||
| 22 | Manipur | 17.4 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 13.2 | 9.5 | 12.2 | ||||||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 27.8 | 14.6 | 25.8 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 19.4 | 10.7 | 18.1 | ||||||
| 24 | Mizoram | 20.8 | 12.0 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 15.1 | 8.3 | 12.1 | ||||||
| 25 | Nagaland | N.A. | 11.9 | N.A. | N.A. | 2.5 | N.A. | N.A. | 9.4 | N.A. | ||||||
| 26 | Sikkim | 22.2 | 13.4 | 21.9 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 17.3 | 9.4 | 17.0 | ||||||
| 27 | Tripura | 15.3 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 9.2 | ||||||
| 28 | Uttaranchal | 18.1 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 11.8 | 10.6 | ||||||
| Union Territory | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A & N Islands | 17.6 | 14.6 | 16.8 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.3 | ||||||
| 2 | Chandigarh | 21.5 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 17.4 | 10.4 | 11.2 | ||||||
| 3 | D & N Haveli | 31.3 | 20.4 | 30.4 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 24.2 | 16.3 | 23.6 | ||||||
| 4 | Daman & Diu | 23.5 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 15.8 | ||||||
| 5 | Delhi | 18.2 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||
| 6 | Lakshadweep | 20.2 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 14.9 | 13.2 | 14.0 | ||||||
| 7 | Pondicherry | 18.1 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 | ||||||
| N.A. = Not available due to part receipt of returns. | ||||||||||||||||
| R = Rural, U= Urban, C=Combined | ||||||||||||||||
| Source:- Office of the Registrar General of India, New Delhi. | ||||||||||||||||