| 13.1 STATEWISE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES OF BIRTH RATE, DEATH | ||||||||||||||||
| RATE AND NATURAL GROWTH RATE, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 27.6 | 20.7 | 25.8 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 18.3 | 14.4 | 17.3 | |||||||
| States: | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Andhra Prad. | 21.7 | 20.1 | 21.3 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 13.1 | ||||||
| 2 | Arunachal Prad. | 23.1 | 13.9 | 22.3 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 16.8 | 11.4 | 16.3 | ||||||
| 3 | Assam | 27.9 | 18.6 | 26.9 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 17.9 | 12.5 | 17.4 | ||||||
| 4 | Bihar | 32.8 | 25.6 | 31.9 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 23.7 | 18.5 | 23.1 | ||||||
| 5 | Goa | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 | ||||||
| 6 | Gujarat | 26.8 | 21.9 | 25.2 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 17.7 | ||||||
| 7 | Haryana | 28.0 | 23.1 | 26.9 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 20.1 | 16.9 | 19.4 | ||||||
| 8 | Himachal Prad. | 22.5 | 16.9 | 22.1 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 15.2 | 11.4 | 14.9 | ||||||
| 9 | J & K | 20.5 | 16.5 | 19.7 | N.A. | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 | N.A. | 14.2 | 10.6 | 13.5 | ||||
| 10 | Karnataka | 23.3 | 19.1 | 22.0 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 14.3 | ||||||
| 11 | Kerala | 18.0 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.5 | ||||||
| 12 | Madhya Prad. | 33.4 | 23.5 | 31.4 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 10.3 | 22.4 | 16.1 | 21.1 | ||||||
| 13 | Maharashtra | 21.4 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 13.5 | ||||||
| 14 | Manipur | 19.1 | 16.2 | 18.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 10.2 | 12.7 | ||||||
| 15 | Meghalaya | 31.0 | 15.3 | 28.5 | 10.1 | 4.6 | 9.2 | 20.9 | 10.7 | 19.3 | ||||||
| 16 | Mizoram | 19.2 | 12.2 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 10.9 | ||||||
| 17 | Nagaland | N.A. | 12.2 | N.A. | N.A. | 3.0 | N.A. | N.A. | 9.2 | N.A. | ||||||
| 18 | Orissa | 24.9 | 20.1 | 24.3 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 13.8 | ||||||
| 19 | Punjab | 22.7 | 18.6 | 21.6 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 14.2 | ||||||
| 20 | Rajasthan | 32.8 | 25.1 | 31.4 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 23.9 | 18.5 | 23.0 | ||||||
| 21 | Sikkim | 22.1 | 14.8 | 21.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 16.4 | 10.7 | 16.2 | ||||||
| 22 | Tamilnadu | 20.0 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.4 | ||||||
| 23 | Tripura | 17.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 11.1 | ||||||
| 24 | Uttar Prad. | 34.0 | 27.2 | 32.8 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 23.2 | 19.1 | 22.5 | ||||||
| 25 | West Bengal | 23.0 | 14.1 | 20.7 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 15.8 | 7.4 | 13.6 | ||||||
| 26 | Chhatisgarh | 29.2 | 22.8 | 26.7 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 17.1 | ||||||
| 27 | Jharkhand | 28.8 | 19.4 | 26.5 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 19.0 | 13.0 | 17.6 | ||||||
| 28 | Uttaranchal | 24.6 | 17.1 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 13.3 | ||||||
| Union Territory | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A & N Islands | 19.0 | 19.3 | 19.1 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 13.3 | 15.9 | 14.0 | ||||||
| 2 | Chandigarh | 18.9 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 13.6 | ||||||
| 3 | D & N Haveli | 35.9 | 24.0 | 34.9 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 27.7 | 20.4 | 27.0 | ||||||
| 4 | Daman & Diu | 21.8 | 25.4 | 23.7 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 14.7 | 19.2 | 17.1 | ||||||
| 5 | Delhi | 21.4 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 16.4 | 15.0 | 15.1 | ||||||
| 6 | Lakshadweep | 27.6 | 24.6 | 26.1 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 20.5 | 19.7 | 20.1 | ||||||
| 7 | Pondicherry | 18.4 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||
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