Indian states ranking by drinking water

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by access to safe drinking water. The list is compiled from the 2011 India Census Report published by Government of India.^[1][2] The rank is based on the percentage of households which have access to safe drinking water

Punjab ranked highest with 97.6%, while Bihar has the worst rank with only 33.5% households having access to safe drinking water. National average stands at 85.5%.

Rank	State	% of households with access to safe drinking water(2011)
1	Punjab	97.6
2	Uttar Pradesh	95.1
3	Kerala	94.0
4	Haryana	93.8
5	Himachal Pradesh	93.7
6	Tamil Nadu	92.5
7	Uttarakhand	92.2
7	West Bengal	92.2
8	Andhra Pradesh	90.5
9	Gujarat	90.3
10	Karnataka	87.5
11	Chhattisgarh	86.3
12	Goa	85.7
**	All India Average	85.5
13	Sikkim	85.1
14	Maharashtra	83.4
15	Arunachal Pradesh	78.6
16	Rajasthan	78.1
17	Madhya Pradesh	78.0
18	Jammu and Kashmir	76.8
19	Odisha	75.3
20	Assam	69.9
21	Tripura	67.5
22	Mizoram	60.4
23	Jharkhand	60.1
24	Nagaland	53.8
25	Manipur	45.4
26	Meghalaya	44.7
27	Bihar	29.5
U/T	Chandigarh	99.3
U/T	Daman and Diu	98.7
U/T	Puducherry	97.8
U/T	Delhi	95.0
U/T	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	91.6
U/T	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	85.5
U/T	Lakshadweep	22.8

Notes

1. "Households access to safe drinking water". Government of India. 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
2. "Access to safe drinking water in households in India" (PDF). Government of India. 2012-13. Retrieved April 21, 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)