Indian states ranking by household size

This is a list of the States of India ranked in order of number of persons in each house. This information was compiled from NFHS-3. National Family health survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi round survey conducted by the International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai designated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India. NFHS-3 was released on 11 Oct 2007 and the detailed survey can be viewed in the following website

Rank State Household size
1 Tamil Nadu 3.5
2 Andhra Pradesh 3.9
3 Goa 4.2
4 Kerala 4.3
4 Tripura 4.3
6 West Bengal 4.5
6 Odisha 4.5
6 Sikkim 4.5
6 Nagaland 4.5
10 Himachal Pradesh 4.6
10 Karnataka 4.6
12 Assam 4.7
12 Gujarat 4.7
12 Maharashtra 4.7
15 Arunachal Pradesh 4.8
15 Mizoram 4.8
15 Whole INDIA 4.8
15 Chhattisgarh
18 Madhya Pradesh 5
18 Uttarakhand 5
18 Manipur 5
21 Meghalaya 5.1
22 Punjab 5.2
23 Rajasthan 5.5
24 Haryana 5.3
25 Bihar 5.4
25 Jharkhand 5.4
27 Jammu and Kashmir 5.7
27 Uttar Pradesh 5.7

References

www.measuredhs.com/publications/publication-frind3-dhs-final-reports.cfm

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