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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