State/UT-wise Male Health Assistants at Primary Health Centers as on 31st March 2017

As on 31^st March 2017, there were 12288 Male Health Assistants in position at Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in India. The top 5 States/UTs in terms of number of Male Health Assistants at PHCs as on 31^st March 2017 were Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

There were 3252 Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs in Karnataka as on 31^st March 2017, which accounted 26.46% of the total Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs in India. There were 2186 Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs in Kerala as on 31^st March 2017, which accounted 17.79% of the total Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs in India. There were 1620 Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs in Maharashtra as on 31^st March 2017, which accounted 13.18% of the total Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs in India.

As on 31^st March 2017, the number of Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs was 1036 and 954 in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh respectively. Tamil Nadu accounted for 8.43% and Uttar Pradesh accounted for 7.76% of the total Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs in India as on 31-03-2017.

There were few States/UTs namely Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Odisha, Telangana, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi and Lakshadweep which had 0 (zero) Male Health Assistants in position at PHCs as on 31^st March 2017.

The above mentioned top 5 States accounted for 73.63% of the total number of Male Health Assistants in position at P Primary Health Centers in India as a whole as on 31^st March 2017.

Note: NA: Not Available.; #: Sanctioned data for year 2011 used; ##: Sanctioned data for year 2016 used; ###: Data for year 2015 used; ^: Sanctioned data for year 2015 used; ^^: Sanctioned data for year 2013-14 used; $ Data used for year 2016; All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State-wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs; *: Surplus; 1 .One per Primary Health Centre; For Required: One per Primary Health Centre ; For All India/ Total for calculating the overall percentages of vacancy, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, are excluded.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/catalog/rural-health-statistics-2017

Resource Title: State/ UT-wise Male Health Assistant at PHCs as on 31-03-2017