State/UT-wise Functioning of Primary Health Centres as on 31st March 2017

As on 31^st March 2017, there were 25650 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) functioning in India. The top 5 States/UTs in terms of maximum number of PHCs functioning as on 31^st March 2017 were Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar and Maharashtra.

The number of functioning of PHCs in Uttar Pradesh was 3621 as on 31^st March 2017. It accounted 14.12% of the total PHCs functioning in India as on 31-03-2017. The number of functioning of PHCs in Karnataka was 2359 as on 31^st March 2017. It accounted 9.2% of the total PHCs functioning in India as on 31-03-2017. The number of functioning of PHCs in Rajasthan was 2079 as on 31^st March 2017. It accounted 8.11% of the total PHCs functioning in India as on 31-03-2017.

There were 1899 PHCs functioning in Bihar as on 31^st March 2017, which accounted 7.4% of the total PHCs functioning in India as on 31-03-2017. There were 1814 PHCs functioning in Maharashtra as on 31^st March 2017, which accounted 7.07% of the total PHCs functioning in India as on 31-03-2017.

The above mentioned top 5 states accounted for 45.89% of the total Primary Health Centres (PHCs) functioning in India as a whole as on 31^st March 2017.

Note: For Buildings required: All India figure of required number of building to be constructed = Total functioning – (Government Buildings + Under construction) (ignoring States/Uts having excess.); *: States having construction in excess of number of building required.

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

Resource Title: State/ UT-wise Building Position for Primary Health Centres as on 31-03-2017