State/ UT-wise Shortfall of Surgeons at Community Health Centres as on 31st March 2017

As on 31^st March 2017, there were 758 Surgeons in position at Community Health Centres (CHCs) out of the total 5624 required Surgeons in India. So there was a Shortfall of 86.52% (4866) Surgeons at CHCs in India as on 31^st March 2017.

As on 31^st March 2017, there was a Shortfall of 100% Surgeons at CHCs in States/UTs namely; Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal, A & N Island, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry with requirement of 63, 17, 27, 9, 2, 21, 349, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3 and 4 Surgeons respectively.

There were States/UTs namely; Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Goa, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh where percentage of Shortfall of Surgeons at CHCs was noticed below the Shortfall of Surgeons (86.52%) in India as on 31-03-2017. As on 31^st March 2017, there was a requirement of 206, 84, 151, 4, 579, 193, 370, 822 and 309 Surgeons, and shortfall of 78 (37.86%), 41 (48.81%), 101 (66.89%), 3 (75%), 452 (78.07%), 155 (80.31%), 302 (81.62%), 710 (86.37%) and 267 (86.41%) Surgeons at CHCs in Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Goa, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh respectively.

Note: NA: Not Available; #: Sanction data for year 2015 used; ## : Total 7 Surgeons sanctioned in the State; All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State-wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / Uts; *: Surplus; For Required: One per Community Health Centre.

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

Resource Title: State/ UT-wise Surgeons at Community Health Centres (CHCs) as on 31-03-2017