Top 10 Medical Councils with respect to Allopathic Doctors registered As on 31st March 2019

June 16, 2020

Author: susil

As on 31st March 2019, in India there were 11,59,309 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils/Medical Council of India. The top 10 medical councils with respect to number of allopathic doctors registered as on 31-03-2019 were Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Medical Council of India and Punjab.

The number of allopathic doctors registered in Maharashtra medical council was 1,73,384 as on 31st March 2019, which accounted 14.96% of the total allopathic doctors registered in India. There were 1,35,456 allopathic doctors registered under Tamil Nadu medical council as on 31st March 2019. It accounted 11.68% of the total number of allopathic doctors registered in India as on 31-03-2019. The number of allopathic doctors registered in Karnataka medical council was 1,22,875 as on 31st March 2019, which accounted 10.6% of the total allopathic doctors registered in India.

There were 1,00,587 and 77,549 allopathic doctors registered under Andhra Pradesh medical council and Uttar Pradesh medical council respectively as on 31st March, 2019. Andhra Pradesh medical council accounted for 8.68% and Uttar Pradesh medical council accounted for 6.69% of the total number of allopathic doctors registered in India as on 31-03-2019.

The number of allopathic doctors registered with West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Medical Council of India and Punjab was 72,016, 66,944, 59,353, 52,666 and 48,351 respectively as on 31-03-2019. These aforesaid top 10 medical councils accounted for 78.42% of the total number of allopathic doctors registered in India as a whole as on 31st March 2019.

Note: Source: RAJYA SABHA SESSION – 249 STARRED QUESTION NO. 174; The other State/UTs do not have their own Medical Registration Council; Hence, their workers get registration with the Councils of other neighbouring States; *: 52666 doctors were registered only with MCI; They are presumably working in States/UTs which do not have a medical register or anywhere in the country.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/resources/stateut-wise-number-doctors-registered-medical-councilsmedical-council-india-31st-march

Resource Title: State/UT-wise Number of Doctors Registered with Medical Councils/Medical Council of India as on 31st March, 2019 (From : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)