A life in India.
In numbers.

What this measures: Birth registrations included in CRS 2024

Registrations are administrative records; may include delayed registration of earlier events. Goa excludes events over one year old; Delhi and Sikkim include events occurred and registered in 2024 only. Not the exact count of births occurring in 2024. Rural/urban means PLACE OF OCCURRENCE, not residence of mother or child; sex not reported is retained.

Official source ↗ · Statement 1 p1/PDF20; Table 1 p76/PDF95

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: 366 days in calendar 2024

Registrations are administrative records; may include delayed registration of earlier events. Goa excludes events over one year old; Delhi and Sikkim include events occurred and registered in 2024 only. Not the exact count of births occurring in 2024.

Calculation: 25,473,389 / 366

Official source ↗ · Derived from Statement 1 p1/PDF20

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: SRS rates applied to projected mid-year population

Model-based estimate printed by ORGI; based on SRS and Census 2011-based population projections; distinct from CRS registered births.

Official source ↗ · Statement 2 p2/PDF21

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: 366 days in calendar 2024

Annual SRS-based estimate divided by 366; a daily average for 2024, not a live daily count.

Calculation: 25,709,853 / 366

Official source ↗ · Derived from Statement 2 p2/PDF21

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Births in the five years before the survey

Survey percentage of births in preceding five years; cannot be multiplied by 2024 registrations as an observed count. 100 minus this is NON-CAESAREAN, not necessarily unassisted or natural delivery.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 54, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Births in private health facilities in the five years before the survey

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 55, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Births in public health facilities in the five years before the survey

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 56, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Births in the five years before the survey

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 50, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Births in the five years before the survey

Skilled personnel include doctor, nurse, LHV, ANM, midwife or other health personnel; see factsheet footnote 10.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 53, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Mothers for their last birth in the five years before the survey

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 40, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Mothers for their last birth in the five years before the survey

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 41, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Mothers for their last birth in the five years before the survey

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 46, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children aged 12–23 months; card information or mother’s recall

Factsheet definition: BCG, measles-containing vaccine and three doses each of polio (excluding birth dose) and DPT/pentavalent. This is not every vaccine in today’s schedule. Do not mix with card-shown-only denominator or different final report estimates.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 57, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children aged 12–23 months

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 59, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children aged 12–23 months

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 60, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children aged 12–23 months

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 61, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children aged 12–23 months

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 62, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children aged 24–35 months

Survey estimate from the NFHS-5 factsheet, 2019–21; not a count of today’s annual births or a longitudinal cohort.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 63, PDF page 8

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children under five years

Household survey of surviving children under five; different reference universe from annual CRS registration completeness.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 5, PDF page 7

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Last child born in the three years preceding survey, under three years

Factsheet footnote 15 restricts to last child born in preceding three years.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 75, PDF page 9

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Youngest child under six months living with mother

Factsheet footnote 16: youngest child living with mother.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 76, PDF page 9

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Youngest child aged 6–23 months living with mother

NFHS survey minimum diet definition in footnote 17; breastfeeding status changes the required feeding components.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 80, PDF page 9

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children under five with valid anthropometric measurements

Height-for-age below −2 standard deviations against WHO standard; overlaps with other nutrition measures and cannot be added.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 81, PDF page 9

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children under five with valid anthropometric measurements

Weight-for-height below −2 standard deviations against WHO standard; categories overlap.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 82, PDF page 9

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children under five with valid anthropometric measurements

Weight-for-age below −2 standard deviations against WHO standard; categories overlap.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 84, PDF page 9

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Children aged 6–59 months with valid haemoglobin measurements

Haemoglobin below 11 g/dl, altitude adjusted, capillary blood. Not directly comparable to surveys using venous blood.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 92, PDF page 9

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: De jure children under age 18 represented by household survey

Includes one parent dead with missing information about survival of the other. Household survey coverage does not enumerate every child in institutional care. No current national headcount inferred.

Official source ↗ · Table 2.20, printed pp56–57; PDF pp92–93

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: De jure children under age 18 represented by household survey

Both parents deceased is distinct from loss of one parent, living apart from parents or children in care. Rounded survey estimate.

Official source ↗ · Table 2.20, printed pp56–57; PDF pp92–93

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: De jure children under age 18 represented by household survey

Official source ↗ · Table 2.20, printed pp56–57; PDF pp92–93

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: De jure children under age 18 represented by household survey

Living arrangement does not establish orphanhood; parents may be alive.

Official source ↗ · Table 2.20, printed pp56–57; PDF pp92–93

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Persons aged 15 years and above represented by PLFS 2025

Highest level successfully completed; categories are mutually exclusive. Graduate excludes postgraduate-and-above. Sample estimates, not present-year administrative counts. No crore counts calculated from unrelated population totals.

Official source ↗ · AppendixA Table8; printedA-19 / PDFp96; secondary column

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Persons aged 15 years and above represented by PLFS 2025

Highest level successfully completed; categories are mutually exclusive. Graduate excludes postgraduate-and-above. Sample estimates, not present-year administrative counts. No crore counts calculated from unrelated population totals.

Official source ↗ · AppendixA Table8; printedA-19 / PDFp96; highersecondary column

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Persons aged 15 years and above represented by PLFS 2025

Highest level successfully completed; categories are mutually exclusive. Graduate excludes postgraduate-and-above. Sample estimates, not present-year administrative counts. No crore counts calculated from unrelated population totals. Published combined category includes diploma/certificate as classified in this table. Distinct from the 67.8% attended-lowersecondary indicator.

Official source ↗ · AppendixA Table8; printedA-11–A-19 / PDFpp88–96; secondary-and-above column

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students/stage-specific administrative enrolment represented by UDISE+; NEP structure

A school-system administrative measure. Does not track one birth cohort to adulthood. Dropout, retention, transition, GER and examination pass rates have different denominators.

Official source ↗ · DropoutRate table

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students/stage-specific administrative enrolment represented by UDISE+; NEP structure

A school-system administrative measure. Does not track one birth cohort to adulthood. Dropout, retention, transition, GER and examination pass rates have different denominators.

Official source ↗ · DropoutRate table

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students/stage-specific administrative enrolment represented by UDISE+; NEP structure

A school-system administrative measure. Does not track one birth cohort to adulthood. Dropout, retention, transition, GER and examination pass rates have different denominators.

Official source ↗ · DropoutRate table

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students/stage-specific administrative enrolment represented by UDISE+; NEP structure

A school-system administrative measure. Does not track one birth cohort to adulthood. Dropout, retention, transition, GER and examination pass rates have different denominators.

Official source ↗ · StudentRetentionRate table

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students/stage-specific administrative enrolment represented by UDISE+; NEP structure

A school-system administrative measure. Does not track one birth cohort to adulthood. Dropout, retention, transition, GER and examination pass rates have different denominators.

Official source ↗ · TransitionRate table

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students/stage-specific administrative enrolment represented by UDISE+; NEP structure

A school-system administrative measure. Does not track one birth cohort to adulthood. Dropout, retention, transition, GER and examination pass rates have different denominators.

Official source ↗ · FemaleRepresentation table

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students reported to UDISE+, NEP structure, foundational through secondary; includes pre-primary in covered schools

Administrative enrolment stock; not all children in India or proof of attendance. Does not trace a birth cohort.

Official source ↗ · Detailed NEP report, section1.9, PDFp11 / printedp2

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students aged 3–35 currently attending pre-primary education, rural+urban, all sexes

Historical 2017–18 survey, not current 2025–26 share. Medium is the language of learning material for most non-language subjects; not home-language ability or language taught as a subject. Other-language columns exclude home-language matches: the English column does not include English-home-language students taught in English. Totals may differ 0.1 pp from rounding. Survey student controls are not contemporary population counts.

Official source ↗ · Table60, rural+urban/persons/Pre-primary; PDFp1163 / printedA-844

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students aged 3–35 currently attending primary education, rural+urban, all sexes

Historical 2017–18 survey, not current 2025–26 share. Medium is the language of learning material for most non-language subjects; not home-language ability or language taught as a subject. Other-language columns exclude home-language matches: the English column does not include English-home-language students taught in English. Totals may differ 0.1 pp from rounding. Survey student controls are not contemporary population counts.

Official source ↗ · Table60, rural+urban/persons/Primary; PDFp1164 / printedA-845

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students aged 3–35 currently attending upper primary/middle education, rural+urban, all sexes

Historical 2017–18 survey, not current 2025–26 share. Medium is the language of learning material for most non-language subjects; not home-language ability or language taught as a subject. Other-language columns exclude home-language matches: the English column does not include English-home-language students taught in English. Totals may differ 0.1 pp from rounding. Survey student controls are not contemporary population counts.

Official source ↗ · Table60, rural+urban/persons/Upper primary/middle; PDFp1165 / printedA-846

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students aged 3–35 currently attending secondary education, rural+urban, all sexes

Historical 2017–18 survey, not current 2025–26 share. Medium is the language of learning material for most non-language subjects; not home-language ability or language taught as a subject. Other-language columns exclude home-language matches: the English column does not include English-home-language students taught in English. Totals may differ 0.1 pp from rounding. Survey student controls are not contemporary population counts.

Official source ↗ · Table60, rural+urban/persons/Secondary; PDFp1166 / printedA-847

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Students aged 3–35 currently attending higher secondary education, rural+urban, all sexes

Historical 2017–18 survey, not current 2025–26 share. Medium is the language of learning material for most non-language subjects; not home-language ability or language taught as a subject. Other-language columns exclude home-language matches: the English column does not include English-home-language students taught in English. Totals may differ 0.1 pp from rounding. Survey student controls are not contemporary population counts.

Official source ↗ · Table60, rural+urban/persons/Higher secondary; PDFp1167 / printedA-848

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Institutional higher education enrolment including AISHE estimation; all reported study levels

Enrolment is a stock of students, not the number of people who hold a qualification. Counts retain exact table integers; format in crore/lakh for display.

Official source ↗ · Table6, Grand Total; PDFp94 / printedT-6

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Institutional higher education enrolment including AISHE estimation; all reported study levels

Enrolment is a stock of students, not the number of people who hold a qualification. Counts retain exact table integers; format in crore/lakh for display.

Calculation: 34582268 / 45001123 ×100

Official source ↗ · Table6, Undergraduate; PDFp93 / printedT-6

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Institutional higher education enrolment including AISHE estimation; all reported study levels

Enrolment is a stock of students, not the number of people who hold a qualification. Counts retain exact table integers; format in crore/lakh for display.

Calculation: 5785852 / 45001123 ×100

Official source ↗ · Table6, PostGraduate; PDFp92 / printedT-6

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Institutional higher education enrolment including AISHE estimation; all reported study levels

Enrolment is a stock of students, not the number of people who hold a qualification. Counts retain exact table integers; format in crore/lakh for display.

Calculation: 343559 / 45001123 ×100

Official source ↗ · Table6, PhD; PDFp92 / printedT-6

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Higher education enrolment, regardless of student age, divided by projected population aged 18–23

GER is an enrolment ratio using projected 18–23 population, not a graduation/completion rate.

Official source ↗ · Key results and GER section; PIB release2282525 GER paragraph

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: MBA programme enrolment based on actual AISHE institution responses, all modes

Excludes separately listed integrated MBA and MBA specialisations; enrolled students are not MBA holders.

Official source ↗ · Table10 programme157; PDFp122 / printedT-10

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Annual out-turn/pass-outs based on actual responding AISHE institutions, not cumulative living qualification holders

Annual programme completions are not the stock of all living graduates. Do not divide by total population as attainment; levels can include the same person in different years.

Official source ↗ · Table33 GrandTotal; PDFp190 / printedT-33

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Annual out-turn/pass-outs based on actual responding AISHE institutions, not cumulative living qualification holders

Annual programme completions are not the stock of all living graduates. Do not divide by total population as attainment; levels can include the same person in different years.

Official source ↗ · Table33 Undergraduate; PDFp189 / printedT-33

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Annual out-turn/pass-outs based on actual responding AISHE institutions, not cumulative living qualification holders

Annual programme completions are not the stock of all living graduates. Do not divide by total population as attainment; levels can include the same person in different years.

Official source ↗ · Table33 PostGraduate; PDFp188 / printedT-33

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Annual out-turn/pass-outs based on actual responding AISHE institutions, not cumulative living qualification holders

Annual programme completions are not the stock of all living graduates. Do not divide by total population as attainment; levels can include the same person in different years.

Official source ↗ · Table33 PhD; PDFp188 / printedT-33

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: MBA annual out-turn based on actual institution responses

Annual programme completions are not the stock of all living graduates. Do not divide by total population as attainment; levels can include the same person in different years. Excludes separately listed integrated MBA and specialisations.

Official source ↗ · Table34 programme154; PDFp194 / printedT-34

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Persons aged 15 years and above represented by PLFS 2025

Highest level successfully completed; categories are mutually exclusive. Graduate excludes postgraduate-and-above. Sample estimates, not present-year administrative counts. No crore counts calculated from unrelated population totals.

Official source ↗ · AppendixA Table8; printedA-11–A-19 / PDFpp88–96

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Persons aged 15 years and above represented by PLFS 2025

Highest level successfully completed; categories are mutually exclusive. Graduate excludes postgraduate-and-above. Sample estimates, not present-year administrative counts. No crore counts calculated from unrelated population totals.

Official source ↗ · AppendixA Table8; printedA-11–A-19 / PDFpp88–96

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: AISHE higher education enrolment classified by mode; regular series includes estimation

Regular mode does not mean no digital/online resources used. Distinct from distance/private/online programme classification.

Calculation: 39664479 / 45001123 ×100

Official source ↗ · Table6a GrandTotal; PDFp97 / printedT-6a

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Distance-mode enrolment based on actual AISHE institution responses

Distance mode is not synonymous with online study. It is a programme-mode classification.

Calculation: 4403920 / 45001123 ×100

Official source ↗ · Table6b GrandTotal; PDFp100 / printedT-6b

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Online-mode enrolment based on actual AISHE institution responses

Explicit online programme mode only; excludes students in regular or distance programmes who use digital resources.

Calculation: 284037 / 45001123 ×100

Official source ↗ · Table6d GrandTotal; PDFp105 / printedT-6d

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: All households represented by CMS Telecom 2025

Household possession does not establish that each member personally owns or can independently use a smartphone. Rural and urban figures are calculated by adding mutually exclusive categories printed to one decimal; rounding is retained.

Official source ↗ · Statement 13, printed page 24 / PDF page 35; smartphone-only plus both-phone-types categories. National headline also in the 29 May PIB release.

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11.

What this measures: People aged 15 and above represented by the survey

Includes smartphones and other mobile phones. Ownership requires a device with an active SIM for personal use and does not require registration in the individual’s name. A shared phone is assigned using the majority-use rule.

Official source ↗ · Statement 2, printed page 7 / PDF page 18; Appendix A Table 2, printed A15 / PDF page 54

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11.

What this measures: All households represented by CMS Telecom 2025

Includes access using a mobile network; this is not fixed broadband penetration or the proportion of individuals who used the internet.

Official source ↗ · Statement 14, printed page 24 / PDF page 35; Appendix A Table 14, A98–A100 / PDF pages 137–139

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11.

What this measures: People aged 15 and above represented by the survey

At least one use from any location, on any device and for any purpose; not daily use, paid subscription or independent access.

Official source ↗ · Statement 3, printed page 8 / PDF page 19

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11.

What this measures: People aged 15–29 represented by the survey

An age-specific rate. It must not be relabelled as the share of all Indians using the internet. We use 93.6% from the report’s age-specific tables. The accompanying PIB summary gives 94.3% for ages 15–29; the detailed report gives 94.3% for ages 15–24. The figures shown here follow Statement 3 and Appendix A Table 3.

Official source ↗ · Statement 3, printed page 8 / PDF page 19; Figure 3.1, printed page 9 / PDF page 20; official PIB release key highlights

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11.

What this measures: People aged 15+ who personally own any mobile phone, represented by CMS Telecom

Conditional on already owning a mobile phone: the denominator is mobile-phone owners aged 15+, not all people aged 15+ or all residents. Calculated by adding the source’s mutually exclusive smartphone-only and both-phone-types categories: India 79.9 + 2.0 = 81.9; rural 76.0 + 1.9 = 77.9; urban 85.9 + 2.1 = 88.0. Inputs are rounded survey estimates. The three India categories sum to 100.1 because of rounding. No number of smartphone owners or whole-population rate has been inferred.

Official source ↗ · Statement 2.1, printed page 8 / PDF page 19, age 15+ row; smartphone and both columns

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11.

What this measures: Women aged 25–49 represented by NFHS-5

Retrospective median among this age group, not the average age of newlyweds in 2026.

Official source ↗ · Table 6.3.1, printed p218 / PDF p254

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Men aged 25–49 represented by NFHS-5

Retrospective median. The urban median for men aged 25–49 is suppressed by the report; do not impute it.

Official source ↗ · Table 6.3.2, printed p219 / PDF p255

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Women aged 25–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported sensitive information; recall and disclosure affect estimates. This is a retrospective median, not an expected age or judgement of anyone’s choices.

Official source ↗ · Table 6.8.1, printed p224 / PDF p260

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Men aged 25–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported sensitive information; recall and disclosure affect estimates. No national count of people having sex inferred.

Official source ↗ · Table 6.8.2, printed p225 / PDF p261

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Women aged 20–24 represented by NFHS-5

Historical NFHS-5 rate for this age group; not the fraction of all current marriages involving a child.

Official source ↗ · India factsheet indicator 25

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Women aged 15–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported current alcohol use. Not all adults aged 15+, heavy drinking, dependence or age of starting alcohol.

Official source ↗ · Tables 11.11.1–11.11.2, printed pp468–469 / PDF pp504–505

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Women aged 15–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported cigarette use; not all tobacco use. Product categories may overlap and must not be summed.

Official source ↗ · Table 11.7, printed p461 / PDF p497

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Women aged 15–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported bidi use; not all smoking or all tobacco use. A rounded 0.0 does not prove no users.

Official source ↗ · Table 11.7, printed p461 / PDF p497

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Men aged 15–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported current alcohol use. Not all adults aged 15+, heavy drinking, dependence or age of starting alcohol.

Official source ↗ · Tables 11.11.1–11.11.2, printed pp468–469 / PDF pp504–505

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Men aged 15–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported cigarette use; not all tobacco use. Product categories may overlap and must not be summed.

Official source ↗ · Table 11.7, printed p461 / PDF p497

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Men aged 15–49 represented by NFHS-5

Self-reported bidi use; not all smoking or all tobacco use. A rounded 0.0 does not prove no users.

Official source ↗ · Table 11.7, printed p461 / PDF p497

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Persons aged 15 years and above; employed under usual principal plus subsidiary status

Derived by MoSPI using MoHFW projected populations; rounded to 0.1 crore. Not a census count or salaried jobs.

Official source ↗ · Official annual report release2246009, projection-based absolute employment paragraph

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Workers in usual principal plus subsidiary status; all-India

Worker composition, not share of total population. Self-employment includes unpaid household-enterprise helpers.

Official source ↗ · Statement7 and official release2246009 sections4–5

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Workers in usual principal plus subsidiary status; all-India

Worker composition, not share of total population. Self-employment includes unpaid household-enterprise helpers.

Official source ↗ · Statement7 and official release2246009 sections4–5

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Workers in usual principal plus subsidiary status; all-India

Worker composition, not share of total population. Self-employment includes unpaid household-enterprise helpers.

Official source ↗ · Statement7 and official release2246009 sections4–5

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Workers in usual principal plus subsidiary status; all-India

Worker composition, not share of total population. Self-employment includes unpaid household-enterprise helpers.

Official source ↗ · Statement8 and official release2246009 sections4–5

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Workers in usual principal plus subsidiary status; all-India

Worker composition, not share of total population. Self-employment includes unpaid household-enterprise helpers.

Official source ↗ · Statement8 and official release2246009 sections4–5

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Workers in usual principal plus subsidiary status; all-India

Worker composition, not share of total population. Self-employment includes unpaid household-enterprise helpers.

Official source ↗ · Statement8 and official release2246009 sections4–5

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Regular wage/salaried employees in Current Weekly Status; earnings during preceding calendar month

Mean nominal earnings for this employee class, not median pay or income per Indian. Reference month precedes interview.

Official source ↗ · Statement11; printedp22 / PDFp52

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Self-employed persons in Current Weekly Status, excluding zero-earnings/not-reported cases

Gross earnings exclude zero/not-reported cases; not take-home salary, not an all-worker income estimate.

Official source ↗ · Statement13; printedp23 / PDFp53

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Casual labour in Current Weekly Status engaged in works other than public works; earnings recorded for reference-week workdays

Day-work mean is not monthly income; do not multiply by 30 assuming every day worked. Revised PDF differs from earlier PIB press-note male/female values.

Official source ↗ · Statement12; printedp23 / PDFp53

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Migrants represented by PLFS 2020–21, classified by main reason for migration

Resident migrant stock, not annual student moves, not percentage of all students and not emigration only.

Official source ↗ · Statement4, to pursue studies row

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Migrants represented by PLFS 2020–21, classified by main reason for migration

Distinct reason category; pandemic-year stock, not annual flow.

Official source ↗ · Statement4, in search of employment row

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Migrants represented by PLFS 2020–21, classified by main reason for migration

Distinct reason category, includes transfer and business.

Official source ↗ · Statement4, for employment/work row

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: PAN database records classified as individual

Allotted PANs, not income-tax payers, return filers or a count of resident adult citizens. Sex shares recalculated from exact table counts; rounding in the published percentage column is not reused.

Official source ↗ · Table 1.1 p2; Table 1.2 p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: All PAN database entity statuses, including companies, firms and individuals

Includes non-person entities. Do not call this a count of people.

Official source ↗ · Table 1.1, PDF p2

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: PANs described as Aadhaar-linked in the release

Administrative linkage count; not Aadhaar population coverage or a new count of taxpayers.

Official source ↗ · Table 1.1 note3, PDF p2

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket 18 or younger

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 18 to 20

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 20 to 30

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 30 to 40

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 40 to 50

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 50 to 60

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 60 to 70

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 70 to 80

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Individual PAN allotments; age as on 31 March 2026

Derived sum of male, female and transgender counts within the same age bracket. This is the age composition of allotted individual PANs, not national population coverage.

Calculation: Sum of the three published gender counts for age bracket Over 80

Official source ↗ · Table 1.2, PDF p3

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Valid issued passports reported by MEA

Historical official benchmark; no 2026 stock verified for this edition. Issuance/renewal totals are flows, not valid-holder stock. State sex annexure totals do not reconcile to answer(a), so no sex percentage is derived. No resident-population percentage inferred.

Official source ↗ · Rajya Sabha unstarred question705, answer(a), 8 February2024, p1

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-17.

What this measures: Death registrations included in CRS 2024

Administrative registrations; delayed registration and reporting differences apply. Not all deaths occurred in the registration year.

Official source ↗ · Statement1 p1/PDF20; Table2 p77/PDF96

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: 366 days in calendar 2024

Registration average for 2024; not a measured current death rate.

Calculation: 8,938,301 / 366

Official source ↗ · Derived from Statement1 p1/PDF20

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: SRS rates applied to projected mid-year population

SRS-based estimate; not registered deaths and not a direct complete enumeration.

Official source ↗ · Statement2 p2/PDF21

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Registered infant deaths in CRS 2024

Under-registration and place-of-occurrence effects apply. Do not divide by registered births to present infant mortality rate.

Official source ↗ · Statement1 p1/PDF20; Statements20/21 pp56-57/PDF75-76

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: Hypothetical birth cohort under mortality conditions of 2020–24

Period life expectancy, not a prediction of the lifespan of an actual person or birth cohort. At age 60 this reports additional years, not age at death.

Official source ↗ · Statement1 p3/PDF8; Statement3 p6/PDF11

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.

What this measures: People who have already reached exact age 60 under the period mortality schedule

Period life expectancy, not a prediction of the lifespan of an actual person or birth cohort. At age 60 this reports additional years, not age at death.

Official source ↗ · Statement5 p9/PDF14; India full table p20/PDF25

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-16.