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Jharkhand

289 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 1 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
20142019

66.6 Years (2014) to 69.5 Years (2023) — +4.4%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 69.5 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2005200920142019

49 (2004) to 29 (2023) — -40.8%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 29 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 27 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

Is childbirth getting safer?

Long view
2019

76 (2017) to 54 (2023) — -28.9%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 54 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)

How many children are people having?

Long view
2005200920142019

3.5 (2004) to 2.1 (2023) — -40.0%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 2.1 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2005200920142019

26.2 (2004) to 20.6 (2023) — -21.4%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 20.6 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 28 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1

Is the population still growing?

Long view
20142019

18.1% (2011) to 14.3% (2023) — -21.0%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 14.3% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 29 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 19.7 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3.8

How many people are out of work in the villages?

Long view
20052009201420192024

14 Per 1,000 (2005) to 5 Per 1,000 (2024) — -64.3%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 5 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 2 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 106 · Gujarat 4

How many people are out of work in the towns?

Long view
20052009201420192024

65 Per 1,000 (2005) to 58 Per 1,000 (2024) — -10.8%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 58 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 13 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
201420192024

₹41,254 (2012) to ₹1,16,663 (2025) — +182.8%

Rank

Higher than 2 of the other 24 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321

How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Long view
2019

50 (2018) to 62 (2023) — +24.0%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 62 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 1 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
20192024

27.7% (2017) to 31.4% (2024) — +13.3%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 31.4% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 13 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%

How much forest is there?

Long view
2005200920142019

21,692 (1997) to 23,766 (2023) — +9.6%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
20192024

62.1% (2019) to 38.6% (2025) — -37.8%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 38.6% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 10 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%

Do children stay in school to Class XII?

Long view
2024

49.5% (2023) to 60.6% (2025) — +22.4%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 60.6% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 6 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%

Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?

Long view
2024

1.1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +2.8%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 20 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1

How connected is the state?

Long view
20052009

2 (2004) to 5.5 (2010) — +175.0%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 5.5 (2010) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
20052009201420192024

26.3% (2004) to 39.3% (2025) — +49.4%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 39.3% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 4 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%

Are farms getting more productive?

Long view
20052009201420192024

1,234 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 1,710 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +38.6%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 1,710 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 6 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Punjab 4,761 kg/ha · Maharashtra 1,574 kg/ha

How hard is the farmland worked?

Long view
20052009201420192024

111% (2005) to 144% (2024) — +29.4%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 144% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 11 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%

How much milk does the state produce?

Long view
20052009201420192024

1,330 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 3,025 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +127.4%

How many crimes are recorded here?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 152 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 7 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Keralam 1,389 · Dadra & N.H. and Daman & Diu 42.7

How many crimes against women are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 32.5 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 7 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Delhi 131 · Nagaland 5.1

How many crimes against children are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Long view
2024

1,917 (2022) to 1,555 (2024) — -18.9%

Year-on-year change partly reflects the IPC→Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita transition (2024 is the first full BNS year) and registered-case reporting, not only real change.

How much electricity does each person get?

Long view
20052009201420192024

132 (2005) to 379 (2025) — +187.5%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 379 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 3 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
2005200920142019

18,038 (2005) to 83,962 (2020) — +365.5%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
20052009201420192024

1,17,466 (2005) to 1,90,991 (2024) — +62.6%

How many people visit?

Long view
201420192024

10.8 (2011) to 54 (2024) — +400.4%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view

108 (2020) to 23 (2023) — -78.7%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
2019

42.1% (2016) to 28.8% (2021) — -31.6%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 28.8% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 33 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%

How fast are prices rising?

Long view
20192024

4.7% (2015) to 3.8% (2025) — -19.1%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 3.8% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 7 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%

How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?

Long view
20192024

4.8% (2015) to 2.2% (2025) — -54.2%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 2.2% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 9 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%

How many young children are anaemic?

Long view
200920142019

70.3% (2006) to 67.4% (2021) — -4.1%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 67.4% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 21 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%

How many pregnant women are anaemic?

Long view
200920142019

68.4% (2006) to 56.8% (2021) — -17.0%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 56.8% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 27 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%

How much electricity leaks away before it is billed?

Long view
2005200920142019

19.6% (2005) to 23% (2023) — +17.3%

Vs all-India

Jharkhand: 23% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 27 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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