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Ladakh

135 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 4 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

How many babies are born each year?

Long view

14.3 (2020) to 14.6 (2023) — +2.1%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 14.6 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 15 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

9.3% (2020) to 9.1% (2023) — -2.2%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 9.1% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 19 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

0 Per 1,000 (2020) to 39 Per 1,000 (2024)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 39 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 21 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

10 Per 1,000 (2020) to 134 Per 1,000 (2024) — +1240.0%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 134 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 31 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

₹1,86,970 (2023) to ₹2,42,360 (2024) — +29.6%

Rank

Ladakh reports this for 2024, not 2025 — the year the other 25 states are ranked on — so it isn't included in that ranking.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321

How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Long view

66 (2020) to 65 (2023) — -1.5%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 65 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 4 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view

17.9% (2020) to 30.9% (2024) — +72.8%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 30.9% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 12 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

1,478 (2013) to 2,286 (2023) — +54.7%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view

25% (2019) to 52.3% (2025) — +109.2%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 52.3% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 12 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

73% (2023) to 70.4% (2025) — -3.6%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 70.4% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 15 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

1.2 (2023) to 1.2 (2025) — +3.4%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 1.2 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 29 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view

36.1% (2020) to 43.3% (2025) — +19.9%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 43.3% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 8 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%

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

Ladakh: 179 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 9 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

Ladakh: 25.6 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 4 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

8 (2022) to 17 (2024)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

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 many people work in factories?

Long view

163 (2020) to 223 (2024)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

How many people visit?

Long view

0.24 (2019) to 0.34 (2024)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view

13 (2020) to 55 (2023) — +323.1%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view

12.7% (2016) to 3.5% (2021) — -72.2%

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 3.5% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 9 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%

How many young children are anaemic?

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 93.9% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

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

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%

How many pregnant women are anaemic?

Vs all-India

Ladakh: 78.1% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

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

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%

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⚠ GI Registry (IP India) · not RBI Handbook — state-tier only, no district/seat attribution in the source data.