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Tamil Nadu

271 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 73 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
20012006201120162021

64.2 Years (1997) to 73.4 Years (2023) — +14.3%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 73.4 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2006201120162021

41 (2004) to 12 (2023) — -70.7%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 12 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 9 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

Is childbirth getting safer?

Long view
20012006201120162021

167 (2001) to 35 (2023) — -79.0%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 35 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)

How many children are people having?

Long view
2006201120162021

1.9 (2003) to 1.3 (2023) — -31.6%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 1.3 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2006201120162021

17.1 (2004) to 12 (2023) — -29.8%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 12 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 3 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
201120162021

8.5% (2011) to 5% (2023) — -41.2%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 5% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 2 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
199620012006201120162021

13 Per 1,000 (1994) to 31 Per 1,000 (2024) — +138.5%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 31 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 14 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
199620012006201120162021

50 Per 1,000 (1994) to 41 Per 1,000 (2024) — -18.0%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 41 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 8 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20

What does a day of farm work pay?

Long view
20162021

₹334 (2015) to ₹573 (2025) — +71.5%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: ₹573 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
20162021

₹93,112 (2012) to ₹3,61,619 (2025) — +288.4%

Rank

Higher than 21 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
2021

66 (2018) to 78 (2023) — +18.2%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 78 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 32 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
2021

80.9% (2017) to 74.3% (2024) — -8.3%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 74.3% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 29 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
19891991199620012006201120162021

17,472 (1987) to 26,450 (2023) — +51.4%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2021

45.4% (2019) to 99.2% (2025) — +118.5%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 99.2% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 31 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

87.2% (2023) to 89.4% (2025) — +2.5%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 89.4% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 28 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

1.1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +2.8%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 13 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
2006201120162021

8.5 (2004) to 102 (2025) — +1101.1%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 102 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
2006201120162021

93.1% (2004) to 115% (2025) — +24.0%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 115% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 33 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
2006201120162021

1,874 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,835 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +51.3%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 2,835 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 20 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
2006201120162021

116% (2005) to 129% (2024) — +11.3%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 129% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 8 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
2006201120162021

4,784 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 10,808 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +125.9%

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

Tamil Nadu: 655 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 32 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

Tamil Nadu: 29.4 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 5 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

6,580 (2022) to 10,046 (2024) — +52.7%

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
2006201120162021

762 (2005) to 1,692 (2025) — +121.9%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 1,692 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 25 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
200620112016

1,76,209 (2005) to 2,72,974 (2020) — +54.9%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2006201120162021

10,46,788 (2005) to 24,75,675 (2024) — +136.5%

How many people visit?

Long view
201120162021

138 (2011) to 307 (2024) — +123.1%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2006201120162021

1,549 (2005) to 340 (2023) — -78.1%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
20162021

4.8% (2016) to 2.2% (2021) — -53.8%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 2.2% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 4 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
20162021

6.2% (2015) to 4.7% (2025) — -24.2%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 4.7% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 21 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
20162021

7% (2015) to 2.5% (2025) — -64.3%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 2.5% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 12 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
2006201120162021

64.2% (2006) to 57.4% (2021) — -10.6%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 57.4% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 12 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
2006201120162021

53.3% (2006) to 48.3% (2021) — -9.4%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 48.3% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 19 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
2006201120162021

19.3% (2005) to 15.3% (2023) — -20.7%

Vs all-India

Tamil Nadu: 15.3% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 11 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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