| Table 8: Access to Safe Drinking Water for Indian States (% of hhlds) | |||||||||
| 1981 | 2001 | Growth (%) | |||||||
| Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 40.3 | 28 | 86.7 | 65.2 | 54.9 | 95.7 | 61.79 | 96.07 | 10.38 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 44.5 | 39.6 | 89.6 | 88.6 | 87.5 | 97 | 99.1 | 120.96 | 8.26 |
| Punjab | 84.6 | 81.8 | 91.1 | 97.6 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 15.37 | 18.46 | 8.56 |
| Chandigarh | 99.1 | 94.4 | 99.4 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 0.71 | 5.83 | 0.4 |
| Uttarakhand | 86.7 | 83 | 97.8 | ||||||
| Haryana | 55.1 | 42.9 | 90.7 | 86.1 | 81.1 | 97.3 | 56.26 | 89.04 | 7.28 |
| Delhi | 93 | 62.3 | 94.9 | 97.2 | 90.1 | 97.7 | 4.52 | 44.62 | 2.95 |
| Rajasthan | 27.1 | 13 | 78.7 | 68.2 | 60.4 | 93.5 | 151.66 | 364.62 | 18.81 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 33.8 | 25.3 | 73.2 | 87.8 | 85.5 | 97.2 | 159.76 | 237.94 | 32.79 |
| Bihar | 37.6 | 33.8 | 65.4 | 86.6 | 86.1 | 91.2 | 130.32 | 154.73 | 39.45 |
| Sikkim | 30.3 | 21.7 | 71.9 | 70.7 | 67 | 97.1 | 133.33 | 208.76 | 35.05 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 43.9 | 40.2 | 87.9 | 77.5 | 73.7 | 90.7 | 76.54 | 83.33 | 3.19 |
| Nagaland | 45.6 | 43.4 | 57.2 | 46.5 | 47.5 | 42.3 | 1.97 | 9.45 | -26.05 |
| Manipur | 19.5 | 12.9 | 38.7 | 37 | 29.3 | 59.4 | 89.74 | 127.13 | 53.49 |
| Mizoram | 4.9 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 36 | 23.8 | 47.8 | 634.69 | 561.11 | 443.18 |
| Tripura | 27.3 | 22.2 | 67.9 | 52.5 | 45 | 85.8 | 92.31 | 102.7 | 26.36 |
| Meghalaya | 25.1 | 14.3 | 74.4 | 39 | 29.5 | 73.5 | 55.38 | 106.29 | -1.21 |
| Assam | 58.8 | 56.8 | 70.4 | ||||||
| West Bengal | 69.7 | 65.8 | 79.8 | 88.5 | 87 | 92.3 | 26.97 | 32.22 | 15.66 |
| Jharkhand | 42.6 | 35.5 | 68.2 | ||||||
| Orissa | 14.6 | 9.5 | 51.3 | 64.2 | 62.9 | 72.3 | 339.73 | 562.11 | 40.94 |
| Chhattisgarh | 70.5 | 66.2 | 88.8 | ||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 20.2 | 8.1 | 66.7 | 68.4 | 61.5 | 88.6 | 238.61 | 659.26 | 32.83 |
| Gujarat | 52.4 | 36.2 | 86.8 | 84.1 | 76.9 | 95.4 | 60.5 | 112.43 | 9.91 |
| Daman & Diu | 54.5 | 46.4 | 67 | 96.3 | 94.9 | 98.9 | 76.7 | 104.53 | 47.61 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 19.4 | 16.8 | 54.3 | 77 | 70.5 | 96.1 | 296.91 | 319.64 | 76.98 |
| Maharashtra | 42.3 | 18.3 | 85.6 | 79.8 | 68.4 | 95.4 | 88.65 | 273.77 | 11.45 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 25.9 | 15.1 | 63.3 | 80.1 | 76.9 | 90.2 | 209.27 | 409.27 | 42.5 |
| Karnataka | 33.9 | 17.6 | 74.4 | 84.6 | 80.5 | 92.1 | 149.56 | 357.39 | 23.79 |
| Goa | 22.5 | 8.6 | 52.3 | 70.1 | 58.3 | 82.1 | 211.56 | 577.91 | 56.98 |
| Lakshadweep | 2.2 | 1 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 109.09 | 360 | 24.32 |
| Kerala | 12.2 | 6.3 | 39.7 | 23.4 | 16.9 | 42.8 | 91.8 | 168.25 | 7.81 |
| Tamil Nadu | 43.1 | 31 | 69.4 | 85.6 | 85.3 | 85.9 | 98.61 | 175.16 | 23.78 |
| Puducherry | 80.6 | 76.9 | 84.2 | 95.9 | 96.6 | 95.5 | 18.98 | 25.62 | 13.42 |
| Andaman & Nicobar | 51.6 | 36.3 | 92 | 76.7 | 66.8 | 97.8 | 48.64 | 84.02 | 6.3 |
| INDIA | 38.2 | 26.5 | 75.1 | 77.9 | 73.2 | 90 | 103.93 | 176.23 | 19.84 |
| Source: Economic Survey of India, 2007-08 (Table 9.6). | |||||||||