Indian states ranking by household size

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This is a list of the '''[[States of India|States]]''' of '''[[India]]''' ranked in order of average number of persons in a family. This information was compiled from NFHS-3. National Family health survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi round survey conducted by the International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai designated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India. NFHS-3 was released on 11 Oct 2007 and the detailed survey can be viewed in the following website <ref>{{Cite journal|last=IIPS/India|first=International Institute for Population Sciences -|last2=International|first2=Macro|date=2007-01-01|title=India National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) 2005-06|url=http://www.measuredhs.com/publications/publication-frind3-dhs-final-reports.cfm}}</ref> The average household size of India is 4.8. The lowest is 3.5 in Tamil Nadu and the highest is 5.7 in Uttar Pradesh. India has more than 27 crore households.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank || State || Household
size (persons)
|-
| 1 || [[Tamil Nadu]] || 3.5
|-
| 2 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] || 3.9
|-
| 3 || [[Goa]] || 4.2
|-
| 4 || [[Kerala]] || 4.3
|-
| 5 || [[Tripura]] || 4.3
|-
| 6 || [[West Bengal]] || 4.5
|-
| 7 || [[Odisha]] || 4.5
|-
| 8 || [[Sikkim]] || 4.5
|-
| 9 || [[Nagaland]] || 4.5
|-
| 10 || [[Himachal Pradesh]] || 4.6
|-
| 11 || [[Karnataka]] || 4.6
|-
| 12 || [[Assam]] || 4.7
|-
| 13 || [[Gujarat]] || 4.7
|-
| 14 || [[Maharashtra]] || 4.7
|-
| 15 || [[Arunachal Pradesh]] || 4.8
|-
| 16 || [[Mizoram]] || 4.8
|-
| '''17''' || '''[[India]] average''' || '''4.8'''
|-
| 18 || [[Chhattisgarh]] || <sup>N</sup>⁄<sub>A</sub>
|-
| 19 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || 5
|-
| 20 || [[Uttarakhand]] || 5
|-
| 21 || [[Manipur]] || 5
|-
| 22 || [[Meghalaya]] || 5.1
|-
| 23 || [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] || 5.2
|-
| 24 || [[Rajasthan]] || 5.5
|-
| 25 || [[Haryana]] || 5.3
|-
| 26 || [[Bihar]] || 5.4
|-
| 27 || [[Jharkhand]] || 5.4
|-
| 28 || [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] || 5.7
|-
| 29 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 5.7
|}

== Indian households with number of members: <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Indian Household by size|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/tables_published/HH-Series/hh_series_tables_20011.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> ==
{| class="wikitable"
| rowspan="2" |'''Total/ Rural/ Urban'''
| colspan="2" |'''Normal Households'''
| colspan="10" |'''Household Size'''
|-
|'''Number'''
|'''Population'''
|'''1'''
|'''2'''
|'''3'''
|'''4'''
|'''5'''
|'''6'''
|'''7-10'''
|'''11-14'''
|'''15+'''
|'''Mean Household Size'''
|-
| '''TOTAL'''
| 192,671,808
|1,018,865,868
| 7,564,196
| 15,871,465
| 22,472,551
| 37,022,159
| 35,873,420
| 26,147,067
| 40,876,110
| 4,547,141
| 2,297,699
| 5
|-
| '''RURAL'''
| 137,235,518
|   737,283,492
| 5,447,972
| 11,488,543
| 15,158,542
| 24,539,403
| 25,201,835
| 19,218,618
| 31,005,414
| 3,447,071
| 1,728,120
| 5
|-
| '''URBAN'''
| 55,436,290
|   281,582,376
| 2,116,224
| 4,382,922
| 7,314,009
| 12,482,756
| 10,671,585
| 6,928,449
| 9,870,696
| 1,100,070
|    569,579
| 5
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Housing in India]]
[[Category:Lists of subdivisions of India]]
[[Category:Ranked lists of country subdivisions|India, household size]]

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