Breakup of Number of Hospitals in India: Health Minister apprises Parliament
New Delhi: Through a written reply in Rajya Sabha Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed about the Hospitals in the Country.
The Minister informed that the Number of hospitals in other countries in comparison to India is not available. However as per the World Bank data available in the link 'https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS', beds per 1000 Population in India are less than a number of countries.
Public health & Hospitals being a State subject, State Governments are primarily responsible for up-keeping, providing health care to people and maintaining information of hospitals. However, the following information is given in below:
State/UT–wise Number of PHCs, CHCs, SDHs, DHs and beds in the Country.
India, State/UT wise Number of Government Hospitals and Beds in Rural & Urban Areas
State-Wise Distribution of AYUSH Hospitals and Beds as on 1-4-2017
Number of Hospitals and beds maintained by Ministry of Defence, State wise.
Number of Hospitals and beds in Railways (as on 21/03/2018)
Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospitals and beds (as on 31.03.2017)
The Minister informed that the Number of hospitals in other countries in comparison to India is not available. However as per the World Bank data available in the link 'https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS', beds per 1000 Population in India are less than a number of countries.
Public health & Hospitals being a State subject, State Governments are primarily responsible for up-keeping, providing health care to people and maintaining information of hospitals. However, the following information is given in below:
- Number of Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs), Sub-District/Divisional Hospitals(SDHs), District Hospitals(DHs) and beds, India, State/UT wise as uploaded by the State/UTs on the Health Management Information System (HMIS) portal of the Ministry- Total 7,39,024 beds in 37,725 facilities
- Number of Govt. Hospitals and beds in Rural and Urban Areas, India, State/UT wise, as available in the Publication National Health Profile 2018- 279588 beds in rural and 431173 beds in urban facilities
- Number of AYUSH hospitals and beds State/UT-wise, as provided by the Ministry of AYUSH.
- Number of Hospitals and beds maintained by Ministry of Defence, State wise and Total.
- Number of Railway Hospitals and beds, as available in the Publication National Health Profile 2018.
- Number of Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospitals and beds, State/UT and Total, as available in the Publication National Health Profile 2018.
State/UT–wise Number of PHCs, CHCs, SDHs, DHs and beds in the Country.
| State/UT/India | No. of Public facilities | No. of beds available in public facilities | ||||
| PHC | CHC | SDH | DH | Total | ||
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 27 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 1246 | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1417 | 198 | 31 | 20 | 1666 | 60799 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 122 | 62 | 15 | 199 | 2320 | |
| Assam | 1007 | 166 | 14 | 33 | 1220 | 19115 |
| Bihar | 2007 | 63 | 33 | 43 | 2146 | 17796 |
| Chandigarh | 40 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 3756 |
| Chhattisgarh | 813 | 166 | 12 | 32 | 1023 | 14354 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 568 |
| Daman & Diu | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 298 | |
| Delhi | 534 | 25 | 9 | 47 | 615 | 20572 |
| Goa | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 2666 |
| Gujarat | 1770 | 385 | 44 | 37 | 2236 | 41129 |
| Haryana | 500 | 131 | 24 | 28 | 683 | 13841 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 516 | 79 | 61 | 15 | 671 | 8706 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 702 | 87 | 29 | 818 | 11342 | |
| Jharkhand | 343 | 179 | 13 | 23 | 558 | 7404 |
| Karnataka | 2547 | 207 | 147 | 42 | 2943 | 56333 |
| Kerala | 933 | 229 | 82 | 53 | 1297 | 39511 |
| Lakshadweep | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 250 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1420 | 324 | 72 | 51 | 1867 | 38140 |
| Maharashtra | 2638 | 430 | 101 | 70 | 3239 | 68998 |
| Manipur | 87 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 114 | 2562 |
| Meghalaya | 138 | 29 | 13 | 180 | 4585 | |
| Mizoram | 65 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 87 | 2312 |
| Nagaland | 134 | 21 | 11 | 166 | 1944 | |
| Odisha | 1360 | 377 | 27 | 35 | 1799 | 16497 |
| Puducherry | 40 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 4462 |
| Punjab | 521 | 146 | 47 | 28 | 742 | 13527 |
| Rajasthan | 2463 | 579 | 64 | 33 | 3139 | 51844 |
| Sikkim | 25 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1145 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1854 | 385 | 310 | 32 | 2581 | 72616 |
| Telangana | 788 | 82 | 47 | 15 | 932 | 17358 |
| Tripura | 114 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 157 | 4895 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3277 | 671 | 174 | 4122 | 58310 | |
| Uttarakhand | 275 | 69 | 19 | 20 | 383 | 6660 |
| West Bengal | 1374 | 406 | 70 | 55 | 1905 | 51163 |
| All India | 29,899 | 5,568 | 1,255 | 1,003 | 37,725 | 7,39,024 |
India, State/UT wise Number of Government Hospitals and Beds in Rural & Urban Areas
| States/UTs | Rural hospitals | Urban hospitals | As on | ||
| No. | Beds | No. | Beds | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 193 | 6480 | 65 | 16658 | 01.01.2017 |
| Arunachal Pradesh* | 208 | 2136 | 10 | 268 | 31.12.2017 |
| Assam | 1176 | 10944 | 50 | 6198 | 31.12.2017 |
| Bihar | 930 | 6083 | 103 | 5936 | 31.12.2016 |
| Chhattisgarh | 169 | 5070 | 45 | 4342 | 01.01.2016 |
| Goa* | 17 | 1405 | 25 | 1608 | 31.12.2017 |
| Gujarat | 364 | 11715 | 122 | 20565 | 31.12.2016 |
| Haryana* | 609 | 6690 | 59 | 4550 | 31.12.2016 |
| Himachal Pradesh* | 705 | 5665 | 96 | 6734 | 31.12.2017 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 56 | 7234 | 76 | 4417 | 30.12.2016 |
| Jharkhand | 519 | 5842 | 36 | 4942 | 31.12.2015 |
| Karnataka* | 2471 | 21072 | 374 | 49093 | 31.12.2017 |
| Kerala | 981 | 16865 | 299 | 21139 | 01.01.2017 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 334 | 10020 | 117 | 18819 | 01.01.2016 |
| Maharashtra | 273 | 12398 | 438 | 39048 | 31.12.2015 |
| Manipur | 23 | 730 | 7 | 697 | 01.01.2014 |
| Meghalaya* | 143 | 1970 | 14 | 2487 | 31.12.2017 |
| Mizoram* | 56 | 604 | 34 | 1393 | 31.12.2017 |
| Nagaland | 21 | 630 | 15 | 1250 | 31.12.2015 |
| Odisha* | 1655 | 6339 | 149 | 12180 | 31.12.2017 |
| Punjab* | 510 | 5805 | 172 | 12128 | 31.12.2017 |
| Rajasthan | 602 | 21088 | 150 | 10760 | 31.12.2016 |
| Sikkim* | 24 | 260 | 9 | 1300 | 31.12.2017 |
| Tamil Nadu* | 692 | 40179 | 525 | 37353 | 31.12.2017 |
| Telangana* | 802 | 7668 | 61 | 13315 | 31.12.2017 |
| Tripura* | 99 | 1140 | 56 | 3277 | 31.12.2017 |
| Uttar Pradesh* | 4442 | 39104 | 193 | 37156 | 31.12.2017 |
| Uttarakhand | 410 | 3284 | 50 | 5228 | 31.12.2015 |
| West Bengal | 1272 | 19684 | 294 | 58882 | 01.01.2015 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 27 | 575 | 3 | 500 | 31.12.2016 |
| Chandigarh | 0 | 0 | 4 | 778 | 31.12.2016 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli* | 10 | 273 | 1 | 316 | 31.12.2017 |
| Daman & Diu | 5 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 31.12.2015 |
| Delhi | 0 | 0 | 109 | 24383 | 01.01.2015 |
| Lakshadweep | 9 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 01.01.2016 |
| Puducherry | 3 | 96 | 11 | 3473 | 01.01.2016 |
| INDIA | 19810 | 279588 | 3772 | 431173 | |
State-Wise Distribution of AYUSH Hospitals and Beds as on 1-4-2017
| Srl no. | State / UT | Number of Hospitals | Number of Beds | ||||||
| Govt. | Local Body | Others | Total | Govt. | Local Body | Others | Total | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 365 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 100 | 0 | 25 | 125 |
| 3 | Assam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 205 |
| 4 | Bihar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 950 | 0 | 0 | 950 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 370 | 0 | 470 | 840 |
| 6 | Delhi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 390 | 0 | 210 | 600 |
| 7 | Goa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 150 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 35 | 29 | 0 | 64 | 1495 | 1763 | 0 | 3258 |
| 9 | Haryana | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 145 | 0 | 600 | 745 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 710 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 300 | 0 | 350 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 156 | 0 | 57 | 213 | 2455 | 0 | 7740 | 10195 |
| 14 | Kerala | 162 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 4054 | 0 | 0 | 4054 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 690 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 5 | 0 | 66 | 71 | 812 | 0 | 8024 | 8836 |
| 17 | Manipur | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 19 | Mizoram | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 20 | Nagaland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Odisha | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 593 | 0 | 310 | 903 |
| 22 | Punjab | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 108 | 208 |
| 23 | Rajasthan | 137 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 1391 | 0 | 0 | 1391 |
| 24 | Sikkim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 25 | Tamil Nadu | 293 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 2381 | 0 | 0 | 2381 |
| 26 | Tripura | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 2315 | 0 | 1 | 2316 | 11361 | 0 | 100 | 11461 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 404 | 0 | 1 | 405 | 2023 | 0 | 50 | 2073 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 11 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 530 | 0 | 620 | 1150 |
| 30 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 80 |
| 32 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Daman &Diu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 34 | Lakshdweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Puducherry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Telangana | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 841 | 0 | 0 | 841 |
| TOTAL (A) | 3694 | 35 | 164 | 3893 | 32476 | 2213 | 18337 | 53026 | |
| B. CGHS & Central Government organizations | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2216 | 0 | 0 | 2216 | |
| TOTAL (A+B) | 3744 | 35 | 164 | 3943 | 34692 | 2213 | 18337 | 55242 | |
Number of Hospitals and beds maintained by Ministry of Defence, State wise.
| S. No. | Name of State | No. of Hospitals | No. of beds |
| 1 | Assam | 08 | 2357 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 01 | 306 |
| 3 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 01 | 107 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 01 | 198 |
| 5 | Bihar | 02 | 348 |
| 6 | Delhi | 02 | 1993 |
| 7 | Goa | 02 | 175 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 05 | 666 |
| 9 | Haryana | 03 | 1458 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 06 | 699 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 11 | 2643 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 02 | 649 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 03 | 1090 |
| 14 | Kerala | 05 | 744 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 07 | 1402 |
| 16 | Maharastra | 11 | 4202 |
| 17 | Manipur | 01 | 74 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 01 | 247 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 02 | 398 |
| 20 | Odisha | 02 | 147 |
| 21 | Punjab | 10 | 2990 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 11 | 2115 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 02 | 247 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 03 | 373 |
| 25 | Telangana | 03 | 764 |
| 26 | Tripura | 01 | 49 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 05 | 1402 |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | 15 | 4570 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 07 | 2107 |
| Total | 133 | 34520 |
Number of Hospitals and beds in Railways (as on 21/03/2018)
| S.No. | Zone / PU | Total No. of Hospitals | Total No. of Indoor Beds |
| 1 | Central Railway | 11 | 1164 |
| 2 | Eastern Railway | 8 | 1587 |
| 3 | East central Railway | 9 | 819 |
| 4 | East coast Railway | 4 | 339 |
| 5 | Northern Railway | 9 | 1101 |
| 6 | North Central Railway | 5 | 586 |
| 7 | North East Railway | 6 | 927 |
| 8 | North East Frontier Railway | 10 | 1107 |
| 9 | North Western Railway | 8 | 584 |
| 10 | Southern Railway | 10 | 1131 |
| 11 | South Central Railway | 7 | 714 |
| 12 | South Eastern Railway | 6 | 1086 |
| 13 | South East Central Railway | 5 | 250 |
| 14 | South Western Railway | 3 | 300 |
| 15 | Western Railway | 9 | 976 |
| 16 | West Central Railway | 7 | 456 |
| 17 | Intergral Coach Factory | 1 | 101 |
| 18 | Rail Coach Factory | 1 | 60 |
| 19 | Chittaranjan Locomotive Works | 1 | 197 |
| 20 | Diesal Locomotive Works | 1 | 105 |
| 21 | Diesel Loco Modernisation Works | 1 | 50 |
| 22 | Rail Wheel Factory | 1 | 46 |
| 23 | Research Design and Standards Organization | 1 | 30 |
| 24 | Metro/ Kolkata | 1 | 30 |
| 25 | MCF/Raibareli | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Total | 126 | 13748 |
Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospitals and beds (as on 31.03.2017)
| S. No. | States /UTs | Total No. of Hospital | Total No. of Beds |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 5 | 345 |
| 2 | Assam | 1 | 75 |
| 3 | Bihar | 3 | 50 |
| 4 | Chandigarh [Adm.] | 1 | 70 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Delhi | 4 | 1416 |
| 7 | Goa | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 12 | 910 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 150 |
| 10 | Haryana | 7 | 781 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1 | 50 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 3 | 210 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 11 | 1675 |
| 14 | Kerala | 12 | 1178 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 7 | 725 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Maharashtra | 13 | 2390 |
| 18 | Nagaland | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Odisha | 6 | 325 |
| 20 | Puducherry | 1 | 75 |
| 21 | Punjab | 8 | 647 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 6 | 495 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 10 | 1856 |
| 25 | Telangana | 7 | 907 |
| 26 | Tripura | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 16 | 1886 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 14 | 3534 |
| Total | 151 | 19765 |
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