This is a list of the States of India ranked in order of households having electricity. 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[1]
| Rank | State | Electricity (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Himachal Pradesh | 98.4 |
| 2 | Goa | 96.4 |
| 3 | Punjab | 96.3 |
| 4 | Jammu and Kashmir | 93.2 |
| 5 | Mizoram | 92.3 |
| 6 | Sikkim | 92.1 |
| 7 | Haryana | 91.5 |
| 8 | Kerala | 91 |
| 9 | Karnataka | 89.3 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 89.3 |
| 11 | Tamil Nadu | 88.6 |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 88.4 |
| 13 | Manipur | 87 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 83.5 |
| 14 | Nagaland | 82.9 |
| 16 | Uttaranchal | 80 |
| 17 | Arunachal Pradesh | 76.9 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 71.4 |
| 18 | Chattisgarh | 71.4 |
| 20 | Meghalaya | 70.4 |
| 21 | Tripura | 68.8 |
| 22 | Whole INDIA | 67.9 |
| 23 | Rajasthan | 66.1 |
| 23 | West Bengal | 52.5 |
| 25 | Orissa | 45.4 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 42.8 |
| 27 | Jharkhand | 40.2 |
| 28 | Assam | 38.1 |
| 29 | Bihar | 27.7 |
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