| | 2005 | 2015 | | Doctors at PHCs | Doctors at PHCs | | Required1 | Sanctioned | In Position | Vacant | Shortfall | Required1 | Sanctioned | In Position | Vacant | Shortfall | | States/Union Territories | [R] | [S] | [P] | [S-P] | [R-P] | [R] | [S] | [P] | [S-P] | [R-P] | | Andhra Pradesh | 1,570 | 2,497 | 2,137 | 360 | - | 1,069 | 2,270 | 1,412 | 858 | - | | Arunachal Pradesh | 85 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 7 | 117 | - | 102 | - | 15 | | Assam | 610 | - | - | - | - | 1,014 | - | 1,355 | - | - | | Bihar### | 1,648 | - | - | - | - | 1,883 | 2,078 | 2,521 | - | - | | Chhattisgarh | 517 | 1,034 | 628 | 406 | - | 792 | 752 | 368 | 384 | 424 | | Goa | 19 | 56 | 53 | 3 | - | 21 | 48 | 56 | - | - | | Gujarat# | 1,070 | 1,070 | 848 | 222 | 222 | 1,247 | 1,504 | 889 | 615 | 358 | | Haryana | 408 | 862 | 862 | 0 | - | 461 | 635 | 489 | 146 | - | | Himachal Pradesh | 439 | 354 | 467 | - | - | 500 | 636 | 571 | 65 | - | | Jammu & Kashmir | 334 | 668 | 643 | 25 | - | 637 | 1,352 | 834 | 518 | - | | Jharkhand | 561 | - | - | - | - | 327 | 327 | 372 | - | - | | Karnataka | 1,681 | 2,237 | 2,041 | 196 | - | 2,353 | 2,353 | 2,196 | 157 | 157 | | Kerala | 911 | 1,345 | 949 | 396 | - | 827 | 1,120 | 1,169 | - | - | | Madhya Pradesh | 1,192 | 1,278 | 839 | 439 | 353 | 1,171 | 1,658 | 999 | 659 | 172 | | Maharashtra | 1,780 | 3,157 | 3,158 | - | - | 1,811 | 3,009 | 2,937 | 72 | - | | Manipur^ | 72 | 95 | 67 | 28 | 5 | 85 | 238 | 199 | 39 | - | | Meghalaya | 101 | 127 | 123 | 4 | - | 110 | 128 | 114 | 14 | - | | Mizoram## | 57 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 57 | 152 | 49 | 103 | 8 | | Nagaland | 87 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 34 | 128 | 108 | 133 | - | - | | Odisha3 | 1,282 | 1,353 | 1,353 | 0 | - | 1,305 | 1,312 | 1,008 | 304 | 297 | | Punjab | 484 | 646 | 373 | 273 | 111 | 427 | 490 | 441 | 49 | - | | Rajasthan | 1,713 | 1,517 | 1,506 | 11 | 207 | 2,083 | 2,807 | 2,412 | 395 | - | | Sikkim | 24 | 48 | 48 | 0 | - | 24 | - | 29 | - | - | | Tamil Nadu3 | 1,380 | 3,806 | 2,257 | 1,549 | - | 1,372 | 2,744 | 2,375 | 369 | - | | Telangana | | | | | | 668 | 1,318 | 1,024 | 294 | - | | Tripura | 73 | 161 | 152 | 9 | - | 91 | 158 | 158 | 0 | - | | Uttarakhand* | 225 | 272 | 182 | 90 | 43 | 257 | 325 | 160 | 165 | 97 | | Uttar Pradesh | 3,660 | - | - | - | - | 3,497 | 4,509 | 2,209 | 2,300 | 1,288 | | West Bengal | 1,173 | 1,560 | 1,319 | 241 | - | 909 | 2,600 | 723 | 1,877 | 186 | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 20 | 36 | 36 | 0 | * | 22 | 42 | 36 | 6 | - | | Chandigarh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | - | - | | Daman & Diu | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | | Delhi | 8 | 31 | 23 | 8 | - | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | - | | Lakshadweep | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | - | | Puducherry | 39 | 63 | 63 | 0 | - | 24 | 38 | 38 | 0 | - | | ALL INDIA | 23,236 | 24,476 | 20,308 | 4,282 | 1,004 | 25,308 | 34,750 | 27,421 | 9,389 | 3,002 | -: Not Available.
*: Surplus. All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State-wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs.
PHC: Primary Health Centre; CHC: Community Health Centre; OB&GY: Obstetrician & Gynaecologist.
Notes on Data for Doctors: #: Data for 2013 repeated; ###: Inposition data for 2013-14 & Sanctioned data for 2011 used;
^: Data for 2013-14 repeated; ##: Sanctioned data for 2011 used.
1. One per Primary Health Centre.
2. Total given in the Table are not strictly comparable as figures for some of the States were not available in 2005. For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy and shortfall, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, may be excluded.
3. Allopathic Doctors. |
| TABLE 118: STATE-WISE HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE - DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS (Concld.) | | | 2005 | 2015 | | Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians | Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians | | Required1 | Sanctioned | In Position | Vacant | Shortfall | Required1 | Sanctioned | In Position | Vacant | Shortfall | | States/Union Territories | [R] | [S] | [P] | [S-P] | [R-P] | [R] | [S] | [P] | [S-P] | [R-P] | | Andhra Pradesh | 656 | 406 | 224 | 182 | 432 | 716 | 384 | 159 | 225 | 557 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 124 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 208 | - | 1 | - | 207 | | Assam | 400 | - | - | - | - | 604 | - | 121 | - | 483 | | Bihar### | 404 | - | - | - | - | 280 | - | 63 | - | 217 | | Chhattisgarh | 464 | 464 | 18 | 446 | 446 | 620 | 628 | 78 | 550 | 542 | | Goa | 20 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | | Gujarat# | 1,088 | 321 | 92 | 229 | 996 | 1,280 | - | 74 | - | 1,206 | | Haryana | 288 | 288 | 49 | 239 | 239 | 436 | 153 | 30 | 123 | 406 | | Himachal Pradesh | 264 | - | - | - | - | 312 | 0 | 7 | - | 305 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 280 | 276 | 142 | 134 | 138 | 336 | 343 | 167 | 176 | 169 | | Jharkhand | 188 | - | - | - | - | 752 | 131 | 128 | 3 | 624 | | Karnataka | 1,016 | 843 | 691 | 152 | 325 | 824 | 824 | 502 | 322 | 322 | | Kerala | 424 | 424 | 82 | 342 | 342 | 888 | 30 | 39 | - | 849 | | Madhya Pradesh | 916 | 253 | 49 | 204 | 867 | 1,336 | 897 | 263 | 634 | 1,073 | | Maharashtra | 1,528 | 1,987 | 1,099 | 888 | 429 | 1,440 | 823 | 578 | 245 | 862 | | Manipur^ | 64 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 45 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 65 | | Meghalaya | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 105 | | Mizoram## | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | | Nagaland | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 84 | 0 | 4 | - | 80 | | Odisha3 | 924 | 496 | - | - | - | 1,508 | 908 | 356 | 552 | 1,152 | | Punjab | 464 | 393 | 226 | 167 | 238 | 600 | 563 | 173 | 390 | 427 | | Rajasthan | 1,304 | 811 | 581 | 230 | 723 | 2,272 | 1,566 | 526 | 1,040 | 1,746 | | Sikkim | 16 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 8 | | Tamil Nadu3 | 140 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 92 | 1,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,540 | | Telangana | | | | | | 456 | 284 | 116 | 168 | 340 | | Tripura | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 77 | | Uttarakhand* | 176 | 163 | 71 | 92 | 105 | 236 | 197 | 49 | 148 | 187 | | Uttar Pradesh | 1,544 | - | - | - | - | 3,092 | 2,099 | 484 | 1,615 | 2,608 | | West Bengal | 380 | 310 | 133 | 177 | 247 | 1,388 | 1,792 | 114 | 1,678 | 1,274 | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 16 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 16 | | Chandigarh | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | - | - | | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 2 | | Daman & Diu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | | Delhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Lakshadweep | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | | Puducherry | 16 | 4 | 6 | - | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | 9 | | ALL INDIA2 | 13,384 | 7,582 | 3,550 | 3,538 | 6,110 | 21,584 | 11,661 | 4,078 | 7,881 | 17,525 | Notes on Data for Specialists:
Required: Four (4) specialist per CHC.
3: For 2013, Specialists attending CHCs on hiring basis.
Source: Health & Family Welfare Statistics in India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Rural Health Statistics 2014-15; NITI Aayog. | |