VOLUME 51 No.

1 September, 2017

SRS BULLETINSAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM

REGISTRAR GENERAL, INDIA
VITAL STATISTICS DIVISION, WEST BLOCK 1, WING 1, 2ND FLOOR, R. K. PURAM, NEW DELHI-110 066 ISSN 0971-3549

Table 1: Estimated Birth rate, Death rate, Natural growth rate and Infant mortality rate, 2016

India/States/ Union Territories Birth rate Death rate Natural growth rate Infant mortality rate
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
India 20.4 22.1 17.0 6.4 6.9 5.4 14.0 15.2 11.7 34 38 23
Bigger States
1. Andhra Pradesh 16.4 16.7 15.8 6.8 7.7 4.9 9.6 9.0 10.9 34 38 24
2. Assam 21.7 22.8 15.0 6.7 7.1 4.9 14.9 15.8 10.1 44 46 22
3. Bihar 26.8 27.7 21.1 6.0 6.1 5.5 20.8 21.6 15.6 38 39 29
4. Chhattisgarh 22.8 24.3 18.1 7.4 7.8 6.2 15.4 16.5 11.9 39 41 31
5. Delhi 15.5 17.0 15.5 4.0 4.5 4.0 11.5 12.5 11.5 18 24 17
6. Gujarat 20.1 22.0 17.7 6.1 6.5 5.5 14.0 15.5 12.2 30 38 19
7. Haryana 20.7 22.0 18.3 5.9 6.3 5.1 14.8 15.7 13.3 33 35 27
8. Jammu & Kashmir 15.7 17.4 11.9 5.0 5.2 4.4 10.8 12.2 7.5 24 25 23
9. Jharkhand 22.9 24.5 18.4 5.5 5.8 4.7 17.4 18.7 13.6 29 31 21
10. Karnataka 17.6 18.5 16.2 6.7 7.9 4.9 10.9 10.6 11.3 24 27 19
11. Kerala 14.3 14.3 14.4 7.6 7.3 7.8 6.8 7.0 6.5 10 10 10
12. Madhya Pradesh 25.1 27.1 19.5 7.1 7.6 5.7 17.9 19.5 13.8 47 50 33
13. Maharashtra 15.9 16.3 15.5 5.9 6.9 4.6 10.1 9.4 10.9 19 24 13
14. Odisha 18.6 19.6 13.7 7.8 8.1 6.1 10.8 11.4 7.6 44 46 34
15. Punjab 14.9 15.6 14.1 6.0 6.6 5.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 21 23 18
16. Rajasthan 24.3 25.2 21.6 6.1 6.4 5.2 18.2 18.8 16.3 41 45 30
17. Tamil Nadu 15.0 15.1 15.0 6.4 7.1 5.7 8.7 7.9 9.3 17 20 14
18. Telangana 17.5 17.8 17.0 6.1 7.1 4.6 11.4 10.7 12.5 31 35 24
19. Uttar Pradesh 26.2 27.3 22.8 6.9 7.3 5.5 19.3 20.0 17.3 43 46 34
20. Uttarakhand 16.6 16.8 16.0 6.7 7.0 5.9 9.9 9.8 10.1 38 41 29
21. West Bengal 15.4 16.9 11.8 5.8 5.7 6.1 9.6 11.3 5.7 25 25 22
Smaller States
1. Arunachal Pradesh 18.9 19.5 16.1 6.2 6.5 4.5 12.7 13.0 11.6 36 38 23
2. Goa 12.9 12.1 13.5 6.7 7.6 6.1 6.1 4.5 7.4 8 10 7
3. Himachal Pradesh 16.0 16.5 10.5 6.8 7.0 4.3 9.2 9.4 6.2 25 25 19
4. Manipur 12.9 13.2 12.4 4.5 4.4 4.8 8.4 8.8 7.6 11 12 10
5. Meghalaya 23.7 25.9 14.0 6.6 7.0 5.0 17.1 18.9 9.0 39 40 26
6. Mizoram 15.5 18.2 12.6 4.2 4.4 4.1 11.3 13.8 8.5 27 35 14
7. Nagaland 14.0 14.4 13.3 4.5 5.6 2.8 9.5 8.8 10.5 12 11 14
8. Sikkim 16.6 15.5 18.5 4.7 5.5 3.4 11.9 10.0 15.1 16 18 13
9. Tripura 13.7 14.6 11.3 5.5 5.2 6.1 8.2 9.4 5.2 24 21 32
Union Territories
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 11.7 12.5 10.6 5.2 5.7 4.6 6.5 6.8 6.1 16 12 22
2. Chandigarh 13.9 19.2 13.8 4.5 1.6 4.6 9.4 17.7 9.2 14 6 14
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 24.5 20.4 27.7 4.0 5.0 3.2 20.5 15.5 24.6 17 24 12
4. Daman & Diu 24.0 16.7 25.8 4.6 6.1 4.2 19.5 10.6 21.6 19 18 19
5. Lakshadweep 18.9 24.0 17.6 6.0 7.9 5.5 12.9 16.1 12.1 19 16 20
6. Puducherry 13.9 13.6 14.0 7.2 7.8 6.9 6.7 5.8 7.1 10 16 8
Note: Infant mortality rates for smaller States and Union Territories are based on three-years period 2014-16.
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 Table 2 : Ninety five percent confidence limits (lower and upper limits) for

India/States/ Union Territories Birth Rate Death Rate

Total Rural Urban Total
Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper
Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
India 20.2 20.7 21.8 22.4 16.7 17.3 6.3 6.5

Bigger States

1. Andhra Pradesh 15.7 17.2 15.8 17.6 14.6 17.0 6.5 7.2
2. Assam 20.6 22.8 21.5 24.1 14.3 15.7 6.3 7.2
3. Bihar 26.0 27.6 26.8 28.6 20.1 22.0 5.8 6.3
4. Chhattisgarh 21.2 24.4 22.2 26.3 16.8 19.3 6.5 8.3
5. Delhi 14.3 16.8 13.6 20.4 14.2 16.8 3.5 4.5
6. Gujarat 19.2 21.0 20.9 23.2 16.4 19.0 5.7 6.4
7. Haryana 19.7 21.7 20.6 23.4 17.0 19.6 5.5 6.2
8. Jammu & Kashmir 14.7 16.8 16.1 18.8 10.4 13.4 4.6 5.3
9. Jharkhand 21.8 24.1 22.9 26.0 17.3 19.5 5.1 6.0
10. Karnataka 16.6 18.6 17.4 19.6 14.2 18.2 6.3 7.2
11. Kerala 13.6 15.0 13.6 15.0 13.1 15.6 7.2 7.9
12. Madhya Pradesh 24.1 26.0 25.9 28.2 18.4 20.7 6.7 7.5
13. Maharashtra 15.4 16.5 15.5 17.0 14.7 16.3 5.6 6.2
14. Odisha 17.9 19.3 18.7 20.4 12.7 14.7 7.4 8.2
15. Punjab 14.2 15.6 14.6 16.5 13.0 15.2 5.5 6.4
16. Rajasthan 23.6 24.9 24.4 26.0 20.4 22.7 5.8 6.4
17. Tamil Nadu 14.5 15.6 14.3 15.9 14.3 15.7 6.1 6.7
18. Telangana 16.6 18.4 16.6 19.0 15.9 18.2 5.6 6.6
19. Uttar Pradesh 25.2 27.2 26.1 28.6 22.0 23.6 6.6 7.2
20. Uttarakhand 15.9 17.3 15.9 17.7 15.0 17.0 6.2 7.2
21. West Bengal 14.7 16.1 16.1 17.8 10.6 13.0 5.5 6.1

Smaller States

1. Arunachal Pradesh 16.8 21.0 17.2 21.8 10.8 21.5

2. Goa 11.5 14.2 10.9 13.3 11.3 15.7
3. Himachal Pradesh 14.9 17.0 15.3 17.6 9.3 11.7
4. Manipur 12.0 13.8 12.3 14.1 10.6 14.1
5. Meghalaya 21.7 25.7 23.6 28.2 11.2 16.9
6. Mizoram 14.1 16.9 15.8 20.6 11.2 14.0
7. Nagaland 12.4 15.5 12.3 16.5 11.1 15.6
8. Sikkim 15.5 17.8 14.1 16.8 16.5 20.6
9. Tripura 12.6 14.7 13.3 15.8 9.5 13.2

Union Territories

1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.7 12.8 10.9 14.1 9.5 11.8
2. Chandigarh 10.9 16.9 16.6 21.9 10.7 16.8
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 21.2 27.8 15.8 25.0 23.3 32.2
4. Daman & Diu 18.1 30.0 15.1 18.3 18.7 33.0
5. Lakshadweep 13.5 24.3 0.0 50.4 14.9 20.3
6. Puducherry 12.3 15.5 12.2 14.9 11.9 16.1
Note : Ninety five percent confidence limits for Birth rate, Death rate and Infant mortality rate have been estimated using the formulae
BR  2 S.E.(BR), DR  2 S.E.(DR) and IMR  2 S.E.(IMR) respectively.
Birth Rate, Death Rate and Infant Mortality Rate, 2016

Death Rate Infant Mortality Rate India/States/ Union Territories

Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper
Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1
6.8 7.0 5.2 5.5 33 36 37 40 21 25 India

Bigger States

7.2 8.1 4.2 5.5 28 39 31 44 15 33 1. Andhra Pradesh

6.6 7.6 4.4 5.4 38 49 40 52 15 30 2. Assam
5.8 6.4 5.1 5.9 33 42 34 44 22 37 3. Bihar
6.7 8.9 5.0 7.3 30 47 31 50 14 49 4. Chhattisgarh
2.7 6.3 3.5 4.5 12 24 11 37 11 24 5. Delhi
6.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 26 35 32 44 12 25 6. Gujarat
5.8 6.8 4.5 5.6 27 38 30 41 16 37 7. Haryana
4.8 5.7 3.8 5.0 18 31 18 31 7 39 8. Jammu & Kashmir
5.2 6.3 4.3 5.2 22 36 22 40 11 31 9. Jharkhand
7.4 8.4 4.0 5.9 19 30 21 33 7 31 10. Karnataka
6.9 7.7 7.2 8.5 6 14 7 14 3 17 11. Kerala
7.2 8.1 5.1 6.3 42 51 45 56 24 41 12. Madhya Pradesh
6.4 7.3 4.3 5.0 16 22 20 28 8 18 13. Maharashtra
7.7 8.6 5.3 6.9 39 50 40 52 19 49 14. Odisha
6.0 7.2 4.4 5.8 15 26 15 30 9 26 15. Punjab
6.0 6.7 4.4 6.0 36 46 39 50 19 40 16. Rajasthan
6.7 7.6 5.3 6.1 14 20 16 25 9 19 17. Tamil Nadu
6.4 7.7 3.8 5.3 25 37 27 42 14 35 18. Telangana
7.0 7.7 5.1 5.9 39 48 41 51 26 43 19. Uttar Pradesh
6.4 7.6 5.4 6.4 30 45 31 50 21 38 20. Uttarakhand
5.3 6.0 5.5 6.7 20 30 19 31 13 32 21. West Bengal

Smaller States

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Goa
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Manipur
5. Meghalaya
6. Mizoram
7. Nagaland
Confidence limits of Death Rate and Infant Mortality Rate for
smaller States and Union Territories have not been presented due to 8. Sikkim
small sample size and very large variations between the Upper and 9. Tripura
Lower tolerance limits.
Union Territories

1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

2. Chandigarh
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli
4. Daman & Diu
5. Lakshadweep
6. Puducherry
 Table 3: Death rate by sex and residence, 2016

India/States/ Union Territories Total Rural Urban

Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

India 6.4 6.8 5.9 6.9 7.3 6.4 5.4 5.8 4.9

Bigger States

1. Andhra Pradesh 6.8 7.5 6.1 7.7 8.4 6.8 4.9 5.2 4.5
2. Assam 6.7 7.4 6.0 7.1 7.8 6.3 4.9 5.5 4.3
3. Bihar 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.5
4. Chhattisgarh 7.4 7.8 7.0 7.8 8.3 7.3 6.2 6.4 5.9
5. Delhi 4.0 4.5 3.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.5 3.5
6. Gujarat 6.1 6.6 5.5 6.5 7.4 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4
7. Haryana 5.9 6.5 5.2 6.3 7.0 5.5 5.1 5.5 4.5
8. Jammu & Kashmir 5.0 5.8 4.1 5.2 6.1 4.3 4.4 5.1 3.6
9. Jharkhand 5.5 5.1 6.0 5.8 5.2 6.4 4.7 5.0 4.5
10. Karnataka 6.7 7.2 6.2 7.9 8.5 7.3 4.9 5.2 4.6
11. Kerala 7.6 8.5 6.7 7.3 8.2 6.4 7.8 8.9 6.9
12. Madhya Pradesh 7.1 7.8 6.4 7.6 8.4 6.8 5.7 6.1 5.4
13. Maharashtra 5.9 6.2 5.5 6.9 6.9 6.8 4.6 5.3 3.9
14. Odisha 7.8 8.5 7.1 8.1 8.9 7.3 6.1 6.4 5.8
15. Punjab 6.0 6.4 5.4 6.6 7.0 6.1 5.1 5.7 4.4
16. Rajasthan 6.1 6.7 5.4 6.4 7.2 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.2
17. Tamil Nadu 6.4 7.2 5.5 7.1 8.0 6.3 5.7 6.5 4.8
18. Telangana 6.1 6.7 5.4 7.1 7.8 6.2 4.6 4.9 4.2
19. Uttar Pradesh 6.9 7.0 6.7 7.3 7.5 7.1 5.5 5.6 5.4
20. Uttarakhand 6.7 7.9 5.5 7.0 8.4 5.6 5.9 6.8 5.0
21. West Bengal 5.8 6.1 5.5 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.1 6.5 5.8

Smaller States

1. Arunachal Pradesh 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.8 4.5 4.8 4.1
2. Goa 6.7 7.7 5.7 7.6 8.4 6.8 6.1 7.2 4.9
3. Himachal Pradesh 6.8 8.0 5.6 7.0 8.3 5.8 4.3 5.0 3.6
4. Manipur 4.5 5.1 3.9 4.4 5.2 3.5 4.8 5.0 4.5
5. Meghalaya 6.6 7.7 5.5 7.0 8.2 5.7 5.0 5.6 4.5
6. Mizoram 4.2 4.7 3.7 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.1 5.1 3.1
7. Nagaland 4.5 4.9 4.1 5.6 6.6 4.4 2.8 2.2 3.5
8. Sikkim 4.7 5.6 3.7 5.5 6.7 4.1 3.4 3.8 3.1
9. Tripura 5.5 5.9 5.0 5.2 6.0 4.4 6.1 5.7 6.5

Union Territories

1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 5.2 6.1 4.3 5.7 7.1 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.3
2. Chandigarh 4.5 5.0 4.0 1.6 1.7 1.4 4.6 5.1 4.0
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 4.0 4.0 3.9 5.0 4.9 5.1 3.2 3.4 2.8
4. Daman & Diu 4.6 5.0 4.1 6.1 6.7 5.4 4.2 4.6 3.7
5. Lakshadweep 6.0 7.1 4.9 7.9 8.1 7.7 5.5 6.8 4.2
6. Puducherry 7.2 9.7 4.8 7.8 10.8 4.9 6.9 9.3 4.7
 Table 4: Infant mortality rate by sex and residence, 2016

India/States/ Union Territories Total Rural Urban

Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

India 34 33 36 38 37 40 23 22 25

Bigger States

1. Andhra Pradesh 34 33 35 38 37 38 24 23 26
2. Assam 44 43 45 46 45 47 22 22 22
3. Bihar 38 31 46 39 31 47 29 26 34
4. Chhattisgarh 39 39 38 41 41 40 31 31 31
5. Delhi 18 18 17 24 23 25 17 18 16
6. Gujarat 30 31 30 38 39 37 19 18 19
7. Haryana 33 31 35 35 33 38 27 26 28
8. Jammu & Kashmir 24 24 25 25 24 26 23 23 23
9. Jharkhand 29 27 31 31 28 34 21 22 20
10. Karnataka 24 22 27 27 25 30 19 17 21
11. Kerala 10 9 11 10 10 11 10 8 11
12. Madhya Pradesh 47 49 44 50 53 47 33 34 31
13. Maharashtra 19 18 19 24 22 25 13 13 13
14. Odisha 44 44 44 46 45 46 34 36 31
15. Punjab 21 20 21 23 23 23 18 17 18
16. Rajasthan 41 39 44 45 42 47 30 27 33
17. Tamil Nadu 17 18 17 20 22 18 14 14 15
18. Telangana 31 31 30 35 36 33 24 24 25
19. Uttar Pradesh 43 41 45 46 45 47 34 29 40
20. Uttarakhand 38 36 41 41 39 44 29 27 32
21. West Bengal 25 24 26 25 25 26 22 22 23

Smaller States

1. Arunachal Pradesh 36 35 37
2. Goa 8 8 9
3. Himachal Pradesh 25 23 26
4. Manipur 11 10 13
5. Meghalaya 39 41 37
6. Mizoram 27 26 29
7. Nagaland 12 5 21
8. Sikkim 16 13 19
Infant mortality rates for smaller States and Union Territories are
9. Tripura 24 25 22
based on three-years period 2014-16. On account of wide year-to-
year fluctuations due to inadequate sample size, the infant mortality
Union Territories
rate by sex, separately for rural and urban areas is not given.

1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 16 15 17

2. Chandigarh 14 13 14
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 17 16 17
4. Daman & Diu 19 19 19
5. Lakshadweep 19 22 15
6. Puducherry 10 9 12
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 ABOUT THE SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS)
The Sample Registration System (SRS) is a large-scale demographic survey for providing reliable annual estimates of
Infant mortality rate, birth rate, death rate and other fertility & mortality indicators at the national and sub-national levels. Initiated
on a pilot basis by the OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, INDIA in a few selected states in 1964-65, it became fully
operational during 1969-70 with about 3700 sample units. The field investigation consists of continuous enumeration of births and
deaths in selected sample units by resident part time enumerators, generally anganwadi workers & teachers, and an independent
survey every six months by SRS supervisors. The data obtained by these two independent functionaries are matched. The
unmatched and partially matched events are re-verified in the field and thereafter an unduplicated count of births and deaths is
obtained. The sample unit in rural areas is a village or a segment of it, if the village population is 2000 or more. In urban areas,
the sampling unit is a census enumeration block with population ranging from 750 to 1000. The SRS sample is replaced every ten
years based on the latest census frame. The current Sample is based on the 2011 Census frame and is effective from January 2014.
This report of SRS 2016 is based on 8,779 sample units (4,909 rural and 3,870 urban) spread across all States and Union territories
excluding Ladakh Natural Division of Jammu & Kashmir.

Number of sample units and population covered, India, States and Union Territories, 2016
India/States/ Union Territories Number of sample units Population covered (in'000)
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
India* 8779 4909 3870 7708 5674 2033
Bigger States
1. Andhra Pradesh 326 198 128 321 260 61
2. Assam 300 90 210 215 106 109
3. Bihar 330 200 130 360 283 76
4. Chhattisgarh 158 73 85 114 70 44
5. Delhi 199 10 189 128 15 114
6. Gujarat 478 231 247 416 289 127
7. Haryana 256 144 112 235 182 53
8. Jammu & Kashmir* 276 174 102 225 182 44
9. Jharkhand 212 91 121 150 90 60
10. Karnataka 511 361 150 491 411 80
11. Kerala 280 175 105 359 307 51
12. Madhya Pradesh 449 285 164 399 303 96
13. Maharashtra 662 306 356 501 340 161
14. Odisha 405 290 115 347 288 59
15. Punjab 249 130 119 202 142 60
16. Rajasthan 350 236 114 314 259 55
17. Tamil Nadu 545 235 310 504 327 177
18. Telangana 224 121 103 206 153 53
19. Uttar Pradesh 500 328 172 505 406 99
20. Uttarakhand 375 195 180 285 181 104
21. West Bengal 555 304 251 534 408 126
Smaller States
1. Arunachal Pradesh 65 50 15 40 30 10
2. Goa 95 45 50 85 63 22
3. Himachal Pradesh 210 155 55 116 91 25
4. Manipur 165 120 45 146 120 26
5. Meghalaya 130 95 35 79 60 19
6. Mizoram 45 25 20 35 24 11
7. Nagaland 50 35 15 30 23 6
8. Sikkim 65 50 15 60 49 11
9. Tripura 90 65 25 105 90 14
Union Territories
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 55 37 18 45 36 9
2. Chandigarh 40 5 35 30 10 21
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 35 15 20 40 27 13
4. Daman & Diu 25 15 10 27 21 6
5. Lakshadweep 14 2 12 12 3 9
6. Puducherry 55 18 37 48 26 21
Note: 1. ‘Total’ population may not add up to ‘Rural’ and ‘Urban’ population due to rounding.
* : Estimate of Jammu & Kashmir excludes the Ladakh Valley Natural Division.