| Number of villages | ||||
| S.No | State / UT | Number of villages | Number of inhabited villages | Number of un-inhabited villages |
| 1 | India* | 638,596 | 593,731 | 44,865 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 547 | 501 | 46 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 28,123 | 26,613 | 1,510 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 4,065 | 3,863 | 202 |
| 5 | Assam | 26,312 | 25,124 | 1,188 |
| 6 | Bihar | 45,098 | 39,015 | 6,083 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 24 | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 20,308 | 19,744 | 564 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 70 | 70 | 0 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 11 | Delhi | 165 | 158 | 7 |
| 12 | Goa | 359 | 347 | 12 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 18,539 | 18,066 | 473 |
| 14 | Haryana | 6,955 | 6,764 | 191 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 20,118 | 17,495 | 2,623 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 6,652 | 6,417 | 235 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 32,615 | 29,354 | 3,261 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 29,406 | 27,481 | 1,925 |
| 19 | Kerala | 1,364 | 1,364 | 0 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 24 | 8 | 16 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 55,393 | 52,117 | 3,276 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 43,711 | 41,095 | 2,616 |
| 23 | Manipur | 2,391 | 2,315 | 76 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 6,034 | 5,782 | 252 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 817 | 707 | 110 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 1,317 | 1,278 | 39 |
| 27 | Orissa | 51,349 | 47,529 | 3,820 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 92 | 92 | 0 |
| 29 | Punjab | 12,673 | 12,278 | 395 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 41,352 | 39,752 | 1,600 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 452 | 450 | 2 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 16,317 | 15,400 | 917 |
| 33 | Tripura | 870 | 858 | 12 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 107,452 | 97,942 | 9,510 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 16,826 | 15,761 | 1,065 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 40,783 | 37,945 | 2,838 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | ||||