| Number of census houses | ||||
| S No. | State / UT | Total number of census houses | Total number of vacant houses | Total number of occupied census houses |
| 1 | India | 249,095,869 | 15,811,192 | 233,284,677 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 104,222 | 10,026 | 94,196 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 20,010,344 | 1,172,916 | 18,837,428 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 283,760 | 22,795 | 260,965 |
| 5 | Assam | 6,168,994 | 163,592 | 6,005,402 |
| 6 | Bihar | 16,316,527 | 287,358 | 16,029,169 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 244,134 | 19,692 | 224,442 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 4,998,726 | 301,652 | 4,697,074 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 57,503 | 5,697 | 51,806 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 53,902 | 8,386 | 45,516 |
| 11 | Delhi | 3,379,956 | 377,790 | 3,002,166 |
| 12 | Goa | 458,868 | 77,284 | 381,584 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 12,446,995 | 1,715,375 | 10,731,620 |
| 14 | Haryana | 5,106,275 | 322,626 | 4,783,649 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 2,408,922 | 247,292 | 2,161,630 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 2,768,552 | 240,003 | 2,528,549 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 5,838,522 | 274,364 | 5,564,158 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 13,830,096 | 1,172,803 | 12,657,293 |
| 19 | Kerala | 9,356,874 | 731,823 | 8,625,051 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 16,607 | 2,459 | 14,148 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 14,019,346 | 774,217 | 13,245,129 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 25,601,389 | 2,608,608 | 22,992,781 |
| 23 | Manipur | 492,371 | 8,114 | 484,257 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 520,602 | 18,568 | 502,034 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 190,069 | 8,135 | 181,934 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 380,345 | 9,328 | 371,017 |
| 27 | Orissa | 9,873,029 | 412,912 | 9,460,117 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 267,206 | 20,057 | 247,149 |
| 29 | Punjab | 5,967,476 | 412,082 | 5,555,394 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 12,937,733 | 1,135,261 | 11,802,472 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 128,843 | 11,129 | 117,714 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 16,996,604 | 1,050,624 | 15,945,980 |
| 33 | Tripura | 863,183 | 25,440 | 837,743 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 34,301,455 | 1,308,420 | 32,993,035 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 2,566,282 | 222,677 | 2,343,605 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 20,140,157 | 631,687 | 19,508,470 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | ||||
| Note: India figures exclude Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. | ||||