| Household | ||
| S.No | State | Number of household |
| 1 | India | 193579954 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 78242 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 17004305 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 215574 |
| 5 | Assam | 4914823 |
| 6 | Bihar | 13744130 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 206465 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 4091551 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 45586 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 35686 |
| 11 | Delhi | 2733383 |
| 12 | Goa | 294812 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 9691362 |
| 14 | Haryana | 3712319 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 1221589 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1568519 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 4799081 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 10401918 |
| 19 | Kerala | 6726356 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 9993 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 10912025 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 19576736 |
| 23 | Manipur@ | 375095 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 418850 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 176134 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 328057 |
| 27 | Orissa | 7738065 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 215538 |
| 29 | Punjab | 4348580 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 9317675 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 114223 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 14665983 |
| 33 | Tripura | 664334 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 25757640 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 1603242 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 15872083 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | ||