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India : Rural - 594,204 Villages


India had 640,932 villages in 2011 (Census) and this has now increased to 676,260 villages as per the Ministry of Panchayati Raj's Local Government Directory (LGD), March 2026. Of these, 594,204 villages were Inhabited as per Census 2011, while 41,981 villages were recorded with Zero Population. A further 40,075 villages have been added to the LGD after the Census was conducted and therefore have no corresponding Census 2011 record. Additionally, 3,402 villages that were recorded as Inhabited in Census 2011 are currently absent from the LGD database.

The table below presents a State/UT-wise comparison of village counts between Census 2011 and the Min. of Panchayati Raj (March 2026).

# State / UT Census 2011 Panchayat Raj - March 2026
# Villages % # Inhabited
Villages		 % # Villages % # Inhabited
Villages		 % # New
Villages		 % # Census 2011
Missing Villages		 %
1 Andhra Pradesh 17,366 2.7 16,452 2.8 17,957 2.7 16,434 2.8 633 1.6 18 0.5
2 Arunachal Pradesh 5,589 0.9 5,258 0.9 5,485 0.8 5,198 0.9 5 0.0 60 1.8
3 Assam 26,395 4.1 25,372 4.2 28,897 4.3 25,186 4.2 2,748 6.9 186 5.5
4 Bihar 44,874 7.0 39,073 6.5 48,927 7.2 39,073 6.6 4,053 10.1 0 0.0
5 Chhattisgarh 20,126 3.1 19,567 3.3 20,666 3.1 19,455 3.3 707 1.8 112 3.3
6 Goa 334 0.1 320 0.1 429 0.1 320 0.1 95 0.2 0 0.0
7 Gujarat 18,229 2.8 17,847 3.0 19,064 2.8 17,846 3.0 838 2.1 1 0.0
8 Haryana 6,841 1.1 6,642 1.1 7,090 1.0 6,613 1.1 285 0.7 29 0.9
9 Himachal Pradesh 20,690 3.2 17,882 3.0 21,592 3.2 17,858 3.0 931 2.3 24 0.7
10 Jharkhand 32,394 5.1 29,492 4.9 32,737 4.8 29,378 4.9 535 1.3 114 3.4
11 Karnataka 29,340 4.6 27,397 4.6 30,771 4.6 27,246 4.6 1,648 4.1 151 4.4
12 Kerala 1,018 0.2 1,017 0.2 1,666 0.2 1,017 0.2 648 1.6 0 0.0
13 Madhya Pradesh 54,903 8.6 51,929 8.7 57,503 8.5 51,896 8.7 2,655 6.6 33 1.0
14 Maharashtra 43,665 6.8 40,959 6.9 44,804 6.6 40,139 6.8 2,171 5.4 820 24.1
15 Manipur 2,582 0.4 2,515 0.4 3,850 0.6 2,350 0.4 1,480 3.7 165 4.9
16 Meghalaya 6,839 1.1 6,459 1.1 7,201 1.1 6,456 1.1 425 1.1 3 0.1
17 Mizoram 830 0.1 704 0.1 887 0.1 609 0.1 271 0.7 95 2.8
18 Nagaland 1,428 0.2 1,400 0.2 1,550 0.2 1,267 0.2 265 0.7 133 3.9
19 Odisha 51,311 8.0 47,675 8.0 51,800 7.7 46,470 7.8 2,170 5.4 1,205 35.4
20 Punjab 12,582 2.0 12,169 2.0 13,014 1.9 12,169 2.0 432 1.1 0 0.0
21 Rajasthan 44,672 7.0 43,264 7.2 52,261 7.7 43,263 7.3 7,590 18.9 1 0.0
22 Sikkim 451 0.1 425 0.1 485 0.1 421 0.1 38 0.1 4 0.1
23 Tamil Nadu 15,979 2.5 15,049 2.5 18,652 2.8 15,042 2.5 2,691 6.7 7 0.2
24 Telangana 10,434 1.6 9,834 1.6 11,308 1.7 9,834 1.7 874 2.2 0 0.0
25 Tripura 875 0.1 863 0.1 898 0.1 818 0.1 72 0.2 45 1.3
26 Uttarakhand 16,793 2.6 15,745 2.6 17,343 2.6 15,744 2.6 551 1.4 1 0.0
27 Uttar Pradesh 106,774 16.7 97,813 16.4 110,274 16.3 97,813 16.5 3,500 8.7 0 0.0
28 West Bengal 40,203 6.3 37,468 6.3 41,006 6.1 37,457 6.3 818 2.0 11 0.3
1 UT - Andaman and Nicobar Islands 555 0.1 396 0.1 559 0.1 396 0.1 4 0.0 0 0.0
2 UT - Chandigarh 5 0.0 5 0.0 - 0.0 - 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.1
3 UT - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 84 0.0 84 0.0 101 0.0 81 0.0 20 0.0 3 0.1
4 UT - Jammu & Kashmir 6,310 1.0 6,096 1.0 6,857 1.0 5,921 1.0 756 1.9 175 5.1
5 UT - Ladakh 238 0.0 236 0.0 248 0.0 236 0.0 10 0.0 0 0.0
6 UT - Lakshadweep 21 0.0 6 0.0 27 0.0 6 0.0 6 0.0 0 0.0
7 UT - NCT of Delhi 112 0.0 103 0.0 222 0.0 103 0.0 110 0.3 0 0.0
8 UT - Puducherry 90 0.0 90 0.0 129 0.0 89 0.0 40 0.1 1 0.0
INDIA - TOTAL 6,40,932 100 5,97,606 100 6,76,260 100 5,94,204 100 40,075 100 3,402 100