As of 2019, the south Indian state of Kerala had the highest density of doctors of about 42 per ten thousand population in the country. However, Jharkhand had the least density of doctors in the country of about four doctors per ten thousand people in the state.
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Ministry of Finance (India). (January 29, 2021). Number of doctors per 10,000 population in India as of 2019, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247866/india-number-of-doctors-per-10-000-population-by-state/
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