The Challenges Confronting Public Hospitals in India, Their Origins, and Possible Solutions

Table 13

Number of government hospital beds in rural and urban areas.

State	Rural hospital beds (government)	Urban hospital beds (government)	Total beds (government)	Proportion of rural and urban beds
Bihar	1830	16686	18516	10 : 90
Chhattisgarh	3270	6158	9428	35 : 65
Jharkhand	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
Madhya Pradesh	10040	18493	28533	35 : 65
Odisha	7099	8715	15814	45 : 55
Rajasthan	13754	12236	25990	53 : 47
Uttar Pradesh	15450	40934	56384	27 : 73
Uttarakhand	3746	4219	7965	47 : 53
EAG states	55189	107477	162630	34 : 66
Non-EAG states	114673	511187	622310	18 : 82
All India	169862	618664	784940	20.5 : 79.5

Source :  GOI, 2011 [12].