Update on Establishment of Primary Health Centres
Under the National Health Mission (NHM), Primary Health Centre (PHC) are established to cover a population of 30,000 in rural areas and 20,000 in hilly, tribal and desert areas.
As per the Rural Health Statistics 2019-20, as on 31.03.2020, a total of 24,918 rural PHCs and 5,895 urban PHCs have been functional in the country. State-wise details are given in Annexure-I.
State-wise details of State Program Implementation Plan approvals for the Primary Health Centres under NHM for the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 and current year 2021-22 are given at Annexure-II.
Annexure-I
NUMBER OF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (PHCs) FUNCTIONING IN RURAL & URBAN AREAS (as on 31.03.2020)
| S.No. | State/UT | PHC | |
| Rural | Urban | ||
| 1 | AndhraPradesh | 1142 | 243 |
| 2 | ArunachalPradesh | 119 | 5 |
| 3 | Assam | 946 | 56 |
| 4 | Bihar | 1702 | 325 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 792 | 45 |
| 6 | Goa | 55 | 4 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 1477 | 318 |
| 8 | Haryana | 385 | 100 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 564 | 24 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 291 | 60 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 2176 | 358 |
| 12 | Kerala | 784 | 148 |
| 13 | MadhyaPradesh | 1199 | 277 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 1829 | 846 |
| 15 | Manipur | 85 | 8 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 119 | 24 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 57 | 8 |
| 18 | Nagaland | 130 | 7 |
| 19 | Odisha | 1288 | 89 |
| 20 | Punjab | 427 | 100 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 2094 | 383 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 24 | 1 |
| 23 | TamilNadu | 1420 | 464 |
| 24 | Telangana | 636 | 249 |
| 25 | Tripura | 107 | 5 |
| 26 | Uttarakhand | 257 | 38 |
| 27 | UttarPradesh | 2880 | 593 |
| 28 | WestBengal | 913 | 456 |
| 29 | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 22 | 5 |
| 30 | Chandigarh | 0 | 48 |
| 31 | Dadra&Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu | 10 | 3 |
| 32 | Delhi | 5 | 541 |
| 33 | Jammu&Kashmir | 923 | 49 |
| 34 | Ladakh | 32 | 0 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 24 | 15 |
| AllIndia | 24918 | 5895 | |
Annexure-II
| State/UT wise details of Approvals for the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) under NHM for the FY 2018-19 to 2021-22 | |||||
| Rs. In Lakhs | |||||
| S.No. | Name of the State / UT | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 8.00 | – | 30.00 | 129.00 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | – | 130.00 | 2,723.76 | 2,196.75 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 356.06 | 544.80 | 530.00 | 614.61 |
| 4 | Assam | 1,024.33 | 1,777.06 | 4,548.68 | 4,230.10 |
| 5 | Bihar | 10,508.85 | 5,766.94 | 3,887.50 | 2,025.40 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | – | – | 5.25 | 5.25 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 3,317.94 | 1,996.62 | 3,765.38 | 6,874.34 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | – | – | 10.00 | – |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | – | – | ||
| 10 | Delhi | – | – | 121.00 | 121.00 |
| 11 | Goa | 1.50 | – | 70.20 | 54.95 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 383.50 | 1,049.29 | 3,249.18 | 1,482.63 |
| 13 | Haryana | 7.00 | 75.00 | 671.94 | 649.05 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 738.80 | 2,024.48 | 526.75 | 677.88 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 745.00 | 597.68 | 2,899.36 | 4,141.83 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 1,245.00 | 1,739.96 | 328.50 | 334.50 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 6,368.50 | 4,154.63 | 9,829.06 | 4,973.75 |
| 18 | Kerala | 581.00 | 821.31 | 2,105.91 | 1,950.13 |
| 19 | Ladakh | – | – | 202.00 | 822.00 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | – | – | 2.00 | 24.50 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | – | 610.00 | 4,221.71 | 4,550.25 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 9,955.00 | 18,181.77 | 20,514.48 | 30,827.33 |
| 23 | Manipur | 126.70 | 770.50 | 654.25 | 618.25 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 9.00 | 70.50 | 279.35 | 356.75 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 84.00 | 114.38 | 83.03 | 30.00 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 102.30 | 33.97 | 618.84 | 500.50 |
| 27 | Odisha | 740.00 | 1,433.57 | 11,720.84 | 12,012.43 |
| 28 | Puducherry | – | – | 39.13 | 51.69 |
| 29 | Punjab | – | – | 272.13 | 267.70 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 7,524.12 | 23,329.83 | 22,406.76 | 8,402.46 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 307.63 | 358.19 | 33.88 | 89.50 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 976.25 | 3,465.90 | 7,283.59 | 5,450.18 |
| 33 | Telangana | 630.00 | – | 1,906.50 | 1,258.25 |
| 34 | Tripura | 2,140.50 | 1,272.00 | 2,145.00 | 2,265.04 |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 37.50 | 412.89 | 7,140.88 | 10,863.60 |
| 36 | Uttarakhand | 16.00 | 5.56 | 338.88 | 832.80 |
| 37 | West Bengal | 2,295.75 | 3,205.81 | 1,451.63 | 2,397.50 |
| Note: | |||||
| 1. The above figures are as per the available Financial Management Report (FMR) submitted by the State/UTs and is updated upto 24.11.2021. | |||||
| 2. The above data comprises of inter alia Untied Funds, Additional Building/ Major Upgradation of existing Structure, Up gradation, Spill over of Ongoing Works, New Constructions, Staff Quarters, Carry forward of new construction initiated last year, or the year before, etc. provided to Primary Health Centres (PHC) supported under NHM. | |||||
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
