Resource: Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) in India - A Statistical Profile : 2021 [PDF 10.3 MB]

Excerpt: " 1.2. Disability in India

1.2.1 As per the Census 2011, the differently abled population in India is 26.8 million. In percentage terms, this stands at 2.21 %. There has been a marginal increase in the differently-abled population in India, with the figure rising from 21.9 million in 2001 to 26.8 million over the period of 10 years.

1.2.2 As per the Census 2011, there are 14.9 million men with disabilities as compared to 11.9 million women in the country. The total number of differently-abled people is over 18.0 million in the rural areas and just 8.1 million enumerated in the urban settings. The percentage of men with disabilities is 2.41 per cent as against 2.01 in women. Social groups wise analysis shows 2.45 per cent of the total disabled population belong to the Scheduled Castes (SC), 2.05 per cent to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 2.18 per cent to other than SC/ST."

Related Links:

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. 2020. NSS Report: Persons with Disabilities in India , March 5.

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. 2017 . MoSPI Report: Disabled Persons in India: A Statistical Profile - 2016 , July 21.

Press Information Bureau. 2015 . Census Data on Disabled Population , July 1.