According to the “Assessment report of District Hospitals” by NITI Aayog, a district hospital in India has 24 beds per 1 lakh population, on an average.

• NITI Aayog’s study called “Best Practices in the Performance of District Hospitals” was released on September 30, 2021.
• This report was prepared, after assessing 707 hospitals across 36 states and Union Territories in 2018-19.
• As per study, Bihar is having the lowest average of number of six beds per 1 lakh population.
• Puducherry is having the highest number of 222 beds per one lakh population.
• District hospitals in India is having a range of 1 to 408 beds per 1 lakh population.
• In 217 district hospitals, there have at least 22 beds for every 1 lakh population.
• In 15 states and UTs, the average number of beds in a district hospital was lower than what recommended by the IPHS 2012 guidelines. These states include- Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana Maharashtra, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.