Women with their own mobile phone, NFHS-6

Choropleth map of India by state: Women with their own mobile phone, NFHS-6. Women with a mobile phone they use ranges from 47.8 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 91.6 per cent in Sikkim. The India figure is 63.6 per cent, up from 53.9 in NFHS-5.
Women with a mobile phone they use ranges from 47.8 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 91.6 per cent in Sikkim. The India figure is 63.6 per cent, up from 53.9 in NFHS-5.
Policy implication
Having a phone is not the same as having a data connection or using it freely.
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Data vintage. This map uses NFHS-5 (2019-21). NFHS-6 (2023-24) state fact sheets were released in May 2026, but they are provisional and report fewer indicators, so the figures here have not been replaced.

Source: NFHS-6 (2023-24) (2023-24). See the methodology for notes and limitations.

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