A total of 13,04,611 Anganwadi and Mini-Anganwadi centres are functioning in the country, as on 31.03.2012. The
state-wise details are as below-
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Sl. No.
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State/UT
|
Number
of AWCs/ mini-AWCs functioning
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|
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
|
86164
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|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
6028
|
|
|
3
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Assam
|
57656
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|
|
4
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Bihar
|
80211
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|
|
5
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Chhattisgarh
|
47355
|
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
1262
|
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
50149
|
|
|
8
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Haryana
|
25171
|
|
|
9
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Himachal Pradesh
|
18651
|
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
26400
|
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
38186
|
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
63376
|
|
|
13
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Kerala
|
33082
|
|
|
14
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Madhya Pradesh
|
90999
|
|
|
15
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Maharashtra
|
106231
|
|
|
16
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Manipur
|
9883
|
|
|
17
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Meghalaya
|
5113
|
|
|
18
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Mizoram
|
1980
|
|
|
19
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Nagaland
|
3455
|
|
|
20
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Orissa
|
69183
|
|
|
21
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Punjab
|
26656
|
|
|
22
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Rajasthan
|
58494
|
|
|
23
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Sikkim
|
1225
|
|
|
24
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Tamil Nadu
|
54439
|
|
|
25
|
Tripura
|
9906
|
|
|
26
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Uttar Pradesh
|
186447
|
|
|
27
|
Uttrakhand
|
17568
|
|
|
28
|
West Bengal
|
116390
|
|
|
29
|
A & N Islands
|
697
|
|
|
30
|
Chandigarh
|
420
|
|
|
31
|
Delhi
|
10570
|
|
|
32
|
Dadra & N Haveli
|
267
|
|
|
33
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Daman & Diu
|
102
|
|
|
34
|
Lakshadweep
|
107
|
|
|
35
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Puducherry
|
788
|
|
|
|
All India
|
1304611
|
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This was stated by the Minister for Women and Child
Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath in a written reply
to a question in the Rajya Sabha
today.
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MV