Government Hospital Bed Counts by State in India (2022)

India had about 8.4 lakh government hospital beds (2022), with nearly two-thirds in rural facilities. At roughly 0.6 beds per 1,000 population, this is well below the WHO benchmark of 3 per 1,000, a gap that became starkly visible during the COVID-19 crisis. Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Uttar…