ORF Data Labs
Survey stories · India

India, in the details.

India's public surveys hold millions of lives in their rows. We turn them into visual stories you can enter, question and compare.

Not a dashboard. A way in.

A national average is useful. It is also a place almost nobody lives.

These stories begin with a question, a place or a household. The chart changes as you answer. Every number keeps its survey, year and denominator close by.

Built from NSSO and other official Indian datasets. Figures are survey-weighted; they describe populations, not the people interviewed one-for-one.
PLFS 2024–25 · try the data

If your state were 100 people…

How many studied past primary school? How many salaried workers have the protections of a secure job? Pick a place, then change the lens.

See your state across the full survey →
in 100

Source: PLFS 2024-25 (January-December 2025, first visit), survey-weighted. “Secure jobs” covers salaried employees outside farming with a written contract, paid leave and social security. Unemployment is among the labour force aged 15+.

Stories to enter.

Each one starts with a real survey question and lets the reader change the view—not just watch a chart move.

The survey should be the beginning of the conversation.

Every visual story links back to the source, keeps the denominator visible and says what the data cannot answer.

Explore the underlying datasets →