Punjab abortions and live births by district, 1977-2022

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 25 July 2026

Reported abortions by district of residence, 1977-2022

district 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 district

Amritsar 2,865 2,765 3,107 1,974 3,604 4,418 4,430 4,590 4,421 3,681 3,759 3,754 2,728 2,557 2,695 2,252 1,610 642 1,164 1,759 1,878 1,723 867 1,297 1,423 1,707 1,726 347 372 384 617 1,568 1,805 1,382 1,414 1,024 1,619 Amritsar

Barnala ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 108 231 265 142 447 411 105 119 29 140 399 303 380 266 352 345 Barnala

Bathinda 1,388 1,140 1,637 934 1,216 689 616 810 1,078 940 866 1,059 871 818 760 851 710 791 551 1,057 1,519 2,302 2,133 2,151 2,103 1,859 1,924 1,785 2,479 3,006 1,472 3,000 3,123 3,039 2,413 2,399 2,387 Bathinda

Faridkot 915 959 948 745 649 803 858 971 738 998 733 897 706 484 570 533 737 647 564 551 785 833 634 469 625 705 428 663 937 1,069 686 1,141 860 921 743 856 912 Faridkot

Fatehgarh Sahib ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 37 142 126 134 148 119 139 136 112 99 33 97 158 72 75 41 127 296 476 364 510 377 748 280 642 301 280 399 499 347 Fatehgarh Sahib

Fazilka ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 44 741 1,052 929 889 720 736 807 Fazilka

Firozpur 864 1,200 951 579 653 599 558 548 629 786 626 694 567 382 458 354 427 572 308 394 1,298 1,098 1,299 310 967 219 964 193 365 630 562 510 310 207 272 Firozpur

Gurdaspur 1,274 1,293 634 361 370 489 767 842 821 764 791 444 630 567 565 705 656 478 398 457 355 258 338 530 373 1,208 1,357 222 130 124 161 346 323 534 373 224 193 Gurdaspur

Hoshiarpur 2,158 1,818 1,502 1,317 1,412 1,212 1,016 1,557 1,440 1,455 909 846 847 682 649 617 451 494 569 836 997 734 683 632 526 424 415 250 221 438 113 453 352 364 319 448 456 Hoshiarpur

Jalandhar 2,551 2,955 2,859 1,919 2,324 1,861 1,975 2,556 2,296 2,778 1,809 1,574 1,689 2,669 3,243 3,029 2,173 1,670 1,450 1,149 810 663 617 485 492 4,342 3,564 3,163 2,499 3,235 1,318 2,563 2,237 2,265 1,921 1,557 1,985 Jalandhar

Kapurthala 523 728 532 692 1,315 972 779 758 570 638 580 703 1,073 1,104 1,094 706 396 463 480 572 554 577 513 497 591 803 718 828 785 639 574 775 532 474 960 393 593 637 560 708 401 490 Kapurthala

Ludhiana 3,133 3,090 2,922 3,014 2,159 1,778 2,003 1,956 2,263 2,731 2,259 1,961 2,013 1,521 1,735 2,011 1,498 2,148 1,327 1,915 1,228 912 829 934 900 503 705 820 734 545 1,952 3,396 3,280 1,971 2,993 3,367 4,170 Ludhiana

Malerkotla ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Malerkotla

Mansa ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 70 116 114 89 281 225 157 142 135 165 141 160 114 194 192 69 106 130 238 1,027 890 185 113 184 271 172 1,181 945 936 1,055 Mansa

Moga ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 62 138 109 86 110 149 260 257 169 148 534 581 449 477 369 319 234 122 51 145 294 461 292 404 274 210 267 Moga

Pathankot ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 127 135 56 87 69 151 160 495 489 Pathankot

Patiala 2,598 2,531 2,678 2,284 2,801 1,719 1,093 1,593 2,359 2,179 2,438 2,175 2,137 2,154 2,168 2,126 2,060 2,070 1,904 1,668 1,273 1,009 943 1,229 987 644 725 592 974 1,415 565 971 1,034 1,501 1,604 599 526 Patiala

Rupnagar 1,030 934 1,019 856 918 678 655 753 953 1,099 996 778 902 876 1,000 1,122 903 1,227 2,067 2,381 2,512 643 915 624 694 499 2,910 509 492 488 122 424 316 406 457 383 435 Rupnagar

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 1,605 1,543 1,309 1,151 1,181 1,247 1,315 1,378 1,192 788 1,401 11,336 1,650 1,201 68 149 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali)

Sangrur 1,908 2,024 1,778 1,278 1,429 1,139 762 1,181 1,076 1,104 1,070 915 700 969 814 777 654 432 376 393 492 269 174 557 642 577 363 333 653 797 397 669 528 474 476 1,201 1,311 Sangrur

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 171 623 632 370 464 526 439 413 220 590 1,525 1,379 1,168 955 852 881 493 521 270 467 347 641 498 431 376 382 309 Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr)

Sri Muktsar Sahib ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 212 443 521 517 495 419 478 647 627 533 591 744 1,053 1,210 1,012 715 1,047 1,135 959 476 902 1,036 1,104 1,052 1,960 2,603 Sri Muktsar Sahib

Tarn Taran ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 117 329 532 461 518 539 338 585 597 357 728 529 494 404 396 455 Tarn Taran

PUNJAB 7,443 8,991 9,616 12,484 22,823 25,485 25,538 24,953 21,656 21,488 20,793 15,831 18,173 15,965 15,436 18,537 19,436 19,849 17,510 16,895 15,781 15,432 16,598 16,348 13,838 13,006 12,368 14,788 16,808 15,810 14,834 14,827 14,982 18,333 20,886 14,064 14,257 17,083 20,427 22,350 20,522 20,891 19,528 21,324 22,154 23,903 18,640 21,439 PUNJAB

Live births by district of residence, 1992-2021

Note: live birth figures comprise registered births (generally incomplete) and/or estimates

district 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 district

Amritsar 39,900 44,000 45,945 45,081 44,258 39,700 37,086 Amritsar

Barnala 11,589 10,875 10,227 11,300 8,799 Barnala

Bathinda 16,300 18,000 27,882 29,182 28,469 24,400 19,014 Bathinda

Faridkot 6,970 8,000 14,176 13,082 13,677 10,900 10,902 Faridkot

Fatehgarh Sahib 11,700 11,000 10,300 9,600 8,990 8,650 8,500 8,020 7,560 7,270 8,000 7,661 8,135 8,171 9,000 5,153 Fatehgarh Sahib

Fazilka 16,105 Fazilka

Firozpur 30,200 33,000 33,918 32,891 30,323 29,100 9,351 Firozpur

Gurdaspur 32,300 36,000 45,246 47,735 46,492 31,100 22,314 Gurdaspur

Hoshiarpur 22,800 25,000 26,511 25,794 25,845 33,300 20,208 Hoshiarpur

Jalandhar 18,300 20,000 44,432 45,561 46,917 40,400 31,800 Jalandhar

Kapurthala 9,600 11,000 15,734 13,958 14,272 12,500 10,959 Kapurthala

Ludhiana 25,600 28,000 65,587 64,889 74,738 39,400 50,033 Ludhiana

Malerkotla Malerkotla

Mansa 17,600 17,000 16,200 15,200 15,300 13,900 13,400 12,800 12,200 12,000 13,000 15,338 14,500 12,399 14,900 9,170 Mansa

Moga 14,000 15,000 16,999 17,074 17,432 17,400 13,831 Moga

Pathankot 13,069 Pathankot

Patiala 23,500 26,000 37,467 35,482 37,959 28,900 23,477 Patiala

Rupnagar 15,100 17,000 12,930 12,739 13,166 11,800 9,462 Rupnagar

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) 10,234 10,064 9,969 16,900 16,324 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali)

Sangrur 29,200 32,000 30,392 28,717 26,947 25,900 20,404 Sangrur

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr) 12,500 12,300 12,000 11,500 11,200 11,000 10,700 12,000 12,177 11,033 11,246 10,200 9,104 Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr)

Sri Muktsar Sahib 12,000 13,000 19,509 18,471 16,177 17,100 12,217 Sri Muktsar Sahib

Tarn Taran 22,519 22,402 22,374 19,000 17,222 Tarn Taran

PUNJAB 566,000 559,000 541,000 542,000 532,000 534,000 521,000 509,000 518,000 516,000 513,000 515,000 480,088 485,625 494,830 495,063 506,704 516,246 507,665 511,058 445,000 443,000 441,000 437,000 432,000 435,000 437,000 432,000 430,000 427,000 436,000 424,000 421,000 PUNJAB

Sources (incomplete):

Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Government of Punjab, "(d) Medical and Public Health Services," Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, on line [http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt16.htm].
Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Government of Punjab, "Chapter XVI: Medical and Public Health Services (a) Public health and medical facilities in early times," Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, on line [http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/Chapter%2016.htm].
Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Government of Punjab, "Chapter XVI: Medical and Public Health Services (a) Public health and medical facilities in early times," Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, on line [http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/fateh/FGS%2016.htm].
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district	1977-78	1978-79	1979-80	1980-81	1981-82	1982-83	1983-84	1984-85	1985-86	1986-87	1987-88	1988-89	1989-90	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	district
Amritsar									2,865	2,765	3,107	1,974	3,604	4,418	4,430	4,590	4,421	3,681	3,759	3,754	2,728	2,557	2,695	2,252	1,610	642	1,164	1,759	1,878	1,723	867	1,297	1,423	1,707	1,726	347	372	384	617	1,568	1,805	1,382	1,414	1,024	1,619				Amritsar
Barnala	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	108	231	265	142	447	411	105	119	29	140	399	303	380	266	352	345				Barnala
Bathinda									1,388	1,140	1,637	934	1,216	689	616	810	1,078	940	866	1,059	871	818	760	851	710	791	551	1,057	1,519	2,302	2,133	2,151	2,103	1,859	1,924	1,785	2,479	3,006	1,472	3,000	3,123	3,039	2,413	2,399	2,387				Bathinda
Faridkot									915	959	948	745	649	803	858	971	738	998	733	897	706	484	570	533	737	647	564	551	785	833	634	469	625	705	428	663	937	1,069	686	1,141	860	921	743	856	912				Faridkot
Fatehgarh Sahib	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	37	142	126	134	148	119	139	136	112	99	33	97	158	72	75	41	127	296	476	364	510	377	748	280	642	301	280	399	499	347				Fatehgarh Sahib
Fazilka	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**				44	741	1,052	929	889	720	736	807				Fazilka
Firozpur									864	1,200	951	579	653	599	558	548	629	786	626	694	567	382	458	354	427	572	308	394	1,298	1,098	1,299	310	967	219	964			193	365	630	562	510	310	207	272				Firozpur
Gurdaspur									1,274	1,293	634	361	370	489	767	842	821	764	791	444	630	567	565	705	656	478	398	457	355	258	338	530	373	1,208	1,357	222	130	124	161	346	323	534	373	224	193				Gurdaspur
Hoshiarpur									2,158	1,818	1,502	1,317	1,412	1,212	1,016	1,557	1,440	1,455	909	846	847	682	649	617	451	494	569	836	997	734	683	632	526	424	415	250	221	438	113	453	352	364	319	448	456				Hoshiarpur
Jalandhar									2,551	2,955	2,859	1,919	2,324	1,861	1,975	2,556	2,296	2,778	1,809	1,574	1,689	2,669	3,243	3,029	2,173	1,670	1,450	1,149	810	663	617	485	492	4,342	3,564	3,163	2,499	3,235	1,318	2,563	2,237	2,265	1,921	1,557	1,985				Jalandhar
Kapurthala	523	728	532	692	1,315				972	779	758	570	638	580	703	1,073	1,104	1,094	706	396	463	480	572	554	577	513	497	591	803	718	828	785	639	574	775	532	474	960	393	593	637	560	708	401	490				Kapurthala
Ludhiana									3,133	3,090	2,922	3,014	2,159	1,778	2,003	1,956	2,263	2,731	2,259	1,961	2,013	1,521	1,735	2,011	1,498	2,148	1,327	1,915	1,228	912	829	934	900	503	705	820	734	545	1,952	3,396	3,280	1,971	2,993	3,367	4,170				Ludhiana
Malerkotla	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**					Malerkotla
Mansa	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	70	116	114	89	281	225	157	142	135	165	141	160	114	194	192	69	106	130	238	1,027	890	185	113	184	271	172	1,181	945	936	1,055				Mansa
Moga	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	62	138	109	86	110	149	260	257	169	148	534	581	449	477	369	319	234	122	51	145	294	461	292	404	274	210	267				Moga
Pathankot	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**			127	135	56	87	69	151	160	495	489				Pathankot
Patiala									2,598	2,531	2,678	2,284	2,801	1,719	1,093	1,593	2,359	2,179	2,438	2,175	2,137	2,154	2,168	2,126	2,060	2,070	1,904	1,668	1,273	1,009	943	1,229	987	644	725	592	974	1,415	565	971	1,034	1,501	1,604	599	526				Patiala
Rupnagar									1,030	934	1,019	856	918	678	655	753	953	1,099	996	778	902	876	1,000	1,122	903	1,227	2,067	2,381	2,512	643	915	624	694	499	2,910	509	492	488	122	424	316	406	457	383	435				Rupnagar
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali)	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	1,605	1,543	1,309	1,151	1,181	1,247	1,315	1,378	1,192	788	1,401	11,336	1,650	1,201	68	149				Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali)
Sangrur									1,908	2,024	1,778	1,278	1,429	1,139	762	1,181	1,076	1,104	1,070	915	700	969	814	777	654	432	376	393	492	269	174	557	642	577	363	333	653	797	397	669	528	474	476	1,201	1,311				Sangrur
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr)	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	171	623	632	370	464	526	439	413	220	590	1,525	1,379	1,168	955	852	881	493	521	270	467	347	641	498	431	376	382	309				Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr)
Sri Muktsar Sahib	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	92	212	443	521	517	495	419	478	647	627	533	591	744	1,053	1,210	1,012	715	1,047	1,135	959	476	902	1,036	1,104	1,052	1,960	2,603				Sri Muktsar Sahib
Tarn Taran	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	117	329	532	461	518	539	338	585	597	357	728	529	494	404	396	455				Tarn Taran
PUNJAB	7,443	8,991	9,616	12,484	22,823	25,485	25,538	24,953	21,656	21,488	20,793	15,831	18,173	15,965	15,436	18,537	19,436	19,849	17,510	16,895	15,781	15,432	16,598	16,348	13,838	13,006	12,368	14,788	16,808	15,810	14,834	14,827	14,982	18,333	20,886	14,064	14,257	17,083	20,427	22,350	20,522	20,891	19,528	21,324	22,154	23,903	18,640	21,439	PUNJAB

district	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	district
Amritsar										39,900			44,000					45,945	45,081	44,258	39,700									37,086				Amritsar
Barnala																		11,589	10,875	10,227	11,300									8,799				Barnala
Bathinda										16,300			18,000					27,882	29,182	28,469	24,400									19,014				Bathinda
Faridkot										6,970			8,000					14,176	13,082	13,677	10,900									10,902				Faridkot
Fatehgarh Sahib	11,700	11,000	10,300	9,600	8,990	8,650	8,500	8,020	7,560	7,270			8,000					7,661	8,135	8,171	9,000									5,153				Fatehgarh Sahib
Fazilka																														16,105				Fazilka
Firozpur										30,200			33,000					33,918	32,891	30,323	29,100									9,351				Firozpur
Gurdaspur										32,300			36,000					45,246	47,735	46,492	31,100									22,314				Gurdaspur
Hoshiarpur										22,800			25,000					26,511	25,794	25,845	33,300									20,208				Hoshiarpur
Jalandhar										18,300			20,000					44,432	45,561	46,917	40,400									31,800				Jalandhar
Kapurthala										9,600			11,000					15,734	13,958	14,272	12,500									10,959				Kapurthala
Ludhiana										25,600			28,000					65,587	64,889	74,738	39,400									50,033				Ludhiana
Malerkotla																																		Malerkotla
Mansa	17,600	17,000	16,200	15,200	15,300	13,900	13,400	12,800	12,200	12,000			13,000					15,338	14,500	12,399	14,900									9,170				Mansa
Moga										14,000			15,000					16,999	17,074	17,432	17,400									13,831				Moga
Pathankot																														13,069				Pathankot
Patiala										23,500			26,000					37,467	35,482	37,959	28,900									23,477				Patiala
Rupnagar										15,100			17,000					12,930	12,739	13,166	11,800									9,462				Rupnagar
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali)																		10,234	10,064	9,969	16,900									16,324				Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali)
Sangrur										29,200			32,000					30,392	28,717	26,947	25,900									20,404				Sangrur
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr)				12,500	12,300	12,000	11,500	11,200	11,000	10,700			12,000					12,177	11,033	11,246	10,200									9,104				Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawashahr)
Sri Muktsar Sahib										12,000			13,000					19,509	18,471	16,177	17,100									12,217				Sri Muktsar Sahib
Tarn Taran																		22,519	22,402	22,374	19,000									17,222				Tarn Taran
PUNJAB	566,000	559,000	541,000	542,000	532,000	534,000	521,000	509,000	518,000	516,000	513,000	515,000	480,088	485,625	494,830	495,063	506,704	516,246	507,665	511,058	445,000	443,000	441,000	437,000	432,000	435,000	437,000	432,000	430,000	427,000	436,000	424,000	421,000	PUNJAB