Can you give me an idea of the number of registered investors in India on a state wise basis?
Answer
Answer
Check the table below for the states with the largest number of registered investors. Of course, this data is on end of January and keeps changing on a regular basis and is available with SEBI.
State
No. of Clients
Change Over Prev. Month (%)
Change Over Prev. Quarter (%)
Change Over Prev. Year (%)
MAHARASHTRA
10411287
119058(1.16%)
1357995(15.00%)
2138823(25.85%)
GUJARAT
6740480
59207(0.89%)
701274(11.61%)
1264598(23.09%)
UTTAR PRADESH
3290480
55081(1.70%)
558932(20.46%)
829303(33.70%)
TAMIL NADU
3191018
34372(1.09%)
471369(17.33%)
785893(32.68%)
WEST BENGAL
3090636
28780(0.94%)
372062(13.69%)
596922(23.94%)
KARNATAKA
2906730
39017(1.36%)
443750(18.02%)
674995(30.25%)
DELHI
2847588
26195(0.93%)
324541(12.86%)
522329(22.46%)
ANDHRA PRADESH
2492442
21757(0.88%)
219844(9.67%)
347481(16.20%)
RAJASTHAN
2104352
30223(1.46%)
330043(18.60%)
501876(31.32%)
MADHYA PRADESH
1455111
23426(1.64%)
259709(21.73%)
379382(35.27%)
HARYANA
1402622
20676(1.50%)
218771(18.48%)
339915(31.99%)
KERALA
1354387
18639(1.40%)
240574(21.60%)
325255(31.60%)
PUNJAB
1043557
13708(1.33%)
160035(18.11%)
236303(29.27%)
TELANGANA
948123
29597(3.22%)
378356(66.41%)
532330(128.03%)
BIHAR
878470
21032(2.45%)
200877(29.65%)
289383(49.12%)
ODISHA
684680
11711(1.74%)
129935(23.42%)
201978(41.84%)
JHARKHAND
638656
9298(1.48%)
101232(18.84%)
153408(31.61%)
N D
490333
-24242(-4.71%)
-3329(-0.67%)
-84308(-14.67%)
CHHATTISGARH
354331
5677(1.63%)
64464(22.24%)
96692(37.53%)
UTTARAKHAND
316739
5964(1.92%)
60922(23.81%)
93034(41.59%)
ASSAM
292533
5650(1.97%)
53652(22.46%)
78698(36.80%)
CHANDIGARH
163523
560(0.34%)
20621(14.43%)
35530(27.76%)
HIMACHAL PRADESH
161384
2850(1.80%)
30731(23.52%)
47003(41.09%)
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
155011
1844(1.20%)
21241(15.88%)
34375(28.49%)
GOA
117963
1292(1.11%)
17270(17.15%)
26802(29.40%)
PONDICHERRY
52418
756(1.46%)
8658(19.79%)
19245(58.01%)
TRIPURA
34272
721(2.15%)
6537(23.57%)
9048(35.87%)
MANIPUR
20707
1013(5.14%)
7770(60.06%)
10622(105.32%)
MEGHALAYA
14992
307(2.09%)
2868(23.66%)
3979(36.13%)
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI
12937
205(1.61%)
2382(22.57%)
3722(40.39%)
SIKKIM
11405
137(1.22%)
1855(19.42%)
2672(30.60%)
NAGALAND
9894
160(1.64%)
1872(23.34%)
2872(40.90%)
DAMAN AND DIU
9810
207(2.16%)
2206(29.01%)
3506(55.62%)
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
6088
164(2.77%)
1548(34.10%)
2279(59.83%)
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
5564
59(1.07%)
820(17.28%)
1512(37.31%)
MIZORAM
2859
58(2.07%)
712(33.16%)
1072(59.99%)
ARMY POST OFFICE
2131
0(0.00%)
-24(-1.11%)
(%)
LAKSHADWEEP
226
1(0.44%)
46(25.56%)
67(42.14%)
As can be seen from the table above, there are not too many surprises where the maximum interest for equity markets come from. However, the good thing is that many smaller states are beginning to play an important part in the entire process.