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A sortable table <ref>[http://www.legallyindia.com/201302183448/Bar-Bench-Litigation/rti-reveals-number-of-lawyers-india Legally India: RTI reveals: 1.3m advocates; 1 in 300 Delhi-ites a lawyer; Maharashtra lawyers ‘richest’; Jharkand, Assam, J&K fastest; February 2013]</ref> with all data from a right to information (RTI) response by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to Delhi-based advocate Kush Kalra. The response reveals that there were nearly 1.3 million lawyers in India in 2011, with the profession growing by an average of around 4 per cent per year. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!State | |||
! Total Advocates | |||
!Advocates enrolled in last 5 years | |||
!5 year growth % | |||
!Growth rate % (5 year-on-year average) | |||
!State GDP ($bn) | |||
!GDP / lawyer ($) | |||
!State population (m) | |||
!Non-lawyers per lawyer | |||
!Lawyers enrolled in 2007 | |||
!(% total) | |||
!2008 | |||
!(%) | |||
!2009 | |||
!(%) | |||
!2010 | |||
!(%) | |||
!2011 | |||
!Data as at | |||
!2011 Normalised to full year | |||
!(%) | |||
|- | |||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||
| 288297 | |||
| 51335 | |||
| 17.8 | |||
| 3.6 | |||
| 122.9 | |||
| 426,366 | |||
| 200 | |||
| 692 | |||
| 9236 | |||
| 3.2 | |||
| 8310 | |||
| 2.9 | |||
| 10100 | |||
| 3.5 | |||
| 19500 | |||
| 6.8 | |||
| 4189 | |||
| 29/08/2011 | |||
| 6336 | |||
| 2.2 | |||
|- | |||
| Bihar | |||
| 113298 | |||
| 13394 | |||
| 11.8 | |||
| 2.4 | |||
| 47.7 | |||
| 420,749 | |||
| 104 | |||
| 916 | |||
| 3228 | |||
| 2.8 | |||
| 1741 | |||
| 1.5 | |||
| 2507 | |||
| 2.2 | |||
| 3442 | |||
| 3.0 | |||
| 2476 | |||
| 31/08/2011 | |||
| 3714 | |||
| 3.3 | |||
|- | |||
| Maharashtra & Goa | |||
| 112706 | |||
| 28547 | |||
| 25.3 | |||
| 5.1 | |||
| 222.8 | |||
| 1,976,470 | |||
| 114 | |||
| 1,010 | |||
| 6676 | |||
| 5.9 | |||
| 6722 | |||
| 6.0 | |||
| 6548 | |||
| 5.8 | |||
| 8119 | |||
| 7.2 | |||
| 482 | |||
| 05/03/2011 | |||
| 2711 | |||
| 2.4 | |||
|- | |||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||
| 80225 | |||
| 12922 | |||
| 16.1 | |||
| 3.2 | |||
| 124.8 | |||
| 1,555,126 | |||
| 85 | |||
| 1,055 | |||
| 2793 | |||
| 3.5 | |||
| 2654 | |||
| 3.3 | |||
| 2920 | |||
| 3.6 | |||
| 3776 | |||
| 4.7 | |||
| 779 | |||
| 31/07/2011 | |||
| 1335 | |||
| 1.7 | |||
|- | |||
| Karnataka | |||
| 74032 | |||
| 15615 | |||
| 21.1 | |||
| 4.2 | |||
| 84.6 | |||
| 1,143,289 | |||
| 61 | |||
| 826 | |||
| 4384 | |||
| 5.9 | |||
| 3811 | |||
| 5.1 | |||
| 3374 | |||
| 4.6 | |||
| 3862 | |||
| 5.2 | |||
| 184 | |||
| 05/03/2011 | |||
| 1035 | |||
| 1.4 | |||
|- | |||
| Tamil Nadu | |||
| 67000 | |||
| 15924 | |||
| 23.8 | |||
| 4.8 | |||
| 115.5 | |||
| 1,723,284 | |||
| 72 | |||
| 1,077 | |||
| 3270 | |||
| 4.9 | |||
| 3143 | |||
| 4.7 | |||
| 3129 | |||
| 4.7 | |||
| 3182 | |||
| 4.7 | |||
| 3200 | |||
| 31/08/2011 | |||
| 4800 | |||
| 7.2 | |||
|- | |||
| Punjab & Haryana | |||
| 64826 | |||
| 16831 | |||
| 26.0 | |||
| 5.2 | |||
| 103.4 | |||
| 1,595,039 | |||
| 25 | |||
| 391 | |||
| 3490 | |||
| 5.4 | |||
| 3428 | |||
| 5.3 | |||
| 3924 | |||
| 6.1 | |||
| 4902 | |||
| 7.6 | |||
| 1087 | |||
| 31/07/2011 | |||
| 1863 | |||
| 2.9 | |||
|- | |||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||
| 64562 | |||
| 15704 | |||
| 24.3 | |||
| 4.9 | |||
| 52.7 | |||
| 816,579 | |||
| 33 | |||
| 517 | |||
| 3080 | |||
| 4.8 | |||
| 3165 | |||
| 4.9 | |||
| 3240 | |||
| 5.0 | |||
| 4681 | |||
| 7.3 | |||
| 1538 | |||
| 21/08/2011 | |||
| 2407 | |||
| 3.7 | |||
|- | |||
| Gujarat | |||
| 64261 | |||
| 7071 | |||
| 11.0 | |||
| 2.2 | |||
| 105.4 | |||
| 1,640,186 | |||
| 60 | |||
| 940 | |||
| 1500 | |||
| 2.3 | |||
| 1511 | |||
| 2.4 | |||
| 1598 | |||
| 2.5 | |||
| 2316 | |||
| 3.6 | |||
| 146 | |||
| 05/03/2011 | |||
| 821 | |||
| 1.3 | |||
|- | |||
| Rajasthan | |||
| 63370 | |||
| 15454 | |||
| 24.4 | |||
| 4.9 | |||
| 67.2 | |||
| 1,060,439 | |||
| 69 | |||
| 1,083 | |||
| 4465 | |||
| 7.0 | |||
| 3141 | |||
| 5.0 | |||
| 2509 | |||
| 4.0 | |||
| 5151 | |||
| 8.1 | |||
| 188 | |||
| 05/03/2011 | |||
| 1058 | |||
| 1.7 | |||
|- | |||
| West Bengal | |||
| 59535 | |||
| N/a | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
| 100.0 | |||
| 1,679,180 | |||
| 91 | |||
| 1,534 | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
| 28/10/2010 | |||
|   | |||
|   | |||
|- | |||
| Delhi | |||
| 54258 | |||
| 15709 | |||
| 29.0 | |||
| 5.8 | |||
| 57.0 | |||
| 1,050,536 | |||
| 17 | |||
| 309 | |||
| 2435 | |||
| 4.5 | |||
| 2923 | |||
| 5.4 | |||
| 3898 | |||
| 7.2 | |||
| 4907 | |||
| 9.0 | |||
| 1547 | |||
| 19/08/2011 | |||
| 2443 | |||
| 4.5 | |||
|- | |||
| Orissa | |||
| 44625 | |||
| 5831 | |||
| 13.1 | |||
| 2.6 | |||
| 41.1 | |||
| 921,681 | |||
| 42 | |||
| 940 | |||
| 1523 | |||
| 3.4 | |||
| 864 | |||
| 1.9 | |||
| 1107 | |||
| 2.5 | |||
| 1597 | |||
| 3.6 | |||
| 740 | |||
| 31/08/2011 | |||
| 1110 | |||
| 2.5 | |||
|- | |||
| Kerala | |||
| 43339 | |||
| 5656 | |||
| 13.1 | |||
| 2.6 | |||
| 59.4 | |||
| 1,370,359 | |||
| 33 | |||
| 770 | |||
| 1069 | |||
| 2.5 | |||
| 997 | |||
| 2.3 | |||
| 1340 | |||
| 3.1 | |||
| 1284 | |||
| 3.0 | |||
| 966 | |||
| 31/07/2011 | |||
| 1656 | |||
| 3.8 | |||
|- | |||
| Assam, Nagaland, etc | |||
| 23077 | |||
| 7074 | |||
| 30.7 | |||
| 6.1 | |||
| 23.2 | |||
| 1,004,030 | |||
| 33 | |||
| 1,436 | |||
| 1828 | |||
| 7.9 | |||
| 1221 | |||
| 5.3 | |||
| 1277 | |||
| 5.5 | |||
| 2208 | |||
| 9.6 | |||
| 540 | |||
| 05/03/2011 | |||
| 3038 | |||
| 13.2 | |||
|- | |||
| Chhatisgarh | |||
| 22940 | |||
| 4409 | |||
| 19.2 | |||
| 3.8 | |||
| 24.6 | |||
| 1,072,363 | |||
| 26 | |||
| 1,113 | |||
| 1037 | |||
| 4.5 | |||
| 1011 | |||
| 4.4 | |||
| 848 | |||
| 3.7 | |||
| 1406 | |||
| 6.1 | |||
| 107 | |||
| 05/03/2011 | |||
| 602 | |||
| 2.6 | |||
|- | |||
| Jharkhand | |||
| 9789 | |||
| 4378 | |||
| 44.7 | |||
| 8.9 | |||
| 21.7 | |||
| 2,216,774 | |||
| 33 | |||
| 3,368 | |||
| 932 | |||
| 9.5 | |||
| 765 | |||
| 7.8 | |||
| 846 | |||
| 8.6 | |||
| 1095 | |||
| 11.2 | |||
| 740 | |||
| 31/07/2011 | |||
| 1269 | |||
| 13.0 | |||
|- | |||
| Uttarakhand | |||
| 9277 | |||
| 2821 | |||
| 30.4 | |||
| 6.1 | |||
| 15.8 | |||
| 1,703,137 | |||
| 10 | |||
| 1,091 | |||
| 547 | |||
| 5.9 | |||
| 456 | |||
| 4.9 | |||
| 563 | |||
| 6.1 | |||
| 1015 | |||
| 10.9 | |||
| 240 | |||
| 31/08/2011 | |||
| 360 | |||
| 3.9 | |||
|- | |||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||
| 7921 | |||
| 1770 | |||
| 22.3 | |||
| 4.5 | |||
| 11.4 | |||
| 1,439,212 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 866 | |||
| 339 | |||
| 4.3 | |||
| 391 | |||
| 4.9 | |||
| 477 | |||
| 6.0 | |||
| 516 | |||
| 6.5 | |||
| 47 | |||
| 31/07/2011 | |||
| 81 | |||
| 1.0 | |||
|- | |||
| Jammu & Kashsmir | |||
| 5951 | |||
| 2080 | |||
| 35.0 | |||
| 7.0 | |||
| 12.1 | |||
| 2,028,231 | |||
| 13 | |||
| 2,109 | |||
| 354 | |||
| 5.9 | |||
| 317 | |||
| 5.3 | |||
| 432 | |||
| 7.3 | |||
| 436 | |||
| 7.3 | |||
| 541 | |||
| 14/11/2011 | |||
| 622 | |||
| 10.5 | |||
|- | |||
| TOTAL | |||
| 1273289 | |||
| 242525 | |||
| 19.0 | |||
| 3.8 | |||
| 1413.2 | |||
| 1,109,850 | |||
| 1,128 | |||
| 886 | |||
| 52186 | |||
| 4.1 | |||
| 48579 | |||
| 3.8 | |||
| 52646 | |||
| 4.1 | |||
| 75405 | |||
| 5.9 | |||
| 21748 | |||
|   | |||
| 37261 | |||
| 2.9 | |||
|} | |||
==References== | |||
<references/> | |||
Latest revision as of 17:56, 3 September 2013
A sortable table <ref>Legally India: RTI reveals: 1.3m advocates; 1 in 300 Delhi-ites a lawyer; Maharashtra lawyers ‘richest’; Jharkand, Assam, J&K fastest; February 2013</ref> with all data from a right to information (RTI) response by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to Delhi-based advocate Kush Kalra. The response reveals that there were nearly 1.3 million lawyers in India in 2011, with the profession growing by an average of around 4 per cent per year.
| State | Total Advocates | Advocates enrolled in last 5 years | 5 year growth % | Growth rate % (5 year-on-year average) | State GDP ($bn) | GDP / lawyer ($) | State population (m) | Non-lawyers per lawyer | Lawyers enrolled in 2007 | (% total) | 2008 | (%) | 2009 | (%) | 2010 | (%) | 2011 | Data as at | 2011 Normalised to full year | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 288297 | 51335 | 17.8 | 3.6 | 122.9 | 426,366 | 200 | 692 | 9236 | 3.2 | 8310 | 2.9 | 10100 | 3.5 | 19500 | 6.8 | 4189 | 29/08/2011 | 6336 | 2.2 |
| Bihar | 113298 | 13394 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 47.7 | 420,749 | 104 | 916 | 3228 | 2.8 | 1741 | 1.5 | 2507 | 2.2 | 3442 | 3.0 | 2476 | 31/08/2011 | 3714 | 3.3 |
| Maharashtra & Goa | 112706 | 28547 | 25.3 | 5.1 | 222.8 | 1,976,470 | 114 | 1,010 | 6676 | 5.9 | 6722 | 6.0 | 6548 | 5.8 | 8119 | 7.2 | 482 | 05/03/2011 | 2711 | 2.4 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 80225 | 12922 | 16.1 | 3.2 | 124.8 | 1,555,126 | 85 | 1,055 | 2793 | 3.5 | 2654 | 3.3 | 2920 | 3.6 | 3776 | 4.7 | 779 | 31/07/2011 | 1335 | 1.7 |
| Karnataka | 74032 | 15615 | 21.1 | 4.2 | 84.6 | 1,143,289 | 61 | 826 | 4384 | 5.9 | 3811 | 5.1 | 3374 | 4.6 | 3862 | 5.2 | 184 | 05/03/2011 | 1035 | 1.4 |
| Tamil Nadu | 67000 | 15924 | 23.8 | 4.8 | 115.5 | 1,723,284 | 72 | 1,077 | 3270 | 4.9 | 3143 | 4.7 | 3129 | 4.7 | 3182 | 4.7 | 3200 | 31/08/2011 | 4800 | 7.2 |
| Punjab & Haryana | 64826 | 16831 | 26.0 | 5.2 | 103.4 | 1,595,039 | 25 | 391 | 3490 | 5.4 | 3428 | 5.3 | 3924 | 6.1 | 4902 | 7.6 | 1087 | 31/07/2011 | 1863 | 2.9 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 64562 | 15704 | 24.3 | 4.9 | 52.7 | 816,579 | 33 | 517 | 3080 | 4.8 | 3165 | 4.9 | 3240 | 5.0 | 4681 | 7.3 | 1538 | 21/08/2011 | 2407 | 3.7 |
| Gujarat | 64261 | 7071 | 11.0 | 2.2 | 105.4 | 1,640,186 | 60 | 940 | 1500 | 2.3 | 1511 | 2.4 | 1598 | 2.5 | 2316 | 3.6 | 146 | 05/03/2011 | 821 | 1.3 |
| Rajasthan | 63370 | 15454 | 24.4 | 4.9 | 67.2 | 1,060,439 | 69 | 1,083 | 4465 | 7.0 | 3141 | 5.0 | 2509 | 4.0 | 5151 | 8.1 | 188 | 05/03/2011 | 1058 | 1.7 |
| West Bengal | 59535 | N/a | 100.0 | 1,679,180 | 91 | 1,534 | 28/10/2010 | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 54258 | 15709 | 29.0 | 5.8 | 57.0 | 1,050,536 | 17 | 309 | 2435 | 4.5 | 2923 | 5.4 | 3898 | 7.2 | 4907 | 9.0 | 1547 | 19/08/2011 | 2443 | 4.5 |
| Orissa | 44625 | 5831 | 13.1 | 2.6 | 41.1 | 921,681 | 42 | 940 | 1523 | 3.4 | 864 | 1.9 | 1107 | 2.5 | 1597 | 3.6 | 740 | 31/08/2011 | 1110 | 2.5 |
| Kerala | 43339 | 5656 | 13.1 | 2.6 | 59.4 | 1,370,359 | 33 | 770 | 1069 | 2.5 | 997 | 2.3 | 1340 | 3.1 | 1284 | 3.0 | 966 | 31/07/2011 | 1656 | 3.8 |
| Assam, Nagaland, etc | 23077 | 7074 | 30.7 | 6.1 | 23.2 | 1,004,030 | 33 | 1,436 | 1828 | 7.9 | 1221 | 5.3 | 1277 | 5.5 | 2208 | 9.6 | 540 | 05/03/2011 | 3038 | 13.2 |
| Chhatisgarh | 22940 | 4409 | 19.2 | 3.8 | 24.6 | 1,072,363 | 26 | 1,113 | 1037 | 4.5 | 1011 | 4.4 | 848 | 3.7 | 1406 | 6.1 | 107 | 05/03/2011 | 602 | 2.6 |
| Jharkhand | 9789 | 4378 | 44.7 | 8.9 | 21.7 | 2,216,774 | 33 | 3,368 | 932 | 9.5 | 765 | 7.8 | 846 | 8.6 | 1095 | 11.2 | 740 | 31/07/2011 | 1269 | 13.0 |
| Uttarakhand | 9277 | 2821 | 30.4 | 6.1 | 15.8 | 1,703,137 | 10 | 1,091 | 547 | 5.9 | 456 | 4.9 | 563 | 6.1 | 1015 | 10.9 | 240 | 31/08/2011 | 360 | 3.9 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7921 | 1770 | 22.3 | 4.5 | 11.4 | 1,439,212 | 7 | 866 | 339 | 4.3 | 391 | 4.9 | 477 | 6.0 | 516 | 6.5 | 47 | 31/07/2011 | 81 | 1.0 |
| Jammu & Kashsmir | 5951 | 2080 | 35.0 | 7.0 | 12.1 | 2,028,231 | 13 | 2,109 | 354 | 5.9 | 317 | 5.3 | 432 | 7.3 | 436 | 7.3 | 541 | 14/11/2011 | 622 | 10.5 |
| TOTAL | 1273289 | 242525 | 19.0 | 3.8 | 1413.2 | 1,109,850 | 1,128 | 886 | 52186 | 4.1 | 48579 | 3.8 | 52646 | 4.1 | 75405 | 5.9 | 21748 | 37261 | 2.9 |
References
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