STATE OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

Disasters and conflicts

Disasters continue to be the leading cause of internal displacement in 2025. Of the total 800,070 internal displacements recorded that year, disasters accounted for 84%, while conflicts 16%.

Highlights
Internal displacement
28states and Union Territories recorded internal displacement in 2025

Four states accounted for more than half of the country's total internal displacement.

Disasters & conflicts
84%

of total internal displacements were accounted for by disasters.

Weather disasters
70%

of disaster-related internal displacement was caused by floods.

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INDIAInternal displacements in 2025
Total internal displacements
800,070
Disaster-related
672,070
Conflict-related
128,000
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Andhra Pradesh

Internal displacement in 2025, by event
Total116,000
Erosion Flood Landslide / wet mass movement Storm / cyclone

Widespread displacement

State fill indicates the total-displacement range. Coloured numbers show event-wise displacements. Click a state or its label to update the panel above.

INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN 2025 Erosion Flood Landslide / wet mass movement Storm / cyclone Jammu & Kashmir 7,121 | 4 Himachal Pradesh 5,286 | 13 Punjab 17,550 | 13 | 13 Haryana 1,520 Rajasthan 387 Gujarat 9,841 Madhya Pradesh 10,736 Daman 9 Maharashtra 49,556 Goa 4 Karnataka 16,506 | 22 Kerala 3,843 | 30 Uttarakhand 2,889 | 53 Uttar Pradesh 110,490 Bihar 72,200 Sikkim 2,598 | 180 Assam 56,364 ArunachalPradesh 2,698 | 49 Nagaland 1,586 | 4 Manipur 12,241 Meghalaya 809 | 713 Mizoram 1,803 Tripura 13,628 | 1,057 West Bengal 80,000 Chhattisgarh 2,878 Odisha 68,507 Andhra Pradesh 116,000 Andamanand Nicobar 8
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Selected state / UTAndhra Pradesh

Total displacement range by state

Bars use the combined event-wise figures shown for each mapped state or Union Territory.

Internal displacement by disasters and conflicts

Disaster: 672,070 Conflict: 128,000 Flood: 472,000 Storm: 120,000 Erosion: 80,000 Landslide/Wet mass movement: 70