Suicide in India in 2011

More than 1.35 lakh people committed suicide in India in 2011 of which the highest number were reported in West Bengal followed by Tamil Nadu.

Reasons/Causes
Family Problems and illness, accounting for 24.3 % and 19.6 % respectively, were the major causes of suicides while poverty was to be blamed in 1.7 % of the cases.
Love affairs (3.4 %), drug abuse/addiction (2.7 %), dowry dispute (2.4 %) and bankruptcy (2.2 %) were among the other causes


Suicides in the States
West Bengal reported the highest number of suicides (16,492)  followed by Tamil Nadu (15,963), Maharashtra (15,947), Andhra Pradesh (15,077) and Karnataka (12,622).
They accounted for 12.2%, 11.8 %, 11.8 %, 11.1 % and 9.3 % respectively of the total suicides in the country. These 5 States together accounted for 56.2 per cent of the total suicides reported in India

Suicides in the U/T's
Delhi has reported the highest number of suicides (1,716) among UTs, followed by Puducherry (557). Seven UTs together accounted for 1.9 per cent of total suicides in the country.

Suicide in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh, country's most populous state (16.5% share of the population) has reported comparatively lower percentage of suicidal deaths, accounting for only 3.6 per cent of such deaths.