Dataset properties:

• Measurement: Count per thousand persons (# per Ths. pop)
• Adjustment: Not applicable
• Native frequency: Annual 
• Start date: As early as 1997
• Geo coverage: State/UT (36 active, four predecessor)

The series reside in the historical catalog:

• India » Demographics » Vital rates

and include, for example:

• VS%INATTUA.IIND_KA = Vital statistics: Natural increase - Both sexes, (# per Ths. pop.) - for Karnataka

We also carry birth and death rates, but for the country only:

• VS%NATUA.IIND  = Rate of natural increase
• VS%BTHTUA.IIND = Birth rate
• VS%DTHTUA.IIND = Death rate

See also

• New Data: India subnational - Population (A) distribution by age (Apr 2020)