This map shows the average HDI for each state and union territory, for 2006, as co-published by Govt of India and UNDP India. The report was published in 2009.
Please note that there are many ways to calculate HDI. This map uses the HDI calculation protocol of UNDP in 2009, using the data available for all 35 states and UTs of India at that time.
Source: Table 4.4, page 11, Gendering Human Development Indices, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt of India (2009) with UNDP India; Report prepared by Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi

The disputed national borders SVG code used to create this map is a derivative work of File:India literacy rate map en.svg available on wikimedia commons.
File:2006 Human Development Index for India map by states, HDI data by GoI and UNDP India.svg
M Tracy Hunter