Depression is the most common mental disorder in India with 45.7 million people suffering from it. The highest prevalence of depressive disorders have been observed in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, and Telangana in the high cocio-demographic Index (SDI) state group; Andhra Pradesh in the middle SDI state group; and Odisha in the low SDI state group. A high prevalence of depressive disorders were seen in females (3.9 per cent) than males (2.7 per cent). Depression i