By Editor See, in India, gold is among the most valuable metals, and it has a lot to do with our culture here, right? But the surprising part is that when it comes to the production of this precious metal, we aren’t ranked as the top producers, but we surely are counted as among the top 5 gold importers in the entire world. Still, the gold that is produced in India is mostly used or distributed right here in the country. On that very same note, let’s talk about this list of the Top 5 Most Gold Producing States in India 2026, shall we?
1. Karnataka
Well, if we’re truly talking about the gold production in India, there is no way anyone can just skip past Karnataka’s name, and you’ll come to know why that is the case exactly. See, the situation in 2026 is the same, and we must say that Karnataka is still the absolute leader, contributing almost 99% of the total primary gold production in the country. Yes, we’re saying 99% here. And as it is already and famously known in the country that the main factor leading to this overwhelming dominance is the famous Hutti Gold Mines in Raichur, which is extracting gold from around 5.5 lakh tonnes of ore annually. Bear in mind that is ANNUALLY. Yes, we get it, and of course, the world-famous Kolar Gold Fields is a thing of the past, but the consistent production of Hutti keeps Karnataka as the core of the gold supply to India. That is precisely the reason why it is quite obvious that Karnataka should be at the very top of this list, and that’s why we have kept it that way.
2. Andhra Pradesh
2nd? Well, it has to be Andhra Pradesh because it quite literally has a dense mineral belt, and you might already know it. But quite a few people are unaware that the state is the major contributor of gold in India after Maharashtra. Approximately 70% of its gold is sourced from Ramagiri Gold Fields, Anantapur, which is an area characterized by old, but stable, gold-ore-bearing rocks. And just in case you’re wondering why we have kept it so high, like higher than Jharkhand, then just know that Andhra Pradesh is still able to keep its top position mainly due to the focus that is being put on the small gold-bearing zones that are scattered along the riverbeds and rocky belts.
3. Jharkhand
And now, well, what’s fascinating is that most of the gold of Jharkhand is not that which is taken from the deep underground mines, but it is alluvial gold, which means that gold particles have been naturally collected along the riverbeds over the period of thousands of years. That is pretty much the reason why, no matter when we make this list, until there is a huge gold reserve found, Jharkhand will be talked about in this list for god knows how long. Rivers like the Subarnarekha and the Sona Nadi in the Singhbhum belt are basically the areas where you can find most of the gold. To be fair, these big mining operations are still largely a concept for the most part; only the state is heavily committed to exploration so far.
4. Rajasthan
At first, Rajasthan wasn’t included in the list of India’s gold conversations. Why, though? Well, that was actually before the discovery of the Bhukia-Jagpura belt, which quite literally disclosed more than 125 million tonnes of the gold reserves that are proven. Not a single doubt, right now, it’s actually a huge number of reserves, ranking among the top in the country. Dangerous and destructive mining has become commonplace in Rajasthan’s ultra-rich metal ores over the last couple of years this region. Moreover, it was revealed in 2026 that Rajasthan had become the fastest-rising of the top five gold-producing states to make the most of them. Consequently, the pace of development only accounts for a 4th rank in our inventory of gold mine regions.
5. Bihar
Next is maybe the largest surprise, you know, it is Bihar we’re talking about. Just lately, this state figured out how to produce gold, and hence it was included in the map of gold‑producing states, but the finding of the large reserves in the Jamui district changed the whole situation. And now? Oh, see, with more than 220 million tonnes of gold‑bearing ore, Jamui is the place with the most extensive gold reserves in India, and that’s a big discussion in the state as well as on the national level. The Bihar mining project, after a long time of just planning on paper, has finally gone down to the ground level to show some real operations. And that is the primary reason why Bihar is ranked fifth in this list, with professionals monitoring intensely how fast its output figures will increase next year.
Conclusion
These are by far the states where gold production was pretty high as per the recent production data, so yes, in a way, these states have contributed greatly to the overall production that India does every single year.