According to the last Indian Census in 2011, 4.8 million trans* people live in India.

According to a study of 2018 by the National Human Organisation reported by the India Times, the labour market is difficult for trans* people. Only 4% of the interviewees were in non-precarious employment at the time of the survey.

Trans* people also face disadvantage in healthcare. In the past, cases have come to light in which hospitals have sometimes refused treatment  to trans* people. More than half of the interviewees stated that they lacked the financial means for surgical operations and thus the legal recognition of the gender, which requires surgery, is reserved for only a few.