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Best Tablets Under ₹40,000 in India

12 compared·₹25,999 to ₹37,999·Checked

What decides it at this price

Forty thousand rupees buys a tablet that can genuinely replace a laptop for many tasks, with a fast processor, a high-refresh display and support for a keyboard cover and an active stylus. The question at this price is whether the software makes good use of the hardware.

iPadOS has the strongest set of tablet-specific apps for drawing, note-taking and editing. Android tablets from Samsung and others offer desktop-style modes with multiple windows and are more flexible with files. Check that the apps you rely on work well on the platform before choosing on hardware.

Accessories add significantly to the cost. A keyboard cover and stylus can add a third to the price of the tablet, so compare the total. Some tablets include the stylus in the box at this price, which is a real saving.

We list 12 tablets under ₹40,000, from ₹25,999 — 40% of the 30 tablets we track. Lenovo accounts for the most of them with 4, across 8 brands in all. Every price was read from the shop's own page and carries the date it was checked, and the order on this page is cheapest first.

All 12 tablets, compared

Side by side

The specifications this group actually documents. A column appears when most of these products record it, so an empty cell means that one does not — not that the figure is unknown.

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Straight answers

Questions people ask

5 answered here. Tap one to open it — every answer is written out in full, not summarised.

01

How many tablets are there under ₹40,000?

12 on this page, each one priced from the shop’s own listing rather than from a brochure. The cheapest sits at ₹25,999 and the dearest at ₹37,999, and the list is rebuilt from the current prices every time the page is served. This page starts at ₹25,000, because that is the money people with this budget are choosing between; cheaper tablets are on the lower budget pages.

02

Which brands sell tablets under ₹40,000?

Lenovo, OnePlus, ASUS and Brave between them account for most of what qualifies here. The page lists whatever the catalogue holds at this price, so a brand appears when it has something in the band and disappears when it does not.

03

Is the price on this page the price I will pay?

It is the lowest price we read on a shop’s own page, with any card offer worked out separately and its terms shown beside it. What you pay is whatever the retailer shows at checkout, so confirm there — a price can move between our reading it and your opening the page.

04

Which of these tablets under ₹40,000 is the cheapest?

The Redmi Pad 2 Pro Tablet (128 GB, 8 GB RAM, Wi-Fi, 12.1-inch), at ₹25,999 at Reliance Digital. That is the lowest price a shop we check is asking today for any of the 12 on this page.

05

Which of these tablets under ₹40,000 scores highest?

The OnePlus Pad Tablet (256 GB, 12 GB RAM, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 12.1-inch), at 78/100 for ₹36,999. The score is worked out from its specification sheet and price against similar products.