NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - India's annual retail inflation stood at 6.09% in October against 5.54% in September, government data showed on Thursday.
A Reuters poll had projected retail inflation at 5.93%.
India's central bank has a medium-term inflation target of 4%, with a tolerance band of 2% to 6% on either side.
(Reporting by Shubham Batra and Shivangi Acharya in New Delhi; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)