NFHS 2005 2006
NFHS 2005 2006
NFHS 2005 2006
Percent of ever-
married women age
15–49 who are: Percent of households
Percent of
Percent of Not women Percent of
Percent of females regularly With drinking involved in women age
Population, females age 6–14 exposed water piped With no Using decisions 20–24
1 July, 2000 illiterate attending to any With or from hand toilet/latrine adequately about own married by
State (in millions)1 (age 6+) school Urban media electricity pump facility iodized salt2 health care exact age 18
India# 1002.1 48.6 73.7 26.2 40.3 60.1 77.9 64.0 49.3 51.6 50.0
North
Delhi 14.1 21.7 90.8 92.1 7.3 97.7 98.7 5.6 89.2 68.7 19.8
Haryana 19.9 42.7 85.5 28.8 33.1 89.1 88.0 60.9 71.0 67.2 41.5
Himachal Pradesh 6.7 31.3 97.3 9.1 16.3 97.2 77.4 73.0 90.5 80.8 10.7
Jammu & Kashmir 10.0 55.3 77.5 21.5 25.6 90.1 70.6 49.0 52.9 55.5 22.1
Punjab 23.6 35.1 90.0 30.8 18.0 95.5 98.9 48.6 75.3 78.5 11.6
Rajasthan 53.9 62.9 63.2 24.2 63.1 64.4 69.8 71.8 46.3 40.6 68.3
Central
Madhya Pradesh 80.2 55.5 70.8 25.3 45.2 68.1 63.5 77.8 56.7 36.6 64.7
Uttar Pradesh 171.5 57.3 69.4 20.0 54.7 36.6 85.6 73.3 48.8 44.8 62.4
East
Bihar 100.6 65.2 54.1 10.2 72.7 18.2 75.4 83.2 46.9 47.6 71.0
Orissa 36.0 48.7 75.1 11.0 55.7 33.8 65.3 86.5 35.0 38.6 37.6
West Bengal 79.3 42.6 76.7 23.8 38.6 36.7 89.3 54.9 61.7 45.1 45.9
Northeast
Arunachal Pradesh 1.2 43.0 77.3 15.9 36.7 68.9 80.7 26.1 84.1 70.0 27.6
Assam 26.3 40.9 75.0 8.5 47.4 26.4 60.1 36.8 79.6 65.1 40.7
Manipur 2.5 41.3 87.8 33.7 16.2 75.3 48.9 8.0 87.9 43.3 9.9
Meghalaya 2.5 33.2 85.2 20.0 37.3 41.2 42.1 48.0 63.0 78.9 25.5
Mizoram 1.0 10.6 90.8 52.9 16.9 84.1 63.2 2.3 91.3 73.2 11.6
Nagaland 1.7 31.7 83.5 20.3 35.7 56.3 40.5 25.6 67.2 69.4 22.9
Sikkim 0.6 35.6 88.5 14.2 21.5 80.7 84.6 27.3 79.1 60.2 22.3
West
Goa 1.6 25.2 93.2 41.6 11.6 93.5 61.8 41.1 41.9 61.6 10.1
Gujarat 48.5 46.4 72.8 42.5 33.8 84.3 84.5 54.9 56.1 71.4 40.7
Maharashtra 91.4 38.6 86.9 41.3 29.6 82.1 81.9 54.0 60.1 49.9 47.7
South
Andhra Pradesh 75.9 54.0 70.5 24.9 23.7 74.4 78.5 72.7 27.4 56.1 64.3
Karnataka 52.3 44.5 77.6 34.8 21.4 80.9 87.0 61.4 43.4 49.3 46.3
Kerala 32.4 14.9 97.4 23.1 11.5 71.8 19.9 14.8 39.3 72.6 17.0
Tamil Nadu 61.9 41.7 88.5 34.6 20.3 78.8 85.0 65.9 21.2 61.1 24.9
1
Registrar General of India
2
Cooking salt that has an iodine content of at least 15 parts per million (ppm)
#
Excludes Tripura
NFHS-2 FACT SHEET - STATES (Contd.)
Percent of users of modern
Percent of currently contraceptive methods who Percent of currently
married women5 Unmet need for family were told about side effects or married women who
using planning5 other problems with method7 received follow-up8 for:
Wanted
Total total Any Other
fertility fertility contraceptive Sterili- For For Other modern modern
State rate3 rate4 method zation6 spacing limiting Total Sterilization method Sterilization method
India 2.85 2.13 48.2 36.0 8.3 7.5 15.8 21.9 20.6 74.6 39.9
North
Delhi 2.40 1.72 63.8 28.6 5.9 7.5 13.4 27.8 26.7 67.9 54.8
Haryana 2.88 2.10 62.4 40.8 2.9 4.7 7.6 61.9 40.0 99.8 33.7
Himachal Pradesh 2.14 1.50 67.7 52.4 3.6 4.9 8.6 35.8 23.0 97.8 25.2
Jammu & Kashmir 2.71 1.74 49.1 30.7 7.4 12.6 20.0 7.8 12.7 88.4 54.5
Punjab 2.21 1.55 66.7 30.8 2.8 4.5 7.3 55.6 30.9 99.4 29.6
Rajasthan 3.78 2.57 40.3 32.3 8.7 8.9 17.6 13.1 14.2 73.6 49.2
Central
Madhya Pradesh 3.31 2.40 44.3 38.0 8.9 7.3 16.2 11.3 18.8 82.0 44.7
Uttar Pradesh 3.99 2.83 28.1 15.6 11.8 13.4 25.1 15.5 11.3 54.3 41.4
East
Bihar 3.49 2.58 24.5 20.2 12.6 11.9 24.5 15.8 16.0 78.3 65.5
Orissa 2.46 1.90 46.8 35.6 8.7 6.8 15.5 35.7 28.9 62.9 34.3
West Bengal 2.29 1.78 66.6 33.8 6.3 5.5 11.8 10.1 9.9 38.8 12.6
Northeast
Arunachal Pradesh 2.52 1.74 35.4 20.7 17.2 9.3 26.5 31.0 34.2 79.9 84.2
Assam 2.31 1.75 43.3 16.6 7.0 10.0 17.0 10.6 17.1 91.1 74.3
Manipur 3.04 2.50 38.7 15.5 13.6 10.0 23.6 41.0 47.4 63.8 36.5
Meghalaya 4.57 3.83 20.2 6.5 23.4 12.1 35.5 16.4 25.3 94.3 86.1
Mizoram 2.89 2.66 57.7 45.4 11.7 3.7 15.5 47.6 49.8 73.8 61.1
Nagaland 3.77 2.98 30.3 12.2 18.3 11.9 30.2 18.5 15.9 58.0 45.6
Sikkim 2.75 1.65 53.8 24.8 9.9 13.2 23.1 23.8 29.5 95.2 55.4
West
Goa 1.77 1.47 47.5 28.2 7.3 9.8 17.1 16.3 16.5 83.0 26.5
Gujarat 2.72 2.08 59.0 45.2 4.8 3.7 8.5 9.5 9.9 78.5 27.7
Maharashtra 2.52 1.87 60.9 52.2 8.1 4.9 13.0 20.6 27.8 74.6 50.7
South
Andhra Pradesh 2.25 1.88 59.6 57.0 5.2 2.5 7.7 13.2 16.7 80.7 55.9
Karnataka 2.13 1.56 58.3 52.1 8.3 3.2 11.5 35.9 47.3 83.8 62.3
Kerala 1.96 1.81 63.7 51.0 6.9 4.9 11.7 9.2 14.9 91.1 26.2
Tamil Nadu 2.19 1.71 52.1 46.0 6.6 6.4 13.0 54.8 43.7 73.3 50.4
3
Based on births to women age 15–49 during the three years preceding the survey
4
Calculated in the same way as the TFR, except that unwanted births are excluded from the numerators of the age-specific fertility rates on which the TFR is based.
5
Among currently married women age 15–49
6
Female or male sterilization
7
By a health or family planning worker at the time of accepting the method
8
After accepting the current method
NFHS-2 FACT SHEET - STATES (Contd.)
For births in the three years preceding the survey10, percent of: Percent of children
India 67.6 94.9 65.4 66.8 57.6 33.6 42.3 42.0 29.7 55.2
North
Delhi 46.8 55.4 83.5 84.9 77.8 59.1 65.9 69.8 32.7 13.2
Haryana 56.8 76.8 58.1 79.7 67.0 22.4 42.0 62.7 45.2 47.2
Himachal Pradesh 34.4 42.4 86.8 66.2 85.6 28.9 40.2 83.4 71.1 17.5
Jammu & Kashmir 65.0 80.1 83.2 77.7 70.8 35.6 42.4 56.7 36.0 41.5
Punjab 57.1 72.1 74.0 89.9 79.6 37.5 62.6 72.1 56.5 36.3
Rajasthan 80.4 114.9 47.5 52.1 39.3 21.5 35.8 17.3 17.6 53.7
Central
Madhya Pradesh 86.1 137.6 61.0 55.0 48.9 20.1 29.7 22.4 24.4 64.2
Uttar Pradesh 86.7 122.5 34.6 51.4 32.4 15.5 22.4 21.2 13.9 56.9
East
Bihar 72.9 105.1 36.3 57.8 24.1 14.6 23.4 11.0 10.2 55.2
Orissa 81.0 104.4 79.5 74.3 67.6 22.6 33.4 43.7 42.0 58.0
West Bengal 48.7 67.6 90.0 82.4 71.6 40.1 44.2 43.8 43.4 48.8
Northeast
Arunachal Pradesh 63.1 98.1 61.6 45.6 56.3 31.2 31.9 20.5 20.9 (33.9)
Assam 69.5 89.5 60.1 51.7 55.0 17.6 21.4 17.0 15.4 42.5
Manipur 37.0 56.1 80.2 64.2 50.0 34.5 53.9 42.3 38.4 69.7
Meghalaya 89.0 122.0 53.6 30.8 49.5 17.3 20.6 14.3 24.7 16.1
Mizoram 37.0 54.7 91.8 37.8 72.7 57.7 67.5 59.6 70.6 40.7
Nagaland 42.1 63.8 60.4 50.9 42.5 12.1 32.8 14.1 6.8 43.9
Sikkim 43.9 71.0 69.9 52.7 62.4 31.5 35.1 47.4 45.8 16.3
West
Goa 36.7 46.8 99.0 86.1 94.7 90.8 90.8 82.6 78.0 *
Gujarat 62.6 85.1 86.4 72.7 78.0 46.3 53.5 53.0 51.9 65.2
Maharashtra 43.7 58.1 90.4 74.9 84.8 52.6 59.4 78.4 64.7 38.5
South
Andhra Pradesh 65.8 85.5 92.7 81.5 81.2 49.8 65.2 58.7 24.8 74.6
Karnataka 51.5 69.8 86.3 74.9 78.0 51.1 59.1 60.0 48.4 66.5
Kerala 16.3 18.8 98.8 86.4 95.2 93.0 94.0 79.7 43.6 68.5
Tamil Nadu 48.2 63.3 98.5 95.4 93.2 79.3 83.8 88.8 16.2 48.3
India 33.5 26.8 74.3 47.0 45.5 15.5 35.8 51.8 39.2 40.3
North
Delhi 37.0 39.1 69.0 34.7 36.8 12.5 12.0 40.5 36.5 79.2
Haryana 41.8 25.7 83.9 34.6 50.0 5.3 25.9 47.0 38.2 44.3
Himachal Pradesh 61.3 45.6 69.9 43.6 41.3 16.9 29.7 40.5 33.7 60.9
Jammu & Kashmir 38.9 47.5 71.1 34.5 38.8 11.8 26.4 58.7 60.5 31.9
Punjab 38.7 42.3 80.0 28.7 39.2 7.1 16.9 41.4 28.3 54.6
Rajasthan 17.5 20.3 82.3 50.6 52.0 11.7 36.1 48.5 43.2 20.8
Central
Madhya Pradesh 27.3 29.8 75.0 55.1 51.0 19.8 38.2 54.3 44.9 22.7
Uttar Pradesh 17.3 15.8 73.9 51.7 55.5 11.1 35.8 48.7 38.1 20.2
East
Bihar 15.0 15.4 81.3 54.4 53.7 21.0 39.3 63.4 44.2 11.7
Orissa 30.1 35.1 72.3 54.4 44.0 24.3 48.0 63.0 27.5 39.0
West Bengal 46.3 40.5 78.3 48.7 41.5 13.6 43.7 62.7 45.3 26.4
Northeast
Arunachal Pradesh (60.2) 40.2 54.5 24.3 26.5 7.9 10.7 62.5 42.1 60.4
Assam 58.5 37.1 63.2 36.0 50.2 13.3 27.1 69.7 50.6 33.7
Manipur 86.8 50.7 45.2 27.5 31.3 8.2 18.8 28.9 56.0 92.9
Meghalaya 77.1 22.4 67.6 37.9 44.9 13.3 25.8 63.3 66.9 44.2
Mizoram (74.2) 44.7 57.2 27.7 34.6 10.2 22.6 48.0 52.5 93.2
Nagaland 81.3 29.7 43.7 24.1 33.0 10.4 18.4 38.4 45.6 72.4
Sikkim 87.3 27.0 76.5 20.6 31.7 4.8 11.2 61.1 48.6 53.6
West
Goa (65.4) 55.6 53.4 28.6 18.1 13.1 27.1 36.4 40.2 76.3
Gujarat 46.5 28.9 74.5 45.1 43.6 16.2 37.0 46.3 28.6 29.8
Maharashtra 30.8 33.2 76.0 49.6 39.9 21.2 39.7 48.5 40.0 61.1
South
Andhra Pradesh 59.4 39.6 72.3 37.7 38.6 9.1 37.4 49.8 48.5 55.3
Karnataka 38.4 34.3 70.6 43.9 36.6 20.0 38.8 42.4 18.8 58.1
Kerala 72.9 47.9 43.9 26.9 21.9 11.1 18.7 22.7 42.4 86.9
Tamil Nadu 55.4 27.9 69.0 36.7 29.4 19.9 29.0 56.5 27.8 87.3