Child nutrition in India is a serious problem for the public administration. [1] [2] However India is on course to meet select child nutrition targets such as the target for stunting. [3] In 2019, according to UNICEF report, malnutrition is the cause of 69% of deaths among children below 5 years in India. [4] [5]
This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked by the percentage of underweight and overweight children, by the status of effective coverage of supplementary nutrition program for children, and by percentage of children living in households using iodized salt.
The figures come from the 2011 Evaluation Report on Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) published by Planning Commission, Government of India and National Family Health Survey 4 and 5. [6]
| Columns | Explanation |
|---|---|
| (1) & (2) | Children refers to the age group 0–59 months. [2] |
| (3) | Effective coverage of supplementary nutrition programme as % of children recorded in delivery register (2011). [6] |
| (4) | % Children age 6–59 months in households with iodized salt (2015–16). [7] |
| 1 | 2 | State/ UT | 3 | 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of underweight children [2] | % of overweight children [2] | Rank | Supplementary nutrition coverage as % of children [6] | % children living in households using iodized salt [7] | |||
| % change from (2015–16) to (2019–20) | NFHS-5 (2019–20) | % change from (2015–16) to (2019–20) | NFHS-5 (2019–20) | ||||
 (0.7) | 12.7 | (5.8) | 10 | Mizoram | 1 | 69.8 | 98.9 |
 (2.3) | 32.9 | (0.6) | 3.2 | Karnataka | 2 | 67.5 | 86.6 |
| (4.4) | 21 | (3.9) | 9.6 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 | 65.9 | 93.4 |
| (0.6) | 32.2 | (2.2) | 4.3 | West Bengal | 4 | 65.8 | 94.1 |
| (0.4) | 39.7 | (2.0) | 3.9 | Gujarat | 5 | 65.7 | 95.8 |
| – | – | – | – | Chhattisgarh | 6 | 65.1 | 99.3 |
| – | – | – | – | Tamil Nadu | 7 | 63.7 | 84 |
| – | – | – | – | Jharkhand | 8 | 63.6 | 97.6 |
| (3.6) | 19.7 | (0.6) | 4 | Kerala | 9 | 60.7 | 98.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Odisha | 10 | 58.8 | 92.7 |
| (0.2) | 24 | (0.9) | 2.8 | Goa | 11 | 58.7 | 97.9 |
| (0.1) | 36.1 | (2.2) | 4.1 | Maharashtra | 12 | 58.4 | 96.3 |
| (2.3) | 26.6 | (0.1) | 4 | Meghalaya | 13 | 57.5 | 99 |
| (1.5) | 25.6 | (5.2) | 8.2 | Tripura | 14 | 52.8 | 99.1 |
| (0.9) | 13.1 | (0.8) | 9.6 | Sikkim | 15 | 52.5 | 99.8 |
| (4.3) | 25.5 | (3.8) | 5.7 | Himachal Pradesh | 16 | 52.4 | 99 |
| (2.3) | 29.6 | – | – | Andhra Pradesh | 17 | 47.2 | 81.4 |
| – | – | – | – | Haryana | 18 | 43.6 | 91 |
| – | – | – | – |  All India | ** | 41 | 93 |
| – | – | – | – | Punjab | 19 | 40.2 | 98.5 |
| – | – | – | – | Madhya Pradesh | 20 | 38.2 | 92.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Rajasthan | 21 | 33.4 | 92.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Arunachal Pradesh | 22 | 30.2 | 99.4 |
| (2.9) | 41 | (1.2) | 2.4 | Bihar | 23 | 29.4 | 93.1 |
| – | – | (1.5) | 2.7 | Uttarakhand | 24 | 26.2 | 95.4 |
| – | – | – | – | Uttar Pradesh | 25 | 22.7 | 93.3 |
| (0.5) | 13.3 | (0.3) | 3.4 | Manipur | 26 | 21.6 | 99.4 |
| (10.2) | 26.9 | (1.1) | 4.9 | Nagaland | 27 | 19.8 | 99.4 |
| (3) | 32.8 | (2.6) | 4.9 | Assam | 28 | 5.9 | 99.6 |
| (3.4) | 31.8 | (2.7) | 3.4 | Telangana | 29 | ||
| – | – | – | – | Chandigarh | U/T | 59.9 | 100 |
| – | – | – | – | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | U/T | 57.6 | 62.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Daman and Diu | U/T | 50.3 | 96.5 |
| – | – | – | – | Puducherry | U/T | 49.9 | 93.6 |
| – | – | – | – | Delhi | U/T | 49.7 | 98.2 |
| (2.1) | 23.7 | (2.4) | 5.4 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | U/T | – | 98.9 |
| (2.2) | 25.8 | (8.9) | 10.5 | Lakshadweep | U/T | – | 95.8 |
| (1.7) | 20.4 | (9.4) | 13.4 | Ladakh | U/T | – | – |
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