Eleventh Five Year Plan

Nutrition and Social Safety Net 157ANNEXURE 4.1.2State-wise Malnutrition Rate of Children in Various Age GroupsState Children age 0–5 Children age 6–9 months Children under 3 yearsmonths exclusively receiving solid or semi-solid who are underweightbreastfed (%) food and breast milk (%) (%)India 46.3 55.8 45.9Andhra Pradesh 62.7 63.7 36.5Arunachal Pradesh 60.0 77.6 36.9Assam 63.1 59.6 40.4Bihar 27.9 57.3 58.4Chhattisgarh 82.0 54.5 52.1Delhi 34.5 59.8 33.1Goa 17.7 69.8 29.3Gujarat 47.8 57.1 47.4Haryana 16.9 44.8 41.9Himachal Pradesh 27.1 66.0 36.2J&K 42.3 58.3 29.4Jharkhand 57.8 65.3 59.2Karnataka 58.0 72.5 41.1Kerala 56.2 93.6 28.8Maharashtra 53.0 47.8 39.7MP 21.6 51.9 60.3Manipur 61.7 78.1 23.8Meghalaya 26.3 76.3 46.3Mizoram 46.1 84.6 21.6Nagaland 29.2 71.0 29.7Orissa 50.2 67.5 44.0Punjab 36.0 50.0 27.0Rajasthan 33.2 38.7 44.0Sikkim 37.2 89.6 22.6Tamil Nadu 33.3 77.9 33.2Tripura 36.1 59.8 39.0UP 51.3 45.5 47.3Uttaranchal 31.2 51.6 38.0WB 58.6 55.9 43.5Source: NFHS-3 (2005–06), IIPS, MoHFW, GoI.