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Child marriage

Share of women aged 20–24 who were married before age 18 (NFHS).

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Latest values

36 of 36 states and UTs have data

#	State / UT	Value	Period
1	Lakshadweep	1.3%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
2	Ladakh	2.5%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
3	Keralam	2.9%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
4	Jammu and Kashmir	5.1%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
5	Chandigarh	5.2%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
6	Puducherry	5.6%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
7	Mizoram	6.0%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
8	Goa	6.8%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
9	Himachal Pradesh	7.9%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
10	Uttarakhand	9.8%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
11	Nagaland	10.2%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
11	Punjab	10.2%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
13	Tamil Nadu	10.5%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
14	Sikkim	10.8%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
15	Delhi	11.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
16	Haryana	11.9%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
17	Chhattisgarh	12.0%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
18	Meghalaya	13.8%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
19	Karnataka	15.3%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
20	Uttar Pradesh	15.8%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
21	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	16.2%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
22	Manipur	16.3%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
23	Arunachal Pradesh	17.3%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
24	Telangana	17.9%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
25	Gujarat	18.0%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
26	Odisha	18.6%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
27	Maharashtra	19.7%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
28	Madhya Pradesh	20.0%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
29	Rajasthan	25.4%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
30	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	26.4%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
31	Jharkhand	28.1%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
32	Andhra Pradesh	29.3%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
33	Assam	31.8%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
34	Bihar	34.6%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
35	West Bengal	36.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
36	Tripura	40.1%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)

NFHS-5 (2019-21)	23.3%
NFHS-4 (2015-16)	26.8%

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