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Stunted children under 5

Share of children under five who are too short for their age (NFHS).

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Latest values

36 of 36 states and UTs have data

#	State / UT	Value	Period
1	Puducherry	16.6%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
2	Chandigarh	19.0%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
3	Goa	19.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
4	Keralam	20.1%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
5	Punjab	20.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
6	Himachal Pradesh	20.6%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
7	Tamil Nadu	20.7%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
8	Jammu and Kashmir	21.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
9	Sikkim	22.3%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
10	West Bengal	22.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
11	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	22.5%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
12	Manipur	23.4%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
13	Arunachal Pradesh	24.1%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
14	Nagaland	25.1%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
15	Haryana	25.9%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
16	Mizoram	26.1%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
17	Delhi	26.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
18	Karnataka	26.5%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
19	Odisha	26.8%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
20	Telangana	27.0%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
21	Uttarakhand	27.0%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
22	Maharashtra	29.5%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
23	Assam	30.3%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
24	Ladakh	30.5%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
25	Andhra Pradesh	31.2%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
26	Madhya Pradesh	31.4%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
27	Rajasthan	31.8%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
28	Lakshadweep	32.0%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
29	Tripura	32.3%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
30	Chhattisgarh	34.6%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
31	Jharkhand	35.0%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
32	Gujarat	35.3%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
33	Bihar	35.6%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
34	Meghalaya	36.8%	NFHS-6 (2023-24)
35	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	39.4%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)
36	Uttar Pradesh	39.7%	NFHS-5 (2019-21)

NFHS-5 (2019-21)	35.5%
NFHS-4 (2015-16)	38.4%

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