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Child nutrition in India is a serious problem for the public administration.<ref>{{Cite web|authors=Subhomay Saha, Rashi Singh|date=15 April 2021|title=Child malnutrition in India: A systemic failure|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/health/child-malnutrition-in-india-a-systemic-failure-76507|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Down To Earth}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|authors=Ritankar Chakraborty, Devikrishna NB, Alka Chauhan, Nand Lal Mishra|date=11 January 2021|title=Acute malnutrition worsened among children: NFHS-5|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/health/acute-malnutrition-worsened-among-children-nfhs-5-74987|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Down To Earth}}</ref> However India is on course to meet select child nutrition targets such as the target for [[Stunted growth|stunting]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Country Nutrition Profiles: India|url=https://globalnutritionreport.org/resources/nutrition-profiles/asia/southern-asia/india/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Global Nutrition Report}}</ref> In 2019, according to UNICEF report, malnutrition is the cause of 69% of deaths among children below 5 years in India.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 October 2019|title=Malnutrition behind 69 per cent deaths among children below 5 years in India: UNICEF report|work=The Economic Times|agency=PTI|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/malnutrition-behind-69-per-cent-deaths-among-children-below-5-years-in-india-unicef-report/articleshow/71618288.cms#:~:text=NEW%20DELHI:%20Malnutrition%20caused%2069,by%20some%20form%20of%20malnutrition.|access-date=2021-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 October 2019|title=In India, 8.8 lakh children under five years – highest in the world – died in 2018, says UNICEF|url=https://scroll.in/latest/940851/in-india-8-8-lakh-children-under-five-years-highest-number-in-world-died-in-2018-says-unicef|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Scroll.in}}</ref>

== Rank ==
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 (India)|Planning Commission]], [[Government of India]] and [[National Family Health Survey]] 4 and 5.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|year=March 2011|title=Evaluation Study on Integrated Child Development Services. Volume 1.|url=https://dmeo.gov.in/sites/default/files/2019-10/Evaluation%20Report%20on%20Integrated%20Child%20Development%20Services%20Volume%201.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office|publisher=Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission, Government of India|page=36}}</ref>
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|+Key
!Columns
!Explanation
|-
|(1) & (2)
|Children refers to the age group 0-59 months.<ref name=":1" />
|-
|(3)
|Effective coverage of supplementary nutrition programme as % of children recorded in delivery register (2011).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|(4) 
|% Children age 6-59 months in households with iodized salt (2015-16).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2015-16|title=India. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4)|url=http://rchiips.org/nfhs/NFHS-4Reports/India.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=11 September 2021|website=International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai|publisher=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India}}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
| colspan="2" |1
| colspan="2" |2
! rowspan="3" |State/ UT
| colspan="2" |3
|4
|-
! colspan="2" | % of underweight children<ref name=":1" />
! colspan="2" | % of overweight children<ref name=":1" />
! rowspan="2" |Rank
! rowspan="2" | Supplementary nutrition coverage as % of children<ref name=":0" />
! rowspan="2" | % children living in households using iodized salt<ref name=":2" />
|-
!% change from (2015-16) to (2019-20)
!NFHS-5 (2019-20)
!% change from (2015-16) to (2019-20)
!NFHS-5 (2019-20)
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.7)
|12.7
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (5.8)
|10
! [[Mizoram]] 
|1
| 69.8
|98.9
|-
|{{DecreasePositive}} (2.3)
|32.9
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.6)
|3.2
! [[Karnataka]] 
|2
| 67.5
|86.6
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (4.4)
|21
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (3.9)
|9.6
! [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] 
|3
| 65.9
|93.4
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.6)
|32.2
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (2.2)
|4.3
! [[West Bengal]] 
|4
| 65.8
|94.1
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.4)
|39.7
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (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
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (3.6)
|19.7
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.6)
|4
! [[Kerala]] 
|9
| 60.7
|98.1
|-
|–
|–
|–
|–
! [[Odisha]] 
|10
| 58.8
|92.7
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.2)
|24
|{{DecreasePositive}} (0.9)
|2.8
! [[Goa]] 
|11
| 58.7
|97.9
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.1)
|36.1
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (2.2)
|4.1
! [[Maharashtra]] 
|12
| 58.4
|96.3
|-
|{{DecreasePositive}} (2.3)
|26.6
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.1)
|4
! [[Meghalaya]] 
|13
| 57.5
|99
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (1.5)
|25.6
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (5.2)
|8.2
! [[Tripura]] 
|14
| 52.8
|99.1
|-
|{{DecreasePositive}} (0.9)
|13.1
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.8)
|9.6
! [[Sikkim]] 
|15
| 52.5
|99.8
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (4.3)
|25.5
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (3.8)
|5.7
! [[Himachal Pradesh]] 
|16
| 52.4
|99
|-
|{{DecreasePositive}} (2.3)
|29.6
|–
|–
! [[Andhra Pradesh]] 
|17
| 47.2
|81.4
|-
|–
|–
|–
|–
! [[Haryana]] 
|18
| 43.6
|91
|- bgcolor="#ffdead"
|–
|–
|–
|–
! {{flagicon|IND}} All India 
|**
| 41
|93
|-
|–
|–
|–
|–
! [[Punjab (India)|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
|-
|{{DecreasePositive}} (2.9)
|41
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (1.2)
|2.4
! [[Bihar]] 
|23
| 29.4
|93.1
|-
|–
|–
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (1.5)
|2.7
! [[Uttarakhand]] 
|24
| 26.2
|95.4
|-
|–
|–
|–
|–
! [[Uttar Pradesh]] 
|25
| 22.7
|93.3
|-
|{{DecreasePositive}} (0.5)
|13.3
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (0.3)
|3.4
! [[Manipur]] 
|26
| 21.6
|99.4
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (10.2)
|26.9
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (1.1)
|4.9
! [[Nagaland]] 
|27
| 19.8
|99.4
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (3)
|32.8
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (2.6)
|4.9
! [[Assam]] 
|28
| 5.9
|99.6
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (3.4)
|31.8
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (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 (union territory)|Puducherry]] 
|U/T
| 49.9
|93.6
|-
|–
|–
|–
|–
! [[Delhi]] 
|U/T
| 49.7
|98.2
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (2.1)
|23.7
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (2.4)
|5.4
! [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] 
|U/T
| –
|98.9
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (2.2)
|25.8
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (8.9)
|10.5
![[Lakshadweep]]
|U/T
|–
|95.8
|-
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (1.7)
|20.4
|{{IncreaseNegative}} (9.4)
|13.4
![[Ladakh]]
|U/T
|–
|–
|}

== See also ==

* [[Obesity in India]]
* [[Malnutrition in India]]
* [[India State Hunger Index]]
* [[Health in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.niti.gov.in/content/nutrition-charts NITI Aayog nutrition dashboard]

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[[Category:Lists of subdivisions of India]]
[[Category:Ranked lists of country subdivisions|India, Child nutrition]]