Age Pyramid
Bihar, 2001
Population, Health & Social Development
in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal
Age Pyramid
Jharkhand, 2001
Children Under 3 Years Who Are
Underweight (%)
Institutional Deliveries (%)
Mass Media Exposure among Youth
(15-24 years)
Age Pyramid
Orissa, 2001
Age Pyramid
West Bengal, 2001
Current Use of Contraception
Bihar
Ever-Married Adults 15-49 Years Who Have
Ever Heard Of HIV/AIDS (NFHS-III) (%)
Trends in Crude Birth Rate (CBR), SRS
Current Use of Contraception
Jharkhand
Source: DLHS-3, 2007-08
Children With Full Immunization
(12-23 Months) (%)
Indicators
India
Bihar
Jharkhand
Orissa West Bengal
Area (sq. kms)1
3287240
94163
79714
155707
88752
Population, 20011
Population density (per sq. km.), 20011
1028737436
313
82998509
881
26945829
338
36804660
236
80176197
903
Decadal Growth Rate (1991-2001) (%)1
21.5
28.6
23.4
16.3
17.8
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males), 20011
933
919
941
972
934
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 years), 20011
Youth Sex Ratio (15-24 years), 20011
927
942
965
953
960
895
875
907
1000
924
Percentage of Youth Population (15-24 years), 20011
18.5
16.3
17.3
18.3
18.3
Youth Work Participation Rate (15-24 years), 20011
Female Literacy Rate (7 and more years), 20011
42.4
39.9
42.1
38.3
38.7
53.7
31.1
38.9
50.5
59.6
Male Literacy Rate (7 and more years), 20011
75.3
59.7
67.3
75.3
77.0
Proportion of people living below poverty line, 2004-20052
Crude Birth Rate, 20083
27.5
41.4
40.3
46.4
24.7
22.8
28.9
25.8
21.4
17.5
Infant Mortality Rate, 20083
53
56
46
69
35
Total Fertility Rate, 20073
2.7
3.9
3.2
2.4
1.9
Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2004-20064
Female Median Age at First Marriage, 2005-066
254
312
312
303
141
16.8
14.7
15.9
17.6
16.8
Male Median Age at First Marriage, 2005-066
22.7
20.1
20.8
23.6
24.1
Percentage women age 18-29 who were first married by exact age 18 years, 2005-066 45.6
63.7
60.2
37.5
53.3
Birth Order 3 and above (%), 2005-066
41.1
52.3
49.9
36.7
31.3
Current use of any FP method (%), 2005-066
56.3
34.1
35.7
50.7
71.2
Pregnant women who had three or more ANC visits (%), 2005-066
Institutional delivery (%), 2005-066
52.0
17.0
35.9
61.8
62.0
38.7
19.9
18.3
35.6
42.0
Children with full immunization (12-23 months) (%), 2005-066
43.5
32.8
34.2
51.8
64.3
Women who have heard of HIV/AIDS (%), 2005-066
60.9
38.7
34.0
66.0
53.7
Men who have heard of HIV/AIDS (%), 2005-066
83.6
75.2
60.8
78.4
79.0
Source: 1 India, Registrar General, 2004; 2 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07), Vol-III; 3 India, Registrar General, 2009; 4 India, Registrar General, 2005; 5 India, Registrar General, 2008a; 6 IIPS and Macro-International, 2007,.
Source: Census, 2001
Current Use of Contraception
Orissa
Source: DLHS-3, 2007-08
Employment of Youth (15-24 years)
Source: NFHS-3, 2005-06
Trends in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), SRS
Unmet Need for Contraception among
Female Youth (15-24 years)
Current Use of Any Family Planning
Method (%)
Mothers Who Had At Least 3 Ante Natal Care
Visits For Their Last Birth (%)
Trends In Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
Source: Census, 2001
Current Use of Contraception
West Bengal
Source: DLHS-3, 2007-08
Contraceptive Prevalence Among Youth
(15-24 years)
Source: NFHS-3, 2005-06
Improved Source of Drinking Water and
Prevalence of Diarrhoea Among Children Less
Than Five Years
Source: NFHS-3, 2005-06
Population Foundation of India
B-28, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016, Tel.:+91-11-43894100, Fax: +91-11-43894199, E-mail: popfound@sify.com, Website: www.popfound.org
Source: SRS
Source: NFHS-3, 2005-06
February, 2010