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National Health Profile 2018
3.3.4 Child Feeding Practises
S.
No.
States/UTs
Children under
age 3 years
breastfed within
one hour of birth#
(%)
Children under
age 6 months
exclusively
breastfed10 (%)
Children age 6-8
months receiving
solid or semi-
solid food and
breastmilk^ (%)
Breastfeeding
children age 6-23
months receiving
an adequate
diet^& (%)
Non breast feeding
children age 6-23
months receiving
an adequate diet^&
(%)
Total children
age 6-23 months
receiving an
adequate diet^&
(%)
1 Andhra Pradesh
40.1
70.2
56.1
6.5
11.9
7.6
2 Assam
64.4
63.5
49.9
8.7
10.8
8.9
3 Bihar
34.9
53.5
30.7
7.3
9.2
7.5
4 Chattisgarh
47.1
77.2
53.8
11.1
8.4
10.9
5 Gujarat
50.0
55.8
49.4
5.8
2.8
5.2
6 Haryana
42.4
50.3
35.9
7.0
10.0
7.5
7 Jharkhand
33.2
64.8
47.2
7.2
7.1
7.2
8 Karnataka
56.4
54.2
46.0
5.8
14.4
8.2
9 Kerala
64.3
53.3
63.1
21.3
22.3
21.4
10 Madhya Pradesh
34.5
58.2
38.1
6.9
4.8
6.6
11 Maharashtra
57.5
56.6
43.3
5.3
12.2
6.5
12 Odisha
68.6
65.6
54.9
8.9
5.0
8.5
13 Punjab
30.7
53.0
41.1
5.7
6.7
5.9
14 Rajasthan
28.4
58.2
30.1
3.4
3.7
3.4
15 Tamil Nadu
54.7
48.3
67.5
21.4
47.1
30.7
16 Telangana
37.1
67.3
57.1
9.6
11.4
9.9
17 Uttar Pradesh
25.2
41.6
32.6
5.3
5.3
5.3
18 West Bengal
47.5
52.3
52.0
19.1
25.7
19.6
19 Arunachal Pradesh
58.7
56.5
53.6
12.3
25.4
13.9
20 Delhi
29.1
49.8
45.0
4.8
9.5
5.8
21 Goa
73.3
60.9
*
9.1
(15.1)
10.4
22 Himachal Pradesh
41.1
67.2
52.7
11.2
9.9
10.9
23 Jammu & Kashmir
46.0
65.4
50.0
21.8
32.1
23.5
24 Manipur
65.4
73.6
78.8
19.3
14.1
18.8
25 Meghalaya
60.6
35.8
67.4
24.2
19.8
23.6
26 Mizoram
70.2
60.6
67.9
14.7
13.6
14.6
27 Nagaland
53.2
44.5
70.7
17.5
21.4
18.6
28 Sikkim
66.5
54.6
61.8
23.1
*
23.1
29 Tripura
44.4
70.7
13.6
5.3
*
5.9
30 Uttarakhand
27.8
51.0
46.7
8.6
7.9
8.5
31 A&N Islands
41.9
66.8
(45.1)
13.5
(17.6)
14.2
32 Chandigarh
33.5
*
*
(0.0)
*
0.0
33 Dadra & Nagar Haveli
47.8
(72.7)
*
0.0
*
0.0
34 Daman & Diu
55.8
(52.3)
*
6.2
(7.4)
6.5
35 Lakshadweep
54.3
55.0
*
12.2
*
11.3
36 Puducherry
65.3
45.5
76.8
21.8
54.8
31.1
India
41.6
54.9
42.7
8.7
14.3
9.6
Source:
National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4)
Note:
# for last birth in the 5 years before the survey
^
Based on the youngest child living with the mother.
& Breastfed children receiving 4 or more food groups and a minimum meal frequency, non-breastfed children fed with a minimum of
3 Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices (fed with other milk or milk products at least twice a day, a minimum meal frequency
that is receiving solid or semi-solid food at least twice a day for breastfed infants 6-8 months and at least three times a day for
breastfed children 9-23 months, and solid or semi-solid foods from at least four food groups not including the milk or milk products
food group).
*
Percentage not shown; based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases
()
Based on 25-49 unweighted cases