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Date : Dec 11, 2025

Table 14: State-wise Children Aged 6-59 Months who are Anaemic

(Per cent) State/Union Territory NFHS 3 (2005-06) NFHS 4 (2015-16) NFHS 5 (2019-21) Andaman & Nicobar Islands - 49.0 40.0 Andhra Pradesh 70.8 58.6 63.2 Arunachal Pradesh 56.9 50.7 56.6 Assam 69.6 35.7 68.4 Bihar 78.0 63.5 69.4 Chandigarh - 73.1 54.6 Chhattisgarh 71.2 41.6 67.2 Dadra & Nagar Haveli - 84.6 75.8# Daman & Diu - 73.8 - Delhi 57.0 62.6 69.2 Goa 38.2 48.3 53.2 Gujarat 69.7 62.6 79.7 Haryana 72.3 71.7 70.4 Himachal Pradesh 54.7 53.7 55.4 Jammu & Kashmir 58.6 43.3 72.7 Jharkhand 70.3 69.9 67.4 Karnataka 70.4 60.9 65.5 Kerala 44.5 35.6 39.4 Ladakh - - 93.9 Lakshadweep - 51.9 43.1 Madhya Pradesh 74.1 68.9 72.6 Maharashtra 63.4 53.8 68.9 Manipur 41.1 23.9 42.8 Meghalaya 64.4 48.0 45.1 Mizoram 44.2 17.7 46.4 Nagaland - 21.6 42.7 Odisha 65.0 44.6 64.2 Puducherry - 44.9 64.0 Punjab 66.4 56.6 71.1 Rajasthan 69.7 60.3 71.5 Sikkim 59.2 55.1 56.4 Tamil Nadu 64.2 50.7 57.4 Telangana - 60.7 70.0 Tripura 62.9 48.3 64.2 Uttar Pradesh 73.9 63.2 66.4 Uttarakhand 61.4 59.8 58.8 West Bengal 61.0 54.2 69.0 ALL INDIA 69.5 58.4 67.1 #: Figures for Dadar and Nagar Haveli include Daman and Diu. Notes: Anaemia is identified with Haemoglobin <11.0 g/dl (grams per decilitre (g/dl)). As National Family Health Survey (NFHS) uses the capillary blood for estimation of anaemia, the results of NFHS-5 need not be compared with other surveys using venous blood. Source: National Health Profile (NHP), various issues.