Malnutrition Amongst Tribals

As per the National Family Health Survey-3 2005-06, the percentage of underweight children below 5 years among scheduled tribes is 54.5% as against the National average of 2.5%  for all category of children. Madhya Pradesh Happens to be the worst affected State and Sikkim is placed at the best place with only 19.7 per cent of underweight  children compared to the National average of 42.5 per cent.  The State-wise details of underweight children below 5 years in the country as well in Scheduled tribes is as under:      S.No State %  Underweight Children % Underweight Children (Scheduled Tribes) India 42.5 54.5 1 Madhya Pradesh 60.0 71.4 2 Jharkhand 56.5 64.3 3 Bihar 55.9 ----- 4 Meghalaya 48.8 48.5 5 Chhattisgarh 47.1 52.8 6 Gujarat 44.6 64.5 7 Uttar Pradesh 42.4 61.2 8 Orissa 40.7 54.4 9 Rajasthan 39.9 46.8 10 Haryana 39.6 ---- 11 Tripura 39.6 36.5 12 West Bengal 38.7 59.7 13 Uttrakhand 38.0 50.4 14 Maharashtra 37.0 53.2 15 Karnataka 37.6 41.9 16 Himachal Pradesh 36.5 25.0 17 Assam 36.4 18.2 18 Andhra Pradesh 32.5 41.5 19 Arunachal Pradesh 32.5 29.6 20 Tamil Nadu 29.8 ----- 21 Delhi 26.1 ----- 22 J&K 25.6 35.7 23 Nagaland 25.2 23.0 24 Goa 25.0 43.9 25 Punjab 24.9 ---- 26 Kerala 22.9 ---- 27 Manipur 22.1 24.2 28 Mizoram 19.9 ---- 29 Sikkim 19.7 18.0