National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-21: Jharkhand

Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS report for 2019-21 is the fifth in this series. It provides information on population, health and nutrition in 28 states, eight union territories, and 707 districts of India. NFHS-5 presents district-level data on indicators such as population, fertility, family planning, infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, domestic violence and disability. This report on Jharkhand – published in August 2021 – presents information covering 24 districts. Development and Research Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, conducted the fieldwork for the report between January 20 and March 21, 2020, prior to the Covid-19 lockdown and from December 5, 2020, to April 18, 2021. It covered 22,863 households, 26,495 women (aged 15-49 years) and 3,414 men (aged 15-54 years)...