Fact file: Contrasting truths of India!

India is a home to 19 percent of world’s children. The country is a story of stark contrasts and striking disparities as illustrated in a study of 43 focal districts of the UNICEF released on Thursday.

The percentage of children receiving immunization (12-35 months)

a polio child in uttar pradesh

The Best Districts:

* Mysore (Karnataka): 87.4%

* Tumkur (Karnataka): 93.4%


The Worst Districts:

* Gaya (Bihar): 0.5%

* Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh): 0.5%

Women married before the age of 18

child marriage in india

The Best Districts:

* Dibrugarh (Assam): 13.4%

* Kamrup (Assam): 19.7%

The Worst Districts:

* Tonk (Rajasthan): 81.8%

* Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh):78.6%

Mothers who received institutional deliveries

pregnant woman

The Best Districts:

* East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh): 67%

* Tiruvellore (Tamil Nadu): 84%

The Worst Districts:

* Dangs (Gujarat): 8%

* West singhbhum (Jharkhand): 7%

Percentage of children attending school (Boys: 5-14 years)

indian village children in school

The Best Districts:

* Vellore (Tamil Nadu): 94%

* Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh): 90.1%

The Worst Districts:

* Koraput (Orissa): 53%

* Raichur (Karnataka): 59%

Children engaged in ‘unpaid’ child labour (5-14 years)

child labor in india

The Best Districts:

* East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh): 8.8%

* Jhalawar (Rajasthan): 4.5%

The Worst Districts:

* Vellore (Tamil Nadu): 0.1%

* Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh): 0.1%

Courtesy: Indian Express

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