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survival and protection of the girl child, and to ensure education and participation of the girl
child, government has made specific interventions through Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)
Scheme. Sex ratio at birth for children born in the last five years has improved in 2019-21 from
2015-16 in all states (Table 13), except for Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,
Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, Goa and Nagaland
Table 13: State-wise Total Fertility Rate and Sex Ratio

Total Fertility Rate (Children Sex Ratio at Birth for children
born in the last five years
per women) (females per 1000 males)
States/UTs
NFHS-4 NFHS-5 NFHS-4 NFHS-5
(2015-16) (2019-21) (2015-16) (2019-21)
All India 2.2 2.0 919 929
Andhra Pradesh 1.8 1.7 914 934
Arunachal Pradesh 2.1 1.8 926 979
Assam 2.2 1.9 929 964
Bihar 3.4 3.0 934 908
Delhi 1.8 1.6 812 923
Goa 1.7 1.3 966 838
Gujarat 2.0 1.9 906 955
Haryana 2.1 1.9 836 893
Himachal Pradesh 1.9 1.7 937 875
Jammu and Kashmir 2.0 1.4 923 976
Karnataka 1.8 1.7 910 978
Kerala 1.6 1.8 1,047 951
Madhya Pradesh 2.3 2.0 927 956
Maharashtra 1.9 1.7 924 913
Manipur 2.6 2.2 962 967
Meghalaya 3.0 2.9 1,009 989
Mizoram 2.3 1.9 949 969
Nagaland 2.7 1.7 953 945
Odisha 2.1 1.8 932 894
Punjab 1.6 1.6 860 904
Rajasthan 2.4 2.0 887 891
Sikkim 1.2 1.1 809 969
Tamil Nadu 1.7 1.8 954 878
Tripura 1.7 1.7 969 1,028
Uttar Pradesh 2.7 2.4 903 941
West Bengal 1.8 1.6 960 973
Chhattisgarh 2.2 1.8 977 960
Jharkhand 2.6 2.3 919 899
Uttarakhand 2.1 1.9 888 984
Telangana 1.8 1.8 872 894
Andaman and Nicobar (UT) 1.4 1.3 891 941
Chandigarh (UT) 1.6 1.4 981 838