ASSAM

Assam, situated in the north-east of India, accounts for 2.4 percent of the area of the country and includes 33 districts (Government of Assam 2017). The state is home to more than 31 million people (2.5 percent of the population of India), of which 72.2 percent are literate. Assam has a sex ratio of 958 females per 1,000 males (Census of India 2017). The state is largely forested and is culturally diverse with over 24 tribal groups (Assam State Biodiversity Board 2017).

Our knowledge products related to Assam include the following:

• 2022: Read our State Nutrition Profile for Assam (NFHS-3 (2005-2006), 4(2015-16) & 5 (2019-2020), a that describes the trends for a set of key nutrition and health outcomes, determinants, and coverage of interventions from 2006 to 2020. The findings are based on estimates from unit-level data and/or data from national and state reports for NFHS-3 (2005-2006) and NFHS-4 (2015-2016), and data from state factsheets and reports for NFHS-5 (2019-2021). In addition to standard prevalence-based analyses, this State Nutrition Profile includes headcount-based analyses aligned to POSHAN Abhiyaan’s goals.
• 2018: For deeper insights into the coverage of key nutrition and health interventions in the state, with district-wise status, read our Coverage Data Note (NFHS-4 (2015-16)) that describes the coverage of a set of key nutrition and health interventions and highlights the key areas of action to improve nutrition in Assam.
• 2017: A Policy Note ((NFHS)-3 (2005-06) & 4 (2015-16))  to examine the trends in undernutrition in Assam, regional variability in the major determinants of nutrition and the coverage of key nutrition and health interventions.

For a deeper view of malnutrition and its multiple determinants in Assam’s districts, please access District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) for each district  below.