KARNATAKA

Karnataka, situated in the south-western region of India, comprises of 30 districts, 176 sub-districts, 29,340 villages and 347 towns. As of 2011, it is the ninth largest state in India by population and accounts for 5.05 percent of the country’s population. More than one fourth of workers in the state are agricultural laborers. The state has a sex ratio of 916 females for 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 75.4 percent (Census of India 2011).

Our knowledge products related to Karnataka include the following:

• 2022: Read our State Nutrition Profile for Karnataka (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 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 Karnataka.
• 2017: A Policy Note((NFHS)-3 (2005-06) & 4 (2015-16)) to examine the trends in undernutrition in Karnataka, 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 Karnataka’s districts, please access District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) for each district  below.