KERALA

Kerala lies along the coastline, to the extreme south west of the Indian peninsula and has an area of 38,863 square kilometers. The state is divided into 14 districts, 75 taluks and 1535 villages, with a population of 3.34 million people. The literacy rate is 94 percent and the sex ratio is 1,084 females for 1,000 males (Government of Kerala 2017).

Our knowledge products related to Kerala include the following:

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