MEGHALAYA

Meghalaya, situated in the north-east of India, is a part of the eastern sub-Himalayan belt. It accounts for 0.68 percent of the area of the country and includes 11 districts (Government of Meghalaya 2017). The state, largely agricultural, is home to close to 3 million people (0.2 percent of the population of India) of which 74.4 percent are literate. Meghalaya has a sex ratio of 989 females per 1,000 males (Census of India 2011).

Our knowledge products related to Meghalaya include the following:

• 2022: Read our State Nutrition Profile for Meghalaya (NFHS-3 (2005-2006), 4(2015-16) & 5 (2019-2020), 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 that describes the coverage of a set of key nutrition and health interventions and highlights the key areas of action to improve nutrition in Meghalaya.
• 2017: A Policy Note to examine the trends in undernutrition in Meghalaya, 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 Meghalaya’s districts, please access District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) for each district  below.