MIZORAM

Mizoram is situated in the hills of north east, flanked by Bangladesh on the west and Myanmar on the east and south. The state is spread across an area of 21,087 square kilometer and is divided into eight districts and 26 blocks. As of 2011, Mizoram had a population of over one million (1,091,014) and a sex ratio of 975 females per 1,000 males (Mizoram State Portal 2017).

Our knowledge products related to Mizoram include the following:

• 2022: Read our State Nutrition Profile for Mizoram (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 Mizoram.
• 2017: A Policy Note to examine the trends in undernutrition in Mizoram, 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 Mizoram’s districts, please access District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) for each district  below.