TAMIL NADU
Tamil Nadu, situated on the south east cost of India, accounts for 4 percent area of the country, includes 32 districts subdivided by 385 blocks, 12,618 villages and 561 towns. Tamil Nadu is home to more than 70 million (6 percent of the population of India) and is better positioned compared to many other states in terms of economy, infrastructure, industrialization, governance and social indicators. The state has a literacy rate of over 80 percent (Government of Tamil Nadu 2017).
Our knowledge products related to Tamil Nadu include the following:
- 2022: Read our State Nutrition Profile for Tamil Nadu (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.
- 2021: Our study on 'Stories of Change' analyzed the significant progress made by Tamil Nadu in reducing child undernutrition. It bolsters state-specific learning and provides tacit knowledge about policy processes, program challenges and actions.
- 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 Tamil Nadu.
- 2017: A Policy Note to examine the trends in undernutrition in Tamil Nadu, 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 Tamil Nadu’s districts, please access District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) for each district below.
District |
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| Ariyalur | English | English |
| Chennai | English | English |
| Coimbatore | English | English |
| Cuddalore | English | English |
| Dharmapuri | English | English |
| Dindigul | English | English |
| Erode | English | English |
| Kancheepuram | English | English |
| Kanniyakumari | English | English |
| Karur | English | English |
| Krishnagiri | English | English |
| Madurai | English | English |
| Nagappattinam | English | English |
| Namakkal | English | English |
| Perambalur | English | English |
| Pudukkottai | English | English |
| Ramanathapuram - Aspirational District | English | English |
| Salem | English | English |
| Sivaganga | English | English |
| Thanjavur | English | English |
| The Nilgiris | English | English |
| Theni | English | English |
| Thiruvallur | English | English |
| Thiruvarur | English | English |
| Thoothukkudi | English | English |
| Tiruchirappalli | English | English |
| Tirunelveli | English | English |
| Tiruppur | English | English |
| Tiruvannamalai | English | English |
| Vellore | English | English |
| Villuppuram | English | English |
| Virudhunagar - Aspirational District | English | English |
Brief
Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Thanjavur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Krishnagiri
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Sivaganga
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: The Nilgiris
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Ramanathapuram
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Ariyalur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Tiruchirappalli
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Theni
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Dindigul
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Virudhunagar
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Kanniyakumari
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Tirunelveli
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Thoothukkudi
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Kancheepuram
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Chennai
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Tiruvannamalai
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Karur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Coimbatore
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Cuddalore
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Nagapattinam
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Thiruvarur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Madurai
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Namakkal
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Dharmapuri
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Vellore
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Thiruvallur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Tiruppur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Perambalur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Salem
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Erode
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Pudukkottai
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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Tamil Nadu district nutrition profile: Viluppuram
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a flagship program of the Government of India, offers nutrition services to support child development.
This Data Note describes the trends for a set of key nutrition and health outcomes, determinants, and coverage of interventions.
India comprises one-sixth of the world’s population and one-third of the global burden of undernutrition. Between 2006 and 2016, India