WEST BENGAL
West Bengal, situated in the north-east of India, accounts for 2.6 percent of the country’s area and includes 23 districts (Government of West Bengal 2017). The state is home to over 91 million people (7.54 percent of the population of India), of which 76.26 percent are literate. West Bengal has a sex ratio of 950 females per 1,000 males (Census of India 2011).
Our knowledge products related to West Bengal include the following:
- 2022: Read our State Nutrition Profile for West Bengal (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 that describes the coverage of a set of key nutrition and health interventions and highlights the key areas of action to improve nutrition in West Bengal.
- 2017: A Policy Note to examine the trends in undernutrition in West Bengal, 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 West Bengal’s districts, please access District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) for each district below.
District |
Download PDF (NFHS-4) |
Download PDF (NFHS-4&5) |
| Bankura | English | English |
| Barddhaman | English | NA |
| Birbhum - Aspirational District | English | English |
| Dakshin Dinajpur - Aspirational District | English | English |
| Darjiling | English | English |
| Haora | English | English |
| Hugli | English | English |
| Jalpaiguri | English | English |
| Koch Bihar | English | English |
| Kolkata | English | English |
| Maldah - Aspirational District | English | English |
| Murshidabad - Aspirational District | English | English |
| Nadia - Aspirational District | English | English |
| North Twenty Four Parganas | English | English |
| Paschim Medinipur | English | English |
| Purba Medinipur | English | English |
| Paschim Barddhaman | NA | English |
| Purba Barddhaman | NA | English |
| Puruliya | English | English |
| South Twenty Four Parganas | English | English |
| Uttar Dinajpur | English | English |
Brief
West Bengal district nutrition profile: Dakshin Dinajpur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Murshidabad
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Purba Barddhaman
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Kolkata
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Uttar Dinajpur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Purba Medinipur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Darjiling
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Koch Bihar
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Nadia
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Hugli
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Haora
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: South Twenty Four Pargana
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Bankura
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Jalpaiguri
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Paschim Barddhaman
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Paschim Medinipur
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Puruliya
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Birbhum
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Maldah
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: North Twenty Four Pargana
2022Singh, Nishmeet; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Jangid, Manita; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Menon, Purnima
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West Bengal district nutrition profile: Barddhaman
2017George, Nitya; Vaid, Abhilasha; Nguyen, Phuong H.; Avula, Rasmi; Menon, Purnima
This Data Note describes the trends for a set of key nutrition and health outcomes, determinants, and coverage of interventions.
It is crucial to understand the coverage of nutrition and health interventions to gain further insights into their effectiveness and
West Bengal, situated in the north-east of India, accounts for 2.6 percent of the area of the country and includes