State/Region-wise Percentage of Children Born in Two Years Preceding Survey who were Ever Breastfed and for Last-Born Children Born in Two Years Preceding Survey who were Ever Breastfed in India (2015-2016) | ||||
States/UTs | Among Children Born in the Past Two Years, Percentage Ever Breastfed | Among Last-Born Children Born in the Past Two Years who were Ever Breastfed | ||
Percentage who Started Breastfeeding within One Hour of Birth1 | Percentage who Started Breastfeeding within One Day of Dirth2 | Percentage who Received a Prelacteal Feed3 | ||
North | ||||
Chandigarh | ||||
Delhi | ||||
Haryana | ||||
Himachal Pradesh | ||||
Jammu and Kashmir | ||||
Punjab | ||||
Rajasthan | ||||
Uttarakhand | ||||
Central | ||||
Chhattisgarh | ||||
Madhya Pradesh | ||||
Uttar Pradesh | ||||
East | ||||
Bihar | ||||
Jharkhand | ||||
Odisha | ||||
West Bengal | ||||
Northeast | ||||
Arunachal Pradesh | ||||
Assam | ||||
Manipur | ||||
Meghalaya | ||||
Mizoram | ||||
Nagaland | ||||
Sikkim | ||||
Tripura | ||||
West | ||||
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | ||||
Daman and Diu | ||||
Goa | ||||
Gujarat | ||||
Maharashtra | ||||
South | ||||
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | ||||
Andhra Pradesh | ||||
Karnataka | ||||
Kerala | ||||
Lakshadweep | ||||
Puducherry | ||||
Tamil Nadu | ||||
Telangana | ||||
India |