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Table 1 Jharkhand and Odisha: demographic and health indicators

From: Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India

Indicators

Odisha

Jharkhand

India

% rural populationa

83

76

69

% tribal populationa

23

26

9

Female literacy ratea

64

56

66

Infant Mortality Rateb

53

38

42

Maternal Mortality Ratioc

235

219

178

% institutional deliveriesd

76

40

73

% children aged 12–23 months fully immunizedd

60

60

67

% children under five who are stuntede

45

50

48

% households covered by improved sanitation facilitye

16

15

31

  1. aCensus of India 2011
  2. bSRS Bulletin, Oct 2013
  3. cSRS estimates 2010–12
  4. dAnnual Health Survey, 2012–13 (Odisha and Jharkhand); Coverage Evaluation Survey 2009–10 (India)
  5. eDLHS-3, 2007–08