Percentage of Initiation of Breastfeeding within 1 hour
(RANKING OF STATES OF INDIA )
| Rank |
State |
% |
| 1st |
Mizoram |
66.4 |
| 2nd |
Goa |
59.4 |
| 3rd |
Tamil Nadu |
58.8 |
| 4th |
Arunachal Pradesh |
58.6 |
| 5th |
Meghalaya |
57.8 |
| 5th |
Manipur |
57.8 |
| 6th |
Kerala |
56.5 |
| 7th |
Orissa |
54.8 |
| 8th |
Nagaland |
54.2 |
| 9th |
Maharashtra |
52 |
| 10th |
Assam |
50.9 |
| 11th |
Himachal Pradesh |
45.4 |
| 12th |
Sikkim |
42.9 |
| 13th |
Karnataka |
35.7 |
| 14th |
Tripura |
34.6 |
| 15th |
Uttaranchal |
33.5 |
| 16th |
Jammu & Kashmir |
31.6 |
| 17th |
Gujarat |
27.8 |
| 18th |
Chattisgarh |
25.0 |
| 19th |
Andhra Pradesh |
24.6 |
| 20th |
West Bengal |
23.5 |
| 21st |
Haryana |
22.1 |
| 22nd |
Delhi |
21.0 |
| 23rd |
Madhya Pradesh |
15.9 |
| 24th |
Rajasthan |
14.1 |
| 25th |
Punjab |
12.7 |
| 26th |
Jharkhand |
10.7 |
| 27th |
Uttar Pradesh |
7.3 |
| 28th |
Bihar |
3.7 |
| India |
|
24.5 |
|
|
|
Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) http://www.nfhsindia.org/
