C-section delivery rate

Choropleth map of India by state: C-section delivery rate. Telangana's C-section rate is 57%; Nagaland's is 6%. Both are problematic, for opposite reasons.

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Telangana's C-section rate is 57%; Nagaland's is 6%. Both are problematic, for opposite reasons.
Policy implication
High C-section rates signal over-medicalisation in private hospitals; low rates signal surgical access failures.
NFHS-5 2019-21HealthC-sectiondeliveryhealth
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Data vintage. This map uses NFHS-5 (2019-21). NFHS-6 (2023-24) state fact sheets were released in May 2026, but they are provisional and report fewer indicators, so the figures here have not been replaced. See the newer figures for this measure in the interactive atlas.

Source: NFHS-5 (2019-21). See the methodology for notes and limitations.

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