Women with no exposure to any media

Choropleth map of India by state: Women with no exposure to any media. Over 50% of women in Bihar and Jharkhand have zero media exposure, with no TV, radio, or newspapers.

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Over 50% of women in Bihar and Jharkhand have zero media exposure, with no TV, radio, or newspapers.
Policy implication
Media-dark women are unreachable by awareness campaigns, behaviour change communication, and even emergency warnings.
NFHS-5/NCRB 2019-22Gendermedia exposurewomeninformation
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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.
Data note. NFHS-6 (2023-24) state fact sheets carry 101 indicators against 131 in NFHS-5 and do not repeat this measure, so NFHS-5 (2019-21) remains the latest state-level figure.

Source: NFHS-5/NCRB (2019-22). See the methodology for notes and limitations.

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