Haryana vs Jharkhand: fertility, marriage age and wanted children

In SRS 2023, Jharkhand records 2.1 children per woman and Haryana records 1.9.

In NFHS-5 (2019-21), women in Haryana had about 1.9 children against a wanted 1.5, and women in Jharkhand had about 2.3 against a wanted 1.9.

13% of women aged 20 to 24 in Haryana were married before 18, compared with 32.2% in Jharkhand.

Since 2004, the SRS figure fell by 1.1 in Haryana and fell by 1.4 in Jharkhand.

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Side by side

MeasureSourceHaryanaJharkhand
Children per womanSRS 20231.92.1
Children per womanNFHS-51.92.3
Wanted children per womanNFHS-51.51.9
Actual minus wantedNFHS-50.40.4
Women 20-24 married before 18*NFHS-513%32.2%
Women 15-19 who have begun childbearing*NFHS-54%9.8%
Median age at first marriage, women 25-29NFHS-520.618.4

* Rounded in source: one of these states' NFHS-5 state report publishes whole percents, the other's fact sheet one decimal.

Trends since 2003 (SRS)

Haryana

Children per woman in Haryana and all-India, SRS 2003 to 2023 Haryana: 3.0 in 2003, 1.9 in 2023. All-India: 3.0 to 1.9. 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 200320132023 1.9 1.9
Haryana All-India SRS, children per woman

Jharkhand

Children per woman in Jharkhand and all-India, SRS 2004 to 2023 Jharkhand: 3.5 in 2004, 2.1 in 2023. All-India: 2.9 to 1.9. 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 200320132023 2.1 1.9
Jharkhand All-India SRS, children per woman