In the state of Goa, 36 government primary schools were shut down in the two academic years leading up to 2024.

Despite falling birth rates, India still has one of the youngest populations in the world – nearly a quarter of its citizens are under 14 and two-thirds are of working age. This is both an ...

The nationwide subsidies apply retroactively from January 1, Beijing's state broadcaster CCTV said, citing a decision by the ...

The average Indian woman is expected to have 2.0 children in her lifetime, according to Pew Research Center analysis in 2023, much lower than India's birth rate of 3.4 children in 1992.

REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis But Bihar, one of India’s least developed states, had the highest fertility rate of 2.98. State health officials estimate Kishanganj’s fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9.

Muslims are India's second largest religious community and accounted for 14.2% of the 1.2 billion population, according to the once in 10 years census in 2011. The majority Hindus accounted for 79.8%.

As compared to 22.5 birth rate at national level, J&K has 18.3 birth rate followed by 5.7 death rate, 2.2 fertility rate and 43 infant mortality rate as compared to 7.3 per cent, 2.6 per cent and ...

Incidentally, NFHS data also shows that India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has fallen to 2, which is a positive step towards combating the overpopulation problem.

Muslims still have the highest fertility rate among India’s major religious groups, followed by Hindus at 2.1. Jains have the lowest fertility rate (1.2). The general pattern is largely the same as it ...