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Major State Indicators

  • A new state, though abundant in natural resources and manpower pool, Chhattisgarh remains a poverty stricken and socially backward region.
  • Population of 20 million.
  • 49% of the households do not have drinking water.
  • Infant mortality is high: 78 deaths per thousand live births
  • 41% of the women work as laborers
  • About half of its female population gets married between the ages of 15 and 19.
  • Worsened by the Falciparum malaria epidemics, which affect the whole state.
 

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Transformation Stories

Though Kasiram called himself a Baba and lived in a temple, he was not always one. Four years ago, when his crops failed, Kasiram out of desperation, left his family and went to live in the temple. But that was not the end of Kasiram’s story.

The members of HBM Community Health & Development Project in Lalitpur contacted Kasiram and encouraged him to take up farming.

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