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.