Major State Indicators

• Referred to as the ‘cow belt’.
• Ganges, the sacred river of India, flows through this region, creating one of the most fertile regions in the world.
• Population: 166 million - 8th biggest ‘nation’ in the world!
• Has produced most of the Indian Prime Ministers.
• The dispute at Ayodhya over the construction of a temple at the site of a mosque is a point of constant irritant between the two communities.
• One of the poorest and under developed states in India.
• Under-five mortality is as high as 122 per thousand - the highest under-five mortality rate in India.
• 707 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births – again the highest in India.