VULNERABLE  & UNDER  PRIVILEGED CHILDREN STATUS IN ODISHA STATE OF INDIA

•    Children below 18 years of age constitute 38.8% of the total population in Odisha.

•    In 0-6 years aged children; the number of female children is 952 per 1000 male children. This is even less in some of the districts. 

•    Barely 14% of births are properly registered indicating the name, nationality 

        and parenthood. 

•    In every 1000 live births, 77 children die before attaining 1 year of age. 

•    47 newborn babies dies in every 1000 live births before 28-days of life. 

•    54.4% babies born in are under weight at the time of birth. 

•    61.71% of 0-3 years aged children are suffering from either type of malnutrition. 

•    Out of every 100 enrolled children, 32 dropout before completing primary Education. The rate of dropout in Primary Level among Scheduled Tribe Children stands at 52 percent. 

•    Out of every 68 children complete primary education, 33 are dropped before the completion of upper primary schooling. 

•    55% children of Scheduled Caste and 69.5% children of Scheduled Tribes have dropped out of school. 

•    23% of girls are married before attaining the legal age of marriage of 18 years. It is more than 40% in the district of Malkanagiri, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Boudh and Gajapati. 

•    Out of every 1000 children 0-14 years of aged group, 20 of them suffer from either type of disability.