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Table 1 Male sterilization in India

From: Disappearing male sterilization in India: do we care?

States and Union Territories

NFHS-1 (1992–93)

NFHS-2 (1998–99)

NFHS-3 (2005–06)

NFHS-4 (2015–16)

NFHS-5 (2019–21)

Andhra Pradesh

6.6

4.3

2.9

0.6

0.4

Arunachal Pradesh

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

Assam

2.3

1.0

0.2

0.1

0.1

Bihar

1.3

1.0

0.6

0.0

0.1

Chhattisgarha

-

-

3.3

0.7

0.8

Goa

1.0

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

Gujarat

3.5

2.3

0.6

0.1

0.2

Haryana

5.0

2.1

0.7

0.6

0.9

Himachal Pradesh

3.2

7.3

6.3

2.4

3.3

Jammu and Kashmir

4.4

2.7

2.6

0.4

0.3

Jharkhanda

-

-

0.4

0.2

0.3

Karnataka

1.5

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.0

Kerala

6.5

2.5

1.0

0.1

0.1

Madhya Pradesh

5.1

2.2

1.3

0.5

0.7

Maharashtra

6.2

3.7

2.1

0.4

0.4

Manipur

2.9

1.1

0.5

0.1

0.0

Meghalaya

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

Mizoram

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nagaland

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Odisha

3.4

1.7

1.0

0.2

0.3

Punjab

2.5

1.6

1.2

0.6

0.5

Rajasthan

2.4

1.5

0.8

0.2

0.3

Sikkim

-

2.4

4.5

3.4

1.7

Tamil Nadu

2.0

0.8

0.4

0.0

0.1

Tripura

2.4

-

0.5

0.0

0.0

Uttar Pradesh

1.4

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.1

Uttarakhanda

-

-

1.8

0.7

0.7

West Bengal

4.3

1.8

0.7

0.1

0.1

Telanganaa

-

-

-

1.6

2.0

Union Territories

 Andaman and Nicobar Islandb

-

-

-

0.0

0.2

 Chandigarhb

-

-

-

1.3

0.3

 Dadra and Nagar Havelib

-

-

-

0.0

0.2

 Daman and Diub

-

-

-

0.0

-

 Lakshadweepb

-

-

-

0.0

0.0

 Delhib

3.2

2.3

0.8

0.2

0.2

 Puducherryb

-

-

-

0.0

0.3

 Ladakha

-

-

-

-

0.4

INDIA

3.4

1.9

1.1

0.3

0.3

  1. Authors have compiled results of five consecutive National Family Health Survey from 1992 to 2021, a States were formulated in 2000, except Telangana, which was curved in 2014, and Ladakh was formulated in 2019. b Union Territories were excluded from the NFHS 1 to NFHS 3