{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "National Family Health Survey, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (IIPS), as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 6.8)",
  "agency": "National Family Health Survey, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (IIPS)",
  "compendiumTable": "6.8",
  "indicatorCode": 147,
  "base": "NFHS-5, 2019-21",
  "frequency": "cross-sectional",
  "unit": "percent",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "NFHS-5, 2019-21",
  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each indicator is final as its underlying source publishes; the compendium is a curated cross-source portrait, never a single survey.",
  "coverage": "Percentage of Men aged 25-29 years who were married before age 21 years (NFHS-5, 2019-21)",
  "periodLabels": {
   "2020-01-01": "NFHS-5, 2019-21"
  },
  "cut": "State",
  "note": "MoSPI's compendium reprints this table from National Family Health Survey, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (IIPS); the figures are that agency's. This bundle holds one instrument only (NFHS-5, 2019-21); the indicator's other instrument is a separate bundle, never joined to this one. Values printed as \"-\" (no observation) or \"NR\" (not reported) are not baked; meta.omitted counts them.",
  "omitted": {}
 },
 "dates": [
  "2020-01-01"
 ],
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   "name": "gender_t147_all_india",
   "label": "All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    17.7
   ],
   "group": "All India",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "andaman_nicobar_islands": {
   "name": "gender_t147_andaman_nicobar_islands",
   "label": "Andaman & Nicobar  Islands",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    7.1
   ],
   "group": "Andaman & Nicobar  Islands",
   "geo": "Andaman & Nicobar  Islands"
  },
  "andhra_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t147_andhra_pradesh",
   "label": "Andhra Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    14.5
   ],
   "group": "Andhra Pradesh",
   "geo": "Andhra Pradesh"
  },
  "arunachal_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t147_arunachal_pradesh",
   "label": "Arunachal Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    20.8
   ],
   "group": "Arunachal Pradesh",
   "geo": "Arunachal Pradesh"
  },
  "assam": {
   "name": "gender_t147_assam",
   "label": "Assam",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    21.8
   ],
   "group": "Assam",
   "geo": "Assam"
  },
  "bihar": {
   "name": "gender_t147_bihar",
   "label": "Bihar",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    30.5
   ],
   "group": "Bihar",
   "geo": "Bihar"
  },
  "chhattisgarh": {
   "name": "gender_t147_chhattisgarh",
   "label": "Chhattisgarh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    16.2
   ],
   "group": "Chhattisgarh",
   "geo": "Chhattisgarh"
  },
  "dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_d": {
   "name": "gender_t147_dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_d",
   "label": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    12.6
   ],
   "group": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu",
   "geo": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu"
  },
  "delhi": {
   "name": "gender_t147_delhi",
   "label": "Delhi",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    12
   ],
   "group": "Delhi",
   "geo": "Delhi"
  },
  "goa": {
   "name": "gender_t147_goa",
   "label": "Goa",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    8.9
   ],
   "group": "Goa",
   "geo": "Goa"
  },
  "gujarat": {
   "name": "gender_t147_gujarat",
   "label": "Gujarat",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    27.7
   ],
   "group": "Gujarat",
   "geo": "Gujarat"
  },
  "haryana": {
   "name": "gender_t147_haryana",
   "label": "Haryana",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    16
   ],
   "group": "Haryana",
   "geo": "Haryana"
  },
  "himachal_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t147_himachal_pradesh",
   "label": "Himachal Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    4.6
   ],
   "group": "Himachal Pradesh",
   "geo": "Himachal Pradesh"
  },
  "jammu_kashmir": {
   "name": "gender_t147_jammu_kashmir",
   "label": "Jammu & Kashmir",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    8.5
   ],
   "group": "Jammu & Kashmir",
   "geo": "Jammu & Kashmir"
  },
  "jharkhand": {
   "name": "gender_t147_jharkhand",
   "label": "Jharkhand",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    22.7
   ],
   "group": "Jharkhand",
   "geo": "Jharkhand"
  },
  "karnataka": {
   "name": "gender_t147_karnataka",
   "label": "Karnataka",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    6.1
   ],
   "group": "Karnataka",
   "geo": "Karnataka"
  },
  "kerala": {
   "name": "gender_t147_kerala",
   "label": "Kerala",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    1.4
   ],
   "group": "Kerala",
   "geo": "Kerala"
  },
  "ladakh": {
   "name": "gender_t147_ladakh",
   "label": "Ladakh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    20.2
   ],
   "group": "Ladakh",
   "geo": "Ladakh"
  },
  "madhya_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t147_madhya_pradesh",
   "label": "Madhya Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    30.1
   ],
   "group": "Madhya Pradesh",
   "geo": "Madhya Pradesh"
  },
  "maharashtra": {
   "name": "gender_t147_maharashtra",
   "label": "Maharashtra",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    10.5
   ],
   "group": "Maharashtra",
   "geo": "Maharashtra"
  },
  "manipur": {
   "name": "gender_t147_manipur",
   "label": "Manipur",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    15.3
   ],
   "group": "Manipur",
   "geo": "Manipur"
  },
  "meghalaya": {
   "name": "gender_t147_meghalaya",
   "label": "Meghalaya",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    17.9
   ],
   "group": "Meghalaya",
   "geo": "Meghalaya"
  },
  "mizoram": {
   "name": "gender_t147_mizoram",
   "label": "Mizoram",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    11
   ],
   "group": "Mizoram",
   "geo": "Mizoram"
  },
  "nagaland": {
   "name": "gender_t147_nagaland",
   "label": "Nagaland",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    5
   ],
   "group": "Nagaland",
   "geo": "Nagaland"
  },
  "odisha": {
   "name": "gender_t147_odisha",
   "label": "Odisha",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    13.3
   ],
   "group": "Odisha",
   "geo": "Odisha"
  },
  "puducherry": {
   "name": "gender_t147_puducherry",
   "label": "Puducherry",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    6.5
   ],
   "group": "Puducherry",
   "geo": "Puducherry"
  },
  "punjab": {
   "name": "gender_t147_punjab",
   "label": "Punjab",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    11.4
   ],
   "group": "Punjab",
   "geo": "Punjab"
  },
  "rajasthan": {
   "name": "gender_t147_rajasthan",
   "label": "Rajasthan",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    28.2
   ],
   "group": "Rajasthan",
   "geo": "Rajasthan"
  },
  "sikkim": {
   "name": "gender_t147_sikkim",
   "label": "Sikkim",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    5.1
   ],
   "group": "Sikkim",
   "geo": "Sikkim"
  },
  "tamil_nadu": {
   "name": "gender_t147_tamil_nadu",
   "label": "Tamil Nadu",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    4.4
   ],
   "group": "Tamil Nadu",
   "geo": "Tamil Nadu"
  },
  "telangana": {
   "name": "gender_t147_telangana",
   "label": "Telangana",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    16.3
   ],
   "group": "Telangana",
   "geo": "Telangana"
  },
  "tripura": {
   "name": "gender_t147_tripura",
   "label": "Tripura",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    20.4
   ],
   "group": "Tripura",
   "geo": "Tripura"
  },
  "uttarakhand": {
   "name": "gender_t147_uttarakhand",
   "label": "Uttarakhand",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    16.6
   ],
   "group": "Uttarakhand",
   "geo": "Uttarakhand"
  },
  "uttar_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t147_uttar_pradesh",
   "label": "Uttar Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    23
   ],
   "group": "Uttar Pradesh",
   "geo": "Uttar Pradesh"
  },
  "west_bengal": {
   "name": "gender_t147_west_bengal",
   "label": "West Bengal",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    20
   ],
   "group": "West Bengal",
   "geo": "West Bengal"
  }
 }
}