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Esty Shushan is a symbol of tensions within an ultra-Orthodox community that is slowly evolving but uncomfortable with change.

The survey is brought out by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs

"The percentage of females who got effectively married before reaching 18 years of age is 1.9 at the national level and varies from 0.0 in Kerala to 5.8 in Jharkhand," the survey said. In Jharkhand, child marriages accounted for 7.3 per cent of marriages in rural areas and three per cent in urban areas, it said. Jharkhand Sees Highest Percentage of Child Marriage Among Girls in India.

Jharkhand has earned the disrepute of having the highest percentage of underage girls getting married, according to the latest demographic sample survey by the Union Home Ministry.

The percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand, according to the survey brought out by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs.

The only two states in the country where around 50 per cent of women get married before turning 21 are Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Jharkhand has the highest percentage of underage girls getting revealed a survey by the Union Home Ministry.

The survey was conducted in 2020 and the report was published late last month. Jharkhand and West Bengal are the only two states in the country where more than half of the women are married before attaining the age of 21 years.

India has achieved landmark achievements in further reduction of child mortality rates, according to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

The Ministry reported that the Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) for the country has declined 3 points as the mortality declined from 35 per 1000 live births in 2019 to 32 per 1000 live births in 2020, varying from 36 in rural areas to 21 in urban areas, , healthcare, Infant Mortality, infant mortality rates, Mansukh Mandaviya