Mizoram

DEMOGRAPHICS
Overall Population Population size, Number
Population size ('000) 1,097
Decadal population growth rate (Per cent) 23.5
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males) 976

Adolescents (10-19 years)*

Population size ('000) 227
Decadal population growth rate (Per cent) 9.6
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males) 969

Youths (15-24 years)*

Population size ('000) 222
Decadal population growth rate (Per cent) 15.5
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males) 993
Source: Census, 2011; * Special tables on youth and adolescent, Census 2011 Source: Census, 2011

Population size (Thousands)

Persons Boys Girls
240
227 222
180 112 111

120
117 57 110 54 112 56
60 115 111
60 56 56
0
10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years Adolescent Youth
Source: Special tables on youth and adolescent, Census 2011 (10-19 years) (15-24 years)

Sex ratio (Females per 1000 males)

Youth* Adolescent* Adolescent* Youth*
Overall Overall
(15-24 years) (10-19 years) (10-19 years) (15-24 years)

978 995 948 Urban 998 996 1010

941 949 923 Rural 952 941 973

961 971 935 Total 976 969 993

Source: Census 2011; * Special tables on youth and adolescent, Census 2001 and 2011

Education
Literacy rate (Per cent)
Overall Adolescents* Youth*
Urban 85 99 99
Rural 69 90 87

Female 76 93 92
Male 79 95 95

Total 77 94 93
Source: Census, 2011; *Special tables on youth and adolescent, Census 2011
 Mizoram
Net attendance ratio (Per cent) Persons currently attending any
educational institutions (Per cent)
Total Boys Girls
15-19 yr 20-24 yr

100 80 68
79 66 63
80 69 71 68 71
65 60
60
40
40 25 25 26
15 16 14
20 20

0 0
11-13 yr Middle 14-15 yr Secondary 16-17 yr Higher Total Boys Girls
secondary Source: NSS, 2009-2010
Source: NSS, 2009-2010

Reproductive Health
Women 15-19 years ever married (Per cent) Age-specific Fertility Rate (Per 1,000 women)
100 15-19 yr 20-24 yr

80 250
192
172
200 156
60
150
40
100
20 14
50 99
74
54
0 0
1992-1993 1998-1999 2005-2006 Total Rural Urban
Source: NFHS Source: NFHS, 2005-2006

Contraceptive Prevalence vs Unmet Need (Per cent) Comprehensive knowledge of

CPR Unmet need HIV among youth (Per cent)
50
42
40 36
28
30 No Data
20
8
10

0
Source: NFHS, 2005-2006 15-19 yr 20-24 yr

Anaemia Among Adolescent Girls (Per cent) BMI Among Adolescent Girls (Per cent)
Any anaemia Mild Moderate Severe

4
Normal 4
15
30
Thin

39 Moderately/severely thin
8
1 Overweight or Obese 77

Source: NFHS, 2005-2006 Source: NFHS, 2005-2006