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UP, Bihar continue to lead fertility rates: the population bomb gets bigger!
Population: the bomb gets bigger!
New Delhi: An average woman in rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are giving birth to around four children each. In urban areas, too, the birth rate is as high as nearly three children per woman during her entire lifetime.
The world’s largest demographic survey has found that while India strives for population stabilization, five of the nine high focus states — Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and UP — still have fertility rate as high as above three children per woman, while two other states, Assam and Chhattisgarh, have a fertility rate...