Question

Calculate the average family size.how many families are aboveb the average family size

Answer 1

This is a list of the States of India ranked in order of average number of persons in a family. This information was compiled from NFHS-3. National Family health survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi round survey conducted by the International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai designated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India. NFHS-3 was released on 11 Oct 2007 and the detailed survey can be viewed in the following website [1]

№/RankStateHousehold

size (persons)

1Tamil Nadu3.52
Andhra Pradesh3.93Goa4.24Kerala4.35Tripura4.36West Bengal4.57Odisha4.58Sikkim4.59Nagaland4.510Himachal Pradesh4.611Karnataka4.612Assam4.713Gujarat4.714Maharashtra4.715Arunachal Pradesh4.816Mizoram4.817India average4.818ChhattisgarhN⁄A19Madhya Pradesh520Uttarakhand521Manipur522Meghalaya5.123Punjab5.224Rajasthan5.525Haryana5.326Bihar5.427Jharkhand5.428Jammu and Kashmir5.729Uttar Pradesh5.7