In most states, majority of girls marry after 18, says government report | India News

NEW DELHI: The imply age at efficient marriage for females on the nationwide stage was 22.9 years, the Sample Registration System (SRS) statistical report 2023 has revealed. That’s a tad up from 22.7 in 2022. The report additionally highlighted that in a majority of states, most girls marry after the age of 18.However, in states like West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh, a substantial proportion of females proceed to marry earlier than reaching 18 years of age. Also, there are variations within the imply age at efficient marriage throughout states, starting from 21.3 years in West Bengal to 26.3 years in J&Ok.A take a look at the information for 5 years from 2019 to 2023 displays that the imply age at efficient marriage for females, was 22.5 in 2021, 22.7 in 2020, and 22.1 in 2019.Though the imply age at marriage in each city and rural areas has proven a constant rise over time, the rural-urban disparity stays important, with the imply age being 22.4 years in rural areas and 24.3 years in city areas in 2023. The report highlighted that this hole is constantly noticed throughout India. In 2022, the imply age for rural areas was 22.2 years and for city areas, 23.9.Since 1990, the SRS has been gathering knowledge on the quantity of females who entered into efficient marriage throughout every six-month reference interval of the half-yearly survey. The imply age at efficient marriage has been estimated on the premise of this info.At the nationwide stage, 2.1% of females acquired married earlier than the age of 18, 25% acquired married between the ages of 18 and 20, and 72.9% acquired married at 21 or above. In rural areas, the corresponding percentages are 2.5%, 28.1% and 69.4%, respectively, whereas in city areas, they’re 1.2%, 17% and 81.8%, respectively.Among the larger states/UTs, the best proportion of females getting married earlier than the age of 18 was noticed in West Bengal (6.3%) and the bottom in Kerala (0.1%).