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title: "NFHS: National Family Health Survey Overview"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is India's large-scale, multi-round household survey providing representative data on population, health, nutrition, and family welfare indicators.
- Which agency conducts the NFHS and under whose ministry?
- What were the key findings of NFHS-5 (2019–21)?
- How does the NFHS differ from the Census and the SRS?
- Why is NFHS-4 considered methodologically significant?

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In November 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the NFHS-5 (2019–21) national report, revealing that India's Total Fertility Rate had fallen to 2.0, below the replacement level of 2.1.

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