Some numerical information
Total population 1,326,093,247 inhabitants
Population of Tamil Nadu: +/- 70,000,000 inhabitants
There are 472 million children under the age of 18 in India, representing 39% of the country’s overall population. A large part of this figure represents children aged between 0 and 6 years old.
More than six million school-age children do not go to school, according to Unicef. More than 30% of school children drop out of their studies quickly.
Each year, 400,000 children die within 24 hours of birth and 2,000,000 die before the age of five. India thus holds the sad world record for infant mortality. Malnutrition (rickets) is a leading cause of death.
2011 – India has 31 million orphans. These figures are from 2011; with the covid the situation has worsened.
Every day, 5760 children become orphans.