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GrowthChart

Height and growth data, for India

Average heights from national survey data, child growth percentiles from the WHO and Indian Academy of Pediatrics references, and healthy weight ranges by height — with the source and survey year printed on every page.

406080100120140160180200 Adult men, India 164.9cm 5'5"

Why this site exists

Search "height weight chart" or "average height in India" and most of what comes back is either American data relabelled, or a page built to sell a height-increase capsule. Neither tells you where its numbers came from.

GrowthChart publishes the reference tables that already exist in the public record — the WHO Child Growth Standards, the Indian Academy of Pediatrics revised charts, the National Family Health Survey, the NCD-RisC pooled height analysis — with the citation attached to each one. Where a figure is not published for India, this site says so and leaves the space empty rather than filling it with an estimate.

The weight side of the arithmetic lives on SehatCheck, a sister site that handles BMI on the Asian-Indian cutoffs. This site does not restate it.

Healthy weight for your height

The chart people are looking for when they search "height weight chart". It is a range, and it does not change with age in adults — the age pages explain what does.

Healthy weight range by height, adults. Both published band sets shown.
HeightCentimetres Healthy weight (Asian-Indian, BMI 18.5–22.9) Healthy weight (WHO international, BMI 18.5–24.9) In pounds
4'10" 147.3 40.2 – 49.7 kg 40.2 – 54.0 kg 89 – 110 lb
4'11" 149.9 41.5 – 51.4 kg 41.5 – 55.9 kg 92 – 113 lb
5'0" 152.4 43.0 – 53.2 kg 43.0 – 57.8 kg 95 – 117 lb
5'1" 154.9 44.4 – 55.0 kg 44.4 – 59.8 kg 98 – 121 lb
5'2" 157.5 45.9 – 56.8 kg 45.9 – 61.8 kg 101 – 125 lb
5'3" 160.0 47.4 – 58.6 kg 47.4 – 63.8 kg 104 – 129 lb
5'4" 162.6 48.9 – 60.5 kg 48.9 – 65.8 kg 108 – 133 lb
5'5" 165.1 50.4 – 62.4 kg 50.4 – 67.9 kg 111 – 138 lb
5'6" 167.6 52.0 – 64.4 kg 52.0 – 70.0 kg 115 – 142 lb
5'7" 170.2 53.6 – 66.3 kg 53.6 – 72.1 kg 118 – 146 lb
5'8" 172.7 55.2 – 68.3 kg 55.2 – 74.3 kg 122 – 151 lb
5'9" 175.3 56.8 – 70.3 kg 56.8 – 76.5 kg 125 – 155 lb
5'10" 177.8 58.5 – 72.4 kg 58.5 – 78.7 kg 129 – 160 lb
5'11" 180.3 60.2 – 74.5 kg 60.2 – 81.0 kg 133 – 164 lb
6'0" 182.9 61.9 – 76.6 kg 61.9 – 83.3 kg 136 – 169 lb
6'1" 185.4 63.6 – 78.7 kg 63.6 – 85.6 kg 140 – 174 lb
6'2" 188.0 65.4 – 80.9 kg 65.4 – 88.0 kg 144 – 178 lb
6'3" 190.5 67.1 – 83.1 kg 67.1 – 90.4 kg 148 – 183 lb
6'4" 193.0 68.9 – 85.3 kg 68.9 – 92.8 kg 152 – 188 lb

Both columns are the same arithmetic — weight = BMI × height in metres squared — read against two different published band sets. The height links go to SehatCheck, which publishes the full BMI table for each height.

What this site will not do

It will not tell you a child is too short or too heavy. A percentile is a position in a population, not a diagnosis, and a single measurement of a healthy child can sit anywhere on the chart. What matters clinically is the trajectory across several visits, and reading that is a paediatrician's job.

It will also not sell you height. Adult height cannot be increased by any supplement, stretch, device or diet, and the page that says so is here.

General information only — not medical advice. Growth varies enormously between healthy individuals; a single measurement means little. Discuss any concern about a child's growth with a paediatrician.

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