Ladakh — उंची आणि शरीराची आकडेवारी
As published, with the year attached. Anything the surveys do not publish for Ladakh is simply absent from this page.
What has been published for Ladakh
No mean adult height has ever been published for Ladakh, so this page does not give one.
On the current NFHS-5 round (2019–21), 11.6% of women aged 15–49 in Ladakh measure below 145 cm.
स्रोत·NFHS-5 (2019-21) India Report Vol. 1, Table 10.20.1 (women) and Table 10.20.2 (men), age 15-49, by state/union territory·NFHS-5, fieldwork 2019–21·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
Mean adult height
Not published for Ladakh. The current National Family Health Survey does not report a mean adult height for any state, and the 2005–06 analysis that is the only published source of state mean heights does not cover Ladakh.
Rather than interpolate from a neighbouring state or from an earlier administrative unit, this page leaves the figure out. The indicators that are published for Ladakh are below.
NFHS-5 निर्देशक — 2019–21
| निर्देशक | लडाख |
|---|---|
| 145 cm पेक्षा कमी उंचीच्या स्त्रिया (%) | 11.6 |
| सरासरी BMI, स्त्रिया | 23.6 |
| सरासरी BMI, पुरुष | 24.2 |
| स्त्रिया, BMI 18.5 पेक्षा कमी (%) | 4.4 |
| पुरुष, BMI 18.5 पेक्षा कमी (%) | 2.1 |
| स्त्रिया, BMI 25 किंवा अधिक (%) | 28.3 |
| पुरुष, BMI 25 किंवा अधिक (%) | 37.8 |
Source: NFHS-5 (2019-21) India Report Vol. 1, Table 10.20.1 (women) and Table 10.20.2 (men), age 15-49, by state/union territory अहवाल.
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The indicator most often mistaken for an average is the share of women measuring under 145 cm. It is a threshold count, not a mean — and this site does not convert one into the other, because the conversion is not possible without the underlying distribution.
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प्रश्न
What is the average height in Ladakh?
It has not been published. Ladakh has current NFHS-5 nutritional-status indicators, which are on this page, but no mean adult height has been published for it — Ladakh was part of Jammu & Kashmir when the last state-level heights were measured in 2005–06, and carrying that figure across would be inventing a measurement. An estimate would be a guess wearing a decimal point.
What does "percentage of women below 145 cm" measure?
It is a nutritional and obstetric-risk indicator used by the National Family Health Survey, not a description of typical height. Short adult stature in women is associated with childhood undernutrition and with higher risks in childbirth, which is why the survey tracks the share below a fixed threshold rather than a mean. It cannot be converted into an average height, and this site does not try.
Which survey rounds are these figures from?
The nutritional-status indicators are from NFHS-5 (2019-21) India Report Vol. 1, Table 10.20.1 (women) and Table 10.20.2 (men), age 15-49, by state/union territory Nothing on this page has been carried over between rounds or adjusted.
Figures for Ladakh as published in the sources cited above, each with its own survey round and year. 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. See data & method for every source, survey round and rounding rule used on this site.
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