Women education and infant mortality: state wise disparity

Women education is powerful instrument for development of socio-economic status of country because it holds the half resource of country. If we want to development of a nation through healthy population it cannot be possible without making women population healthy and wealthy. For the utilization of women population with its potential level women education is most important factor. It is well known fact that educated women are the weapons who yield positive impact on the child health as well as on society through giving healthy human recourses. Educated woman has capability to handle her children and professional life. The women education in ancient India was quite good but in the middle age it was deteriorated because of many restrictions against women. However, again it is getting better and better day by day as modern people in India understand that without the growth and development of women, the development of country is not possible. In the above context this paper aims to determine the extent to which women’s education contributes to the good health of their children of EAG state of India. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between women literacy rate and infant mortality rate, as well as highlight this relationship at the rural and urban levels also. Another objective of this paper is to know correlation between child sex ratio and women’s literacy rate in EAG states. Through the data of many years, this paper will attempt to know the trend of infant mortality rate in India. This paper is based on mainly secondary data as census report 2011, NHP 2018 and SRS Statistical Report etc. Simple Statistics is used for analysis of secondary data. After analysis it is very clear that infant mortality rate is not directly associated with women education. The conclusion of study is that women should be given equal opportunity in education like men. Women should not be isolated from any development activities. The pace of social and economic development will be faster in India through the women education because it further improves the human recourse of country.