Even as India makes significant progress in many areas, child marriages continue to be rampant in some states. At least 50 percent women in the country get married before attaining the age of 18 years, says a study done by the Population Council of India.

Bihar figures worst in the report as 77 percent of the girls were married even before they were 15, it says.

The report, titled ‘Youth in India: Situation and Needs’, was prepared by conducting survey over 58,000 youths in the age group of 15-29 years in six states - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

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