This is a list of the States of India ranked in order of percentage of people having a Body Mass Index lower than normal. The information is based on the Demographic & Health Survey of 2005–06 for India.
People with low Body Mass Index (BMI)
| States | Males (%) | Males Rank | Females (%) | Females Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripura | 36.3 | 1 | 32.1 | 8 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 34.3 | 2 | 38.1 | 5 |
| Rajasthan | 31.8 | 3 | 31.6 | 10 |
| Assam | 31.4 | 4 | 34.5 | 7 |
| Jharkhand | 31.4 | 4 | 40.6 | 2 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 30.7 | 6 | 32.1 | 9 |
| Odisha | 30.1 | 7 | 38.5 | 4 |
| Chhattisgarh | 29.8 | 8 | 39 | 3 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 29.6 | 9 | 35.7 | 6 |
| Bihar | 26.7 | 10 | 41 | 1 |
| Gujarat | 26.2 | 11 | 30.3 | 12 |
| Whole INDIA | 26.1 | — | 31 | — |
| Haryana | 24.8 | 12 | 25.8 | 15 |
| Karnataka | 23.5 | 13 | 29.4 | 13 |
| Maharashtra | 22.9 | 14 | 30.6 | 11 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 22.8 | 15 | 28.8 | 14 |
| Uttarakhand | 19.8 | 16 | 23.7 | 16 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 17.9 | 17 | 19.3 | 19 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 17.8 | 18 | 22.3 | 17 |
| Tamil Nadu | 16.5 | 19 | 21.5 | 18 |
| Goa | 14.8 | 20 | 18.5 | 20 |
| West Bengal | 11.6 | 21 | 13.5 | 21 |
| Manipur | 10.2 | 22 | 11.9 | 24 |
| Kerala | 9.9 | 23 | 10.5 | 26 |
| Nagaland | 8.8 | 24 | 13.9 | 21 |
| Meghalaya | 6 | 25 | 11.7 | 25 |
| Sikkim | 5.2 | 26 | 7.6 | 27 |
| Mizoram | 4 | 27 | 13.3 | 23 |
| Punjab | 2.2 | 28 | 2.0 | 28 |