Table 1. Profile of study districts.

	Population (in millions) [24]	Crude Birth Rate per 1000 [30]	% population rural [24]	% population Scheduled Tribe [24]	% population Below Poverty Line [30]	% eligible for CY benefit (BPL+ST) [24,31]	% of births conducted under Chiranjeevi in 2006–11 out of total registered [32]
Gujarat state	60.4	22.7	57.0	14.8	39.6	40.7	10.9
Sabarkantha dist	2.4	28.0	85.0	19.7	32.9	43.3	22.0
Surendranagar dist	1.7	23.0	72.0	0.9	46.5	45.4	10.1
Dahod dist	2.1	30.2	90.0	72.4	71.6	87.9	29.7
Total of 3 study districts	6.2	27.0	82.3	31	50.3	58.9	20.6