This rise is more pronounced in tribal and rural areas than in urban ones. In response to a question raised in the Assembly by Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani, the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare stated that the number of malnourished children in Ahmedabad district is 2,236 and in Dahod district is 18,326 in the zero to six-year age group, while the number of underweight children was 497 and 5,101 respectively. The figure of malnourished children over the last two years stood 575 in Dang district while it was 2,443 in Narmada district. Dashod, Narmada and Dang districts are dominated by tribals.
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