Table 1 Regional classification of Indian states.

From: Experiments in modeling recent Indian fertility pattern

Region

Name of states

Randomly selected states

North

Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand

Punjab

Central

Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

East

Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal

West Bengal

Northeast

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura

Tripura

West

Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa

Gujarat

South

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Karnataka