Rural-urban Disparity in Nutritional Efficiency Attainment and Infant Mortality Rate in District Saiha, Mizoram Vangchhia Lalrinpuia*, Sati Vishwambhar Prasad**, Vanlaltanpuia*** *Research Scholar, Department of Geography & Resource Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl **Professor, Department of Geography & Resource Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl ***Research Scholar, Department of Geography & Resource Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl Online published on 30 December, 2017. Abstract The present study examines rural urban disparity on nutritional efficiency attainment in District Saiha, Mizoram which has the distinction of the highest Infant mortality rate (IMR in the state. Nutritional efficiency or deficiency is one of the causal factors effecting Infant death. Therefore it is needed to know the nutritional efficiency attainment and its relationship to IMR. The study was based on primary data collected from 3 local councils represent urban areas and 3 villages for rural areas in the District. 40 per cent household of each villages/Local councils were randomly selected covering 519 household. Nutritive value and efficiency percentage have been calculated on the basis of the value given by Indian Council of Medical Research. By using principal component analysis the nutritional efficiency index and rural urban disparity was measured. Pearlson's rank correlation has been used to know the relationship between nutritional efficiency attainment and IMR. High ranks are concentrated on urban areas while all rural areas are very low. It shows rural urban disparity. There is a high negative correlation between nutritional efficiency attainment and IMR. Top Keywords Nutritional attainment, Disparity, Nutritional efficiency, Nutritional deficiency, Infant Morality Rate. Top |