Cell & Cellular Life Sciences Journal ISSN: 2578-4811 MEDWIN PUBLISHERS Commited to Create Value for Researchers Reproductive Performance Trends among Villagers of Birsingha Gram, Ghatal under Midnapore District, in West Bengal, India Cell Cellular Life Sci J Reproductive Performance Trends among Villagers of Birsingha Gram, Ghatal under Midnapore District, in West Bengal, India Abhishikta Ghosh Roy*, Banerjee B, Naaz F and Behera B Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, India *Corresponding author: Abhishikta Ghosh Roy, Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, India, Email: abhishikta.gr@gmail.com Research Article Volume 6 Issue 1 Received Date: January 17, 2021 Published Date: February 17, 2021 DOI: 10.23880/cclsj-16000161 Abstract Health is considered to be the most significant factor that triggers building of a nation. Factors related to health are the prime concern of research for medical and social researchers. The status of health among the rural population of India needs attention, and under this backdrop the present study has aimed at exploring the reproductive performance among villagers of Birsingha Gram, Ghatal under Midnapore District, in West Bengal, India. We tried to understand some of the determinants of reproductive health such as: Age at menarche, marriage, conception and childbirth as well as desired no. of children, gender preference and other health care practices. All these factors affect women’s reproductive health, which in turn affects the well- being of their families and overall economic growth of the nation. A total of 300 responses were taken into consideration for the present study. Keywords: Reproductive Health; Infant Mortality Rate; Antenatal Care; Asthma; Breastfeeding; Colostrum Abbreviations: IMR: Infant Mortality Rate; FGDs: Focus Group Discussions; IDIs: In depth Interviews; TT: Tetanus Toxoid; IFA: Iron Folic Acid; EPI: Expanded Program on Immunization; SDV: Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery. Introduction Today, health is described in a way that it encompasses all three possible definitions, given by the World Health Organization and the Lancet, in one compact description. It says health is the absence of any disease or impairment and a balanced state that allows the individual to adequately cope with all demands of daily life and the individual in turn, establishes equilibrium within himself and between himself and his socio-physical environment [1,2]. The overall health of a population is affected by many factors. Reproductive health is an integral part of them. According to the definition given by WHO, reproductive health implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so [3]. This implies that people should have the availability of the information and access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of birth control, access to affordable and appropriate health care services of sexual, reproductive medicine and implementation of health education programs to stress the importance of women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth could provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant [4]. It further implies that reproduction is carried to a successful outcome in the form of infant and child survival, through growth and healthy child development. Reproductive fate of a population is determined by several cultural and socio-economic as well as geographical factors. The focus of the conventional demographic literature was majorly on the behavioral mechanisms which influence reproductive health, including the functioning of households, and the distribution of resources, that consequently affect the well-being of women and their children. Problems related to reproductive health remain the leading cause of ill health and death for women of