The objective of this work is to co-relate maternal age, socioeconomic status, and health care related determinants with low birth weight. Cross sectional study using random sampling method, total 2575 pregnant women in 200 villages in Birbhum district, West Bengal was interviewed. The study was done by a Non Government Organization, which is registered under Society Registration Act. Prior permission and ethical approval were obtained before data collection based on a structured pretested questionnaire. Statistical software, STATA 12 was used for data analysis. The survey period was between January 2015 and December 2017.

I am Saikat Majumdar, presently working as a Data Manager in Society for Health and Demographic Surveillance( Public Health Research) initiated by Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal. I am alsoworking as a Guest Faculty Lecturer of a college under Burdwan University, Department of Economics.