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<jats:title>Significance</jats:title><jats:p>To the best of our knowledge, this is the first prediction of child anthropometric failure estimates for 597,121 villages—the smallest local governance unit—in India. While prior child nutrition policies and programs in India focused on districts for planning, implementation, and monitoring, we highlight that a majority of the geographic variation in child anthropometric failures occur at the micro geographic level of villages followed by the macro administrative level of states. Precision mapping of health data at the village level can enable more informed and effective local politics in India.</jats:p>