With 3 wives, 15 children, man heads biggest family in district

Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh): As the nation is raising its concerns over rising population, Mohd Sharif could not care less. With three wives and 15 children, he heads what he says is the “biggest family in this district”. His entire family lives together in Baudhiyan Kalan village that has a total population of 6,000.
Sharif says he was 14 when he first got married to Jatta Begum in 1987.
He has three sons and five daughters with his first wife.
“I met Noor and married her sometime in the nineties. She has given me four daughters and one son. In 2000, I married Tarannum Begum, a Nepalese and she has given me one son and one daughter,” he says.
Interestingly, Sharif confesses that he does not remember the names of all his children.
“I go for a headcount every evening to ensure that all of them are home,” he says.