A child said to be the biggest baby girl in the world has been delivered by a mother, in India.

 The baby, that was born by Caesarean section weighs the same as an average six-month-old child, a staggering 15lbs. Her 19-year-old mother, known only as Nandini, was astonished by the size of her first child when she was born in India.

 She tipped the scales at twice the size of an average baby, which typically weigh about 7lb 5oz. Dr Venkatesh Raju, the local health officer, said that in her 25 years of experience, “I had never seen such a big baby. She is a miracle.

 I believe she is not only the heaviest baby born in India but the heaviest baby girl ever born in the world.’