Washington: A 10-year-old Indian girl whose parents say she was raped and impregnated by her uncle has reportedly given birth after a court rejected her request for an abortion last month.

Doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital in the northern city of Chandigarh delivered a baby girl through a C-section on Thursday morning, the Indian Express and the BBC reported.

Women hold candles during a vigil to protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls in New Delhi. India is home to the world's largest population of sexually abused children, says the BBC. Credit:AP

The young mother was about seven months pregnant. The newborn was underweight, about 2.5 kilograms, but was in stable condition, according to the BBC.

The girl's parents found out she was pregnant earlier in the summer after she complained of stomach pains, the Indian Express reported. She later told her parents that her uncle had raped her a half-dozen times at the family's home. After the uncle was arrested, the parents and a Delhi-based advocate asked a court to allow her to terminate the pregnancy.