An Indian woman claims to have become one of the oldest mothers in the world after giving birth to a baby girl aged 65.

The mother, who has not been named, gave birth on Boxing Day at the hospital in a remote part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, it is claimed.

Father Hakim Din, who is aged 80, thanked Allah for the 'precious gift' of a baby daughter but said the couple will need financial help to raise her, local media said.

Hakim Din (left) took his wife (right), who has not been identified, to hospital on Boxing Day with labour pains before she gave birth to a baby girl

Hakim claims to be 80 and his wife claims to be 65. If the case is confirmed they will become the oldest parents to conceive naturally in the world

He added that the couple already have a son who was born between eight and 10 years ago.

Dr Shabir Sidiqui, a maternity specialist from Kashmir, told local reporters that the case is the 'rarest of the rare'.

'Usually menopause sets in on an average at the age of 47 years in India. Once it sets in, there is no possibility (of giving birth). But this is a rare one,' he said.

Doctors at the hospital where the birth occurred said both mother and baby are healthy and doing well.

If Kaur's claims are true, then it would make her the oldest mother in the world to have conceived the baby naturally.

Most women giving birth after the age of 50 rely on IVF treatment, having already gone through the menopause.

The world's current oldest verified mother is Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, from Spain, who gave birth aged 66 to twins via IVF in 2006.

However, many have claimed to have children at much more advanced ages, including another Indian woman named Daljinder Kaur.

Kaur claimed in April 2016 that she had given birth to a son aged 72 via IVF after two previous treatments had failed.

Hakim called the baby girl a 'precious gift' from Allah, but said he and his wife will need financial help to raise her