Rice share of cereal consumption, urban households, HCES 2023-24
Rice is 52.3 per cent of the cereals eaten per person in urban India (HCES 2023-24, by weight), against 53.2 per cent in 2022-23. In 8 states and territories it is 90 per cent or more, led by Mizoram (99.4), Manipur (99.2) and Nagaland (97.3), while in Rajasthan (6.4), Chandigarh (13.6) and Punjab (13.6) wheat and coarse grains take most of the plate.
Policy implication
This is a share of kilograms of cereal, not of calories or spending, and it counts household consumption from purchases, home production and free items together. A high rice share does not say how much cereal anyone eats. Rural and urban figures come from separate series, and the survey publishes no combined state figure, so the two maps should not be averaged.
This is a share of kilograms of cereal, not of calories or spending, and it counts household consumption from purchases, home production and free items together. A high rice share does not say how much cereal anyone eats. Rural and urban figures come from separate series, and the survey publishes no combined state figure, so the two maps should not be averaged.
Data vintage. The figures are for 2023-24 and have not been refreshed since this map was made.
Source: MoSPI HCES 2023-24 (2023-24). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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