Looking at the consumption pattern of
eggs, fish and meat in India
NSS
Report No.558: Household Consumption of various Goods and Services in India
2011-12 provides data on Monthly per capita quantity of consumption and
incidence of consumption of food items in Egg, fish and meat group. The incidence of
consumption of at least one food items in Egg, fish and meat group is
54.9% (R)/55% (U) households at the national level. The items in meat include
beef, pork, chicken and others: birds, crab, etc. The incidence of consumption of at
least one food items in Egg, fish and meat group is more than 90 % in Rural areas in all eight North- Eastern
States except Sikkim, West Bengal and Kerala; between 75% and 90% in Goa and
Andhra Pradesh; between 50% and 75% in Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Sikkim, Jammu
& Kashmir, Bihar and Jharkhand; between 25% and 50% in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
Delhi and Madhya Pradesh and less than 25% in Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
The monthly incidence of consumption of at least one food items in Egg, fish
and meat group is more than 90 % in Urban
areas in all eight North Eastern States except Sikkim; between 75% and 90%
in Goa, West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra
Pradesh and Sikkim; between 50% and 75% in Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Jammu &
Kashmir, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Karnataka and Bihar; between 25% and 50%
in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh and Gujarat; and less than 25% in Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana.
Eggs
are consumed in 29.2% (R)/37.6% (U) households at the national level. 66.7%
(R)/64.9% (U) households in Andhra Pradesh, 64.0% (R)/68.7% (U) households in
West Bengal, 61.5% (R)/61.6% (U) households in Assam, 55.2% (R)/64.8% (U)
households in Goa, 49.8.0% (R)/74.2% (U) households in Mizoram, 55.0% (R)/55.4%
(U) households in Kerala and 45.8% (R)/52.3% (U) households in Tamil Nadu consume
eggs. Monthly per capita consumption of eggs is 1.94 number (R) / 3.18 number
(U) at all India. Top six eggs consuming (in terms Monthly per capita
consumption in number) States are Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Assam, Arunachal
Pradesh, Mizoram and Tamil Nadu.
Fish
is consumed in 26.5% (R)/21% (U) households at the national level. 96.3%
(R)/93.3% (U) households in Tripura, 86.8% (R)/79.4% (U) households in Kerala, 83.8%
(R)/80.9% (U) households in Goa, and 83.1% (R)/79.2% (U) households in West
Bengal and 80.4% (R)/75.0% (U) households in Assam consume fish. Monthly per
capita consumption of fish is 0.266 kg (R) / 0.252 kg (U) at all India. Top six
fish consuming (in terms Monthly per capita consumption in quantity) States are
Kerala, Goa, Tripura, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha.
Chicken
is consumed in 21.7% (R)/27% (U) households at the national level. 57.6%
(R)/50% (U) households in Andhra Pradesh, 40% (R)/41% (U) households in Tamil
Nadu, 36% (R)/36.1% (U) households in
Karnataka, 28.5 % (R)/ 38.4% (U) households in Goa, 27.2 % (R)/ 30.8% (U)
households in Jammu & Kashmir, 20.4% (R)/23.5% (U) households in Kerala, 28.4%
(R)/35.3% (U) households in Assam and 21.2% (R)/37.6% (U) households in West
Bengal consume chicken. Monthly per capita consumption of chicken is 0.178 kg
(R) / 0.239 kg (U) at all India. Top eight chicken consuming(in terms Monthly per capita
consumption in quantity) States are
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir,
Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
While
incidence
of consumption of Goat meat/ mutton meat 6.4% (R)/10% (U) households at
the national level, its incidence is 18.3% (R)/26.4% (U) households in Jammu
& Kashmir, 16.1% (R)/15.0% (U) households in Himachal Pradesh, 12.6% (R)/17.3% (U) households in Andhra
Pradesh, 11.6% (R)/14.0% (U) households in Maharashtra 11.4% (R)/12.5% (U) households in Tamil Nadu
and 7.9% (R)/12% (U) households in
Karnataka. Monthly per capita consumption of mutton is 0.049 kg (R) / 0.079 kg
(U) at all India. Top six mutton consuming States are Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
The incidence of
consumption of beef/buffalo meat is very low across States except North
Eastern States (excluding Tripura), Kerala, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. While incidence of consumption of beef/buffalo meat
4% (R)/5% (U) households at the national level, its incidence is 58.7% (R)/38.0% (U) households in Meghalaya, 38.3%
(R)/25.7 % (U) households in Nagaland , 19.5% (R)/22.8 % (U) households in
Arunachal Pradesh, 12.3% (R)/25.5% (U) households in Sikkim, 24.7% (R)/8.1% (U) households in Jammu &
Kashmir, 13.0% (R)/10.6% (U) households in Kerala , 10.4% (R)/8.1% (U) households
in West Bengal and 3.2% (R)/12.7% (U)
households in Uttar Pradesh. Monthly per capita consumption of beef is 0.042 kg
(R) / 0.064 kg (U) at all India. In the Rural Area, top eight beef consuming
States are Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala,
Sikkim, Manipur, and West Bengal. In the Urban Area, top nine beef consuming
States are Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram,
West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala.
The incidence of
consumption of Pork is very low across States except North Eastern
States. While incidence of consumption of Pork is 1.1% (R)/0.5% (U) households
at the national level, its incidence is 66.9% (R)/66.3% (U) households in
Nagaland, 48.2% (R)/71.8% (U) households in Mizoram and 37.6% (R)/38.6 % (U)
households in Meghalaya. Monthly per
capita consumption of pork is 0.009 kg (R) / 0.006 kg (U) at all India. Top eight
pork consuming States are Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal
Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and Assam.
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Incidence of consumption (% Households reporting consumption
during last 30 days)
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Eggs, fish and meat
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Eggs
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Fish
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Chicken
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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States
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Andhra Pradesh
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85.8
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78.9
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66.7
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64.9
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17.4
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11.2
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57.4
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50.0
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Gujarat
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21.2
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25.3
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10.4
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12.4
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5.4
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8.4
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13.8
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12.2
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Karnataka
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69.9
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54.8
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33.7
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37.7
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11.5
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8.1
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36.0
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36.1
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Kerala
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90.3
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84.7
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55.0
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55.4
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86.8
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79.4
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20.4
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23.5
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Maharashtra
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49.5
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55.1
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22.4
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37.1
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12.5
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18.8
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24.9
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31.2
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Tamil Nadu
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73.6
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69.1
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45.8
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52.3
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21.8
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26.5
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40.0
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41.0
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West Bengal
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94.7
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86.8
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64.0
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68.7
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83.1
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79.2
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21.2
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37.6
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Odisha
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74.0
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72.1
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21.6
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25.2
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51.9
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49.2
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12.9
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14.0
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Goa
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86.7
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86.7
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55.2
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64.8
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83.8
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80.9
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28.5
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38.4
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Assam
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96.5
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91.1
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61.5
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61.6
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80.4
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75.0
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28.4
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35.3
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Arunachal Pradesh
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92.1
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90.8
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37.8
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47.3
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52.5
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57.8
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25.2
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33.3
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Manipur
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93.6
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97.4
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26.8
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25.9
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66.3
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81.3
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19.2
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14.3
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Meghalaya
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98.5
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90.7
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37.9
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59.3
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69.0
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64.3
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16.1
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26.4
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Mizoram
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97.1
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98.5
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49.8
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74.2
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19.3
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23.6
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20.0
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14.4
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Nagaland
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99.8
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99.7
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34.6
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40.2
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22.9
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42.4
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17.9
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14.0
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Sikkim
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62.2
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76.8
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22.7
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25.1
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1.2
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7.6
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19.4
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39.5
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Tripura
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98.1
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96.6
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45.2
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62.0
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96.3
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93.3
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21.9
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36.4
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Bihar
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59.4
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54.4
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14.2
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16.5
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29.9
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22.6
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21.9
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20.8
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Chhattisgarh
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46.2
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45.3
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13.3
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19.6
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19.9
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12.1
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24.6
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29.4
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Haryana
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19.5
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20.4
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10.4
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17.7
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0.3
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1.7
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6.9
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7.5
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Jharkhand
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56.2
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56.0
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18.1
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24.1
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19.5
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14.7
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22.3
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23.3
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Madhya Pradesh
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29.4
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33.7
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12.4
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20.4
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7.1
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5.8
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10.5
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12.2
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Rajasthan
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11.4
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23.9
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4.1
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12.3
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1.0
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0.4
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2.5
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5.9
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Punjab
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12.6
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21.0
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8.6
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15.4
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0.3
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0.1
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5.5
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10.1
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Uttar Pradesh
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30.7
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41.3
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12.9
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26.2
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10.3
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4.9
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7.5
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10.8
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Delhi
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30.6
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44.3
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22.4
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29.8
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5.8
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5.1
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14.2
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22.4
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Himachal Pr
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33.5
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32.8
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16.3
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21.1
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0.6
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1.7
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13.0
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11.7
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Jammu Kashmir
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64.7
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60.7
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29.3
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34.5
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0.9
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2.3
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27.2
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30.8
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Uttarakhand
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37.3
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47.4
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21.9
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30.0
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3.6
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6.2
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9.9
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11.3
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All India
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54.9
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55.0
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29.2
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37.6
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26.5
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21.0
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21.7
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27.0
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Source NSS Report No.
558: Household Consumption of Various Goods and Services in India, 2011-12
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Monthly Per capita
quantity of consumption (Kg)
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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Rural
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Urban
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States
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eggs (numbers)
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fish
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mutton
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chicken
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beef
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pork
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Andhra Pradesh
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4.705
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5.271
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0.153
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0.108
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0.121
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0.149
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0.491
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0.440
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0.046
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0.070
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0.002
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0.002
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Gujarat
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0.668
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0.928
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0.052
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0.052
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0.027
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0.033
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0.084
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0.077
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0.036
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0.025
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0.000
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0.001
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Karnataka
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2.391
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3.416
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0.163
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0.117
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0.095
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0.119
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0.369
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0.433
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0.023
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0.043
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0.016
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0.012
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Kerala
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4.253
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5.042
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2.262
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2.103
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0.013
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0.020
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0.338
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0.435
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0.157
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0.134
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0.015
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0.004
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Maharashtra
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1.774
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3.409
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0.090
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0.175
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0.069
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0.107
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0.207
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0.270
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0.024
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0.080
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0.000
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0.004
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Tamil Nadu
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3.615
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5.165
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0.257
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0.292
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0.089
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0.094
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0.356
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0.385
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0.044
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0.021
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0.001
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0.002
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West Bengal
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2.564
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4.615
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0.805
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1.032
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0.018
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0.067
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0.176
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0.318
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0.122
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0.147
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0.010
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0.002
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Odisha
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1.335
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1.863
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0.438
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0.474
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0.022
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0.077
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0.102
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0.108
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0.001
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0.019
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0.000
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0.000
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Goa
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4.879
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6.386
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1.537
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1.700
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0.058
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0.064
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0.351
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0.496
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0.068
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0.022
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0.053
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0.008
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Assam
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4.097
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5.441
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0.665
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0.767
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0.017
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0.055
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0.208
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0.308
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0.115
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0.041
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0.094
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0.019
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Arunachal Pradesh
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3.865
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6.772
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0.58
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0.647
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0.039
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0.102
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0.255
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0.375
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0.27
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0.344
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0.166
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0.125
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Manipur
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1.671
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1.456
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0.462
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0.570
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0.001
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0.001
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0.171
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0.099
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0.134
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0.034
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0.063
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0.099
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Meghalaya
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1.89
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3.961
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0.403
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0.571
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0.013
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0.019
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0.168
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0.191
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0.419
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0.278
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0.232
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0.253
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Mizoram
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3.531
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6.851
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0.176
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0.203
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0.003
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0.002
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0.235
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0.147
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0.054
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0.170
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0.574
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0.933
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Nagaland
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3.172
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3.522
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0.285
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0.482
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0.022
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0.001
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0.226
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0.190
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0.576
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0.377
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0.998
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1.039
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Sikkim
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1.654
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1.972
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0.010
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0.061
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0.021
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0.003
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0.203
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0.410
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0.141
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0.333
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0.184
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0.099
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Tripura
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2.799
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4.268
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1.069
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1.478
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0.006
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0.025
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0.199
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0.379
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0.014
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0.001
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0.169
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0.024
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Bihar
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1.003
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1.213
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0.239
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0.187
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0.050
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0.058
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0.177
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0.017
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0.024
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0.035
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0.003
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0.001
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Haryana
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0.737
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1.815
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0.002
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0.017
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0.036
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0.003
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0.061
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0.064
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0.008
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0.004
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0.004
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0.001
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Madhya Pradesh
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0.786
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1.621
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0.048
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0.043
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0.024
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0.072
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0.078
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0.096
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0.001
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0.021
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0.001
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0.002
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Rajasthan
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0.333
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1.088
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0.011
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0.004
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0.049
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0.089
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0.022
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0.039
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0.001
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0.019
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0.000
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0.002
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Punjab
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0.669
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1.261
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0.001
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0.004
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0.015
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0.015
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0.046
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0.091
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0.000
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0.000
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0.000
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0.000
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Uttar Pradesh
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0.861
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1.944
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0.072
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0.035
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0.042
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0.054
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0.056
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0.082
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0.032
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0.145
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0.001
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0.002
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Chhattisgarh
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0.715
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1.407
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0.157
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0.103
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0.012
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0.032
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0.226
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0.265
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0.000
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0.000
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0.002
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0.001
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Jharkhand
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1.19
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2.153
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0.142
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0.149
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0.035
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0.105
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0.236
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0.290
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0.011
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0.031
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0.018
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0.007
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Delhi
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1.144
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3.006
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0.026
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0.037
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0.043
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0.045
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0.124
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0.212
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0.000
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0.006
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0.000
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0.001
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Himachal Pr
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0.8326
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1.209
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0.005
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0.031
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0.143
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0.169
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0.111
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0.145
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0.000
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0.001
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0.002
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0.000
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Jammu & Kashmir
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3.077
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3.116
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0.012
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0.027
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0.153
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0.247
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0.290
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0.387
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0.249
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0.091
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0.002
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0.004
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Uttarakhand
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1.85
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2.38
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0.053
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0.076
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0.031
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0.078
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0.078
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0.102
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0.053
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0.000
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0.000
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0.018
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All India
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1.937
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3.18
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0.266
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0.252
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0.049
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0.079
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0.178
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0.239
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0.042
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0.064
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0.009
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0.006
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Source NSS Report No.
558: Household Consumption of Various Goods and Services in India, 2011-12
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