Food Expenditure in Rural India: A Geographical Perspective

For the present research paper only rural areas of major states have been considered as the share of food items in total consumption expenditure is higher in rural areas than the urban. The objective of the present paper is to examine the spatial patterns of food expenditure on various food groups in rural areas of the country. To achieve this objective the secondary data published in NSS 68^th round report entitled Household consumption of various goods and services in India (2011–12) has been used. The results of the study shows that the less the variation in the expenditure on different food groups the more will be the nutrition diversity in the state.