Vegetarianism is a popular belief and practice in India. Most of the Indian population are vegetarian and it is mainly due to religious beliefs and many can only afford vegetarian food as animal meat and fish comes quite expensive. Although non-vegetarian food is quite famous in India, about more than 40% of Indian population practices vegetarianism. Most prominent states in India that practices vegetarianism are Gujrat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Maximum number of people from these states are vegetarian. Can you say what percentage of India is vegetarian?
About 70% of World's population that are vegetarian resides in India. Majority of the Indian population practices vegetarianism because it one of the most healthy way of living. The percentage of India that practices vegetarianism are in Gujrat 69%, Rajasthan 60%, Punjab-Haryana 54%, Uttar Pradesh 50%, Madhya Pradesh 45%, Karnataka 34%, Maharashtra 30%,Tamil Nadu 21%, Andhra Pradesh 16% and Assam 15%.
