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In every household, the number of men who drink alcohol is high. But do you know that women are no less than anyone when it comes to drinking alcohol? While women are competing with men in every aspect, they are not behind men in the matter of drinking alcohol as well.
There is a state where women drink the most alcohol. We are not saying this but the statistics of the central government are saying this. So let us know about that state.
Women of this state are the highest drinkers of alcohol The central government had conducted the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-5) between 2019 and 2022. In which the increasing number of women drinking alcohol was also mentioned. If we look at the figures, 16 crore people drink alcohol every year in India. A large number of women have also come forward among them, whose number is in crores.
The survey data shows that the state of Arunachal Pradesh has the highest number of women drinking alcohol. You will be surprised to know that here 24% of girls above the age of 15 drink alcohol.
How many women drink alcohol in the country? After Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim has the highest number of women drinking alcohol. Here 16 percent girls drink alcohol. Whereas in the country 1.03 percent women above 15 years of age drink alcohol. Out of which 1.6 percent come from rural areas and 0.6 percent from urban areas.
What do the past figures say? If you think that the number of women drinking alcohol has increased recently, then let us tell you that this is not the case. In response to a question in 2019, Union Minister of State Ratnalal Kataria had said that 1.50 crore women in the country are addicted to alcohol.