Goitre endemic areas of India

Goitre is found in the Himalayan goitre belt of northern India, which is located far away from the coastline where availability of seafood is very limited. It is composed of the following states:

Jammu and Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Delhi
Punjab
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
West Bengal
Sikkin
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Mizoram
Nagaland
Manipur
Meghalaya
Tripura

The other areas in which goitre is found include parts of:

Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Tamil Nadu

Even coastal areas such as Ernakulam district in Kerala and Bharuch district in Gujarat is affected.

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