NSS report no.584: Drinking-Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing condition in India, NSS 76th round (July –December 2018)

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

WHAT

The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has conducted a survey on Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition as a part of 76th round of National Sample Survey (NSS).

Prior to this, surveys on the same subject were carried out by NSO during the 65th round (July 2008 – June 2009) and 69th round (July – December 2012).

 

SURVEY OBJECTIVE

The main objective of the survey was to collect information on facilities of drinking water, sanitation along with housing facilities available to the households and the micro environment surrounding the houses which are important determinants of overall quality of living condition of the people.

 

The important aspects on which the information was collected in the survey are:

• Type of the dwelling unit (viz. independent house, flat etc.)
• Tenurial status of the dwelling unit (viz. owned, hired, no dwelling etc.)
• Structure of the dwelling unit (viz. pucca, semi-pucca, katcha)
• Condition of the structure (viz. good, satisfactory, bad)
• Floor area of the dwelling unit
• Age of the house owned by the household
• Facilities available to the households in respect of drinking water, bathroom, latrine etc. and micro environment surrounding the house like drainage system of the house, system of disposal of household waste water, system of disposal of household garbage, problems of flies and mosquitoes etc.

 

DRINKING WATER FACILITY

• The major source of drinking water was hand pump for the households in the rural areas and piped water into dwelling in the urban areas.
• About 42.9% of the households in the rural areas used hand pump as the principal source of drinking water and about 40.9% of the households in the urban areas used piped water into dwelling as the principal source of drinking water.
• About 48.6% of the households in the rural and about 57.5% in the urban areas had exclusive access to principal source of drinking water.

 

BATHROOM AND SANITATION FACILITY

• About 50.3% of the households in the rural and about 75.0% in the urban areas had exclusive access to bathroom.
• About 56.6% of the households in rural and about 91.2% in urban areas had access to bathroom. Among the households which had access to bathroom, about 48.4% in the rural areas and about 74.8% in the urban areas used bathroom attached to the dwelling unit.
• About 71.3% of the households in the rural and about 96.2% in the urban areas had access to latrine.
• About 48.0% of the households in the rural areas and about 86.1% of the households in the urban areas had bathroom and latrine both within household premises.

 

TENURIAL STATUS AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS

• About 96.0% of the households in the rural and about 63.8% in the urban areas had their own dwelling unit.
• Among the households living in houses (i.e. households with dwelling units), about 96.7% of the households in the rural and about 91.5% in the urban areas used the house for residential purpose only.
• Among the households living in houses, about 89.0% of the households in the rural and about 56.4% in the urban areas had independent house.
• Among the households living in houses, about 76.7% of the households in the rural and about 96.0% in the urban areas had the house of pucca structure.
• Among the households living in houses, average floor area of the dwelling unit was about 46.6 sq. m. in the rural and about 46.1 sq. m. in the urban areas.

 

ELECTRICITY FOR DOMESTIC USE

Among the households living in houses, about 93.9% of the households in the rural and about 99.1% in the urban areas had electricity for domestic use.

 

MICRO ENVIRONMENT

• Among the households living in houses, about 93.9% of the households in the rural and about 99.1% in the urban areas had electricity for domestic use.
• Among the households living in houses, about 48.3% of the households in the rural and about 86.6% in the urban areas used LPG as fuel for cooking.
• Among the households living in houses, about 80.4% of the households in the rural areas had no arrangement for collection of household garbage. In the urban areas, municipality made arrangement for collection of household garbage for about 74.1% of the households.

 

Source: PIB