| Percent Distribution of Households by Housing Characteristics According to Residence in India (1998-1999) | |||
| Housing characteristic | Urban | Rural | Total |
| Electricity | |||
| Yes | |||
| No | |||
| Total percent | |||
| Source of drinking water | |||
| Piped | |||
| Hand pump | |||
| Well water | |||
| Surface water | |||
| Other | |||
| Total percent | |||
| Time to get drinking water | |||
| Percentage < 15 minutes | |||
| Median time (minutes) | |||
| Method of drinking water purification1 | |||
| Strains water by cloth | |||
| Uses alum | |||
| Uses water filter | |||
| Soils water | |||
| Uses electronic purifier | |||
| Uses other method | |||
| Does not purify water | |||
| Sanitation facility | |||
| Flush toilet | |||
| Pit toilet latrine | |||
| Other | |||
| No facility | |||
| Total percent | |||
| Main type of fuel used for cooking | |||
| Wood | |||
| Crop residues | |||
| Dung cakes | |||
| Coal/coke/lignite/charcoal | |||
| Kerosene | |||
| Electricity | |||
| Liquid petroleum gas | |||
| Biogas | |||
| Other | |||
| Total percent | |||
| Type of house | |||
| Kachha | |||
| Semi-pucca | |||
| Pucca | |||
| Missing | |||
| Total percent | |||
| Persons per room | |||
| < 3 | |||
| 3-4 | |||
| 5-6 | |||
| 7+ | |||
| Missing | |||
| Total percent | |||
| Mean number of persons per room | |||
| Number of households | |||
