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 |