Table H-12 SC

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHEDULED CASTE HOUSEHOLDS BY SOURCE AND LOCATION OF DRINKING WATER AND AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRICITY AND LATRINE


Level of presentation: India / State / District
Corresponding Table of 1991 Census: Table H-5 SC

The table presents the cross classification of Schedule Caste households by the type of the drinking water source and its location and the availability of electricity and latrine facility within the house. A household has been treated as a Scheduled Caste household if its head belongs to a Scheduled Caste. For the purpose of this table the data are presented by four major source types of drinking water while all other sources of drinking water have been combined and shown as ‘all others’. The four major types of drinking water source are tap, handpump, tubewell and well. The location of the drinking water source type availed has been indicated as within the premises, near the premises (i.e., when the available source typed is located within a radius of 100 metres in urban areas and 500 metres in the case of rural areas) and away.  The drinking water source type has been considered ‘away’ if it is located beyond 100 metres for the households in urban areas and more than 500 metres for the households living in rural areas. The table depicts the availability of electricity and latrine facility to such of the Scheduled Caste households, which have particular source type of drinking water available within the premises, near the premises or away. The data in this table are presented for total, rural and urban areas separately.