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Table H-9 SC

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHEDULED CASTE HOUSEHOLDS BY SOURCE OF LIGHTING


Level of presentation: India / State / District
New Table in 2001 Census

This The table presents the distribution of Scheduled Caste households by the type of lighting source used by them. A household has been treated as a Scheduled Caste household if its head belongs to a Scheduled Caste. The various sources of lighting on which the data was collected are electricity, kerosene, solar energy, other oil and any other source.  Besides, such Scheduled Caste households, which do not use any source of lighting, are also shown in the table. The actual source of lighting used by the households during the greater part of the year was considered for the collection of data. The data in this table are presented for total, rural and urban areas separately.