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Table H-8 SC

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHEDULED CASTE HOUSEHOLDS BY SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER AND ITS LOCATION


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

This table gives the distribution of Scheduled Caste households by the type of drinking water source and its location. A household has been treated as a Scheduled Caste household if its head belongs to a Scheduled Caste. The various types of drinking water source usually used by the household for which the data are presented includes Tap; Handpump; Tubewell; Well; Tank, Pond, Lake; River, Canal; Spring; and others. The drinking water source type availed of more during the greater part of the year has been considered in case any household used water from two or more sources. The location of the drinking water source type has been indicated as within the premises, near the premises (i.e., when the available source 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 data in this table are presented for total, rural and urban areas separately.