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Corresponding Table of 1991 Census: Table H-1
This
is the basic table that provides the housing stock in the
country and its distribution by their type of use. The table
gives the total number of census houses; the number of vacant
houses and the distribution of occupied census houses by their
use. The residential and non-residential uses of occupied census
houses are grouped as Residence; Residence-cum-other use; Shop,
Office; School, College, etc.; Hotel, Lodge, Guest house, etc.;
Hospital, Dispensary, etc.; Factory, Workshop, Workshed, etc.;
Place of worship; and Other non-residential houses. Residence in
combination with one or more other non-residential purposes such
as residence-cum-general store, residence-cum-workshop,
residence-cum-office, etc. and the houses occupied by the
institutional households viz., residence-cum-hostel,
residence-cum-old age home, etc. are grouped under the category
of houses used as residence-cum-other use. Similarly, the houses
used as place of worship include temple, gurudwara, mosque,
church, prayer hall, satsangh hall, etc. The category of houses used for other non-residential
purposes include places of entertainment such as cinema house,
club, theatre, community hall etc., and the houses used as
cattle shed; godown; garage, pump house; petrol pump; pump
house; etc. The
data in this table are presented for total, rural and urban
areas separately.
City
level data relating to this table will be available only in
electronic format. |