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Table H-4

Distribution of census houses used as residence and residence-cum-other use by their type of structure


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

The table gives the distribution of census houses that are used for residence and also those which are used as residence in combination with other uses by their type of structure. The structures of census houses have been classified into permanent, semi-permanent and temporary depending on the types of material used in the construction of wall and roof. Temporary structures are further classified into serviceable and non-serviceable. The criteria adopted for classification of census houses by type are as under: 

Permanent Houses

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Houses, the walls and roof of which are made of permanent materials. The material of walls can be any one from the following, namely, galvanized iron sheets or other metal sheets, asbestos sheets, burnt bricks, stones or concrete. Roof may be made of from any one of the following materials, namely, tiles, slate, galvanized iron sheets, metal sheets, asbestos sheets, bricks, stones or concrete.

 

Temporary Houses

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Houses in which both walls and roof are made of materials, which have to be replaced frequently. Walls may be made from any one of the following temporary materials, namely, grass, thatch, bamboo, plastic, polythene, mud, unburnt bricks or wood. Roof may be made from any one of the following temporary materials, namely, grass, thatch, bamboo, wood, mud, plastic or polythene.

 

Semi-permanent houses

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Houses in which either the wall or the roof is made of permanent material and the other is made of temporary material.

 

Serviceable temporary houses

 

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Temporary houses in which wall is made of mud, unburnt bricks or wood.

 

Non-serviceable temporary houses

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Temporary houses in which wall is made of grass, thatch, bamboo, etc., plastic or polythene. 

 This is a new table that provides the quality of structure of census houses used for fully and partly residential purposes. The table excludes the census houses occupied by the institutional households. The data in this table are presented for total, rural and urban areas separately.

Tahsil and town level data are available only in electronic format.