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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.
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