Table H-1

Census houses and the uses to which they are put 

Level of presentation: India / State / District / City
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.