Table H-1 |
Census houses and the uses to which they are put |
Level of presentation: India / State / District / City 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. |