Table H-8 |
Distribution of households
by source of drinking water and its location |
This table gives the distribution of households by the type of the drinking water source and its location. This table excludes institutional households for which the information on the source of drinking water and its location was not asked. The various types of drinking water source usually used by the household for which the data are shown includes Tap; Handpump; Tubewell; Well; Tank, Pond, Lake; River, Canal; Spring; and others. In case any household used water from two or more sources, the drinking water source type availed of more during the greater part of the year has been considered. 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. The
tahsil and town level data will be available only in electronic
format. |