Census on Households

	Population, Household, Average household size and Distribution of household
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by predominant material of Roof
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by predominant material of Wall
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by predominant material of Floor
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by No. of Dwelling Room
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by Availability of Drinking Water
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by Source of Lighting
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by Type of Latrine
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by Type of Drainage
	No. of Households and Distribution of households by Type of Fuel used for Cooking
	No. of Households and Distribution of households having Radio, Transister, Television, Telephone, Bicycle, Scooters, Motor Cycle, Moped, Car, Jeep, Van

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Population, Household, Average household size and Distribution of household : Census 2001
	2001 Census		Distribution of Household
	Population	Total Household	Good		Livable		Dilapidated
	Population	Total Household	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
RURAL	4345911	862458	355607	41.23	439192	50.92	67659	7.84
URBAN	2607351	518415	261487	50.44	225098	43.42	31830	6.14
TOTAL	6953262	1380873	617094	44.69	664290	48.11	99489	7.20

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by predominant material of Roof : Census 2001
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by predominant material of Roof
	Total No. of Household	Grass, Thatch, Bamboo, Wood, Mud etc.	Tiles/ Slate	G.I.,Metal, Asbestos sheets	Brick/ Stone	Concrete	Any other material
RURAL	862458	430361	133137	145938	11111	134961	6950
Percentage		49.90	15.44	16.92	1.29	15.65	0.81
URBAN	518415	29779	150161	53974	7586	272887	4028
Percentage		5.74	28.97	10.41	1.46	52.64	0.78
TOTAL	1380873	460140	283298	199912	18697	407848	10978
Percentage		33.32	20.52	14.48	1.35	29.54	0.80

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by predominant material of Wall : Census 2001
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by predominant material of Wall
	Total No. of Household	Grass, Thatch, Bamboo, etc.	Mud, Unburnt brick	Wood	Burnt brick	G.I.,Metal, Asbestos sheets	Stone	Concrete	Any other material
RURAL	862458	67155	578373	350	195784	3169	1052	10415	6160
Percentage		7.79	67.06	0.04	22.70	0.37	0.12	1.21	0.71
URBAN	518415	20526	108711	611	352122	3099	882	30336	2128
Percentage		3.96	20.97	0.12	67.92	0.60	0.17	5.85	0.41
TOTAL	1380873	87681	687084	961	547906	6268	1934	40751	8288
Percentage		6.35	49.76	0.07	39.68	0.45	0.14	2.95	0.60

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by predominant material of Floor : Census 2001
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by predominant material of Floor
	Total No. of Household	Mud	Wood, Bamboo	Brick/ Stone	Cement	Mosaic, Floor tiles	Any other material
RURAL	862458	666364	1190	28527	163708	1513	1156
Percentage		77.26	0.14	3.31	18.98	0.18	0.13
URBAN	518415	139230	739	14688	353422	9924	412
Percentage		26.86	0.14	2.83	68.17	1.91	0.08
TOTAL	1380873	805594	1929	43215	517130	11437	1568
Percentage		58.34	0.14	3.13	37.45	0.83	0.11

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by No. of Dwelling Room : Census 2001
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by No. of Dwelling Room
	Total No. of Household	No exclusive room	One Room	Two Rooms	Three Rooms	Four Rooms	Five Rooms	Six Rooms& above
RURAL	862458	5624	340519	309949	75533	90983	12615	27235
Percentage		0.65	39.48	35.94	8.76	10.55	1.46	3.16
URBAN	518415	3852	186974	197733	73042	31736	9669	15409
Percentage		0.74	36.07	38.14	14.09	6.12	1.87	2.97
TOTAL	1380873	9476	527493	507682	148575	122719	22284	42644
Percentage		0.69	38.20	36.77	10.76	8.89	1.61	3.09

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by Availability of Drinking Water : Census 2001
	Location	Total No. of Household		Distribution of households by Availability of Drinking Water
		Total No. of Household		Tap		Handpump Tubewell		Well		River, Canel		Any Other Source
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
RURAL	Within	196687	22.81	17834	2.07	163896	19.00	14672	1.70	0	0	285	0.03
	Outside	665771	77.19	73370	8.51	549551	63.72	38270	4.44	874	0.10	3706	0.43
	Total	862458	100	91204	10.57	713447	82.72	52942	6.14	874	0.10	3991	0.46
URBAN	Within	232216	44.79	148553	28.66	49845	9.61	33223	6.41	0	0	595	0.11
	Outside	286199	55.21	184397	35.57	40466	7.81	51623	10.83	1140	0.22	4073	0.79
	Total	518415	100	332950	64.22	90311	17.42	89346	17.23	1140	0.22	4668	0.90
TOTAL	Within	428903	31.06	166387	12.05	213741	15.48	47895	3.47	0	0	880	0.06
	Outside	951970	68.94	257767	18.67	590017	42.73	94393	6.84	2014	0.15	7779	0.56
	Total	1380873	100	424154	30.72	803758	58.21	142288	10.30	2014	0.15	8659	0.63

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by Source of Lighting : Census 2001
Total No. of General Households
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by Source of Lighting
	Total No. of Household	Electricity	Kerosene	Solar Energy	Other Oil	Any Other	No Lighting
RURAL	862458	224902	632267	2881	414	1047	947
Percentage		26.08	73.31	0.33	0.05	0.12	0.11
URBAN	518415	381364	132316	1430	823	1067	1415
Percentage		73.56	25.52	0.28	0.16	0.21	0.27
TOTAL	1380873	606266	764583	4311	1237	2114	2362
Percentage		43.90	55.37	0.31	0.09	0.15	0.17
Total No. of Schedule Caste (SC) Households
RURAL	300478	35408	263062	1047	129	379	458
Percentage		11.78	87.55	0.35	0.04	0.12	0.15
URBAN	111657	60480	49897	310	224	300	446
Percentage		54.17	44.69	0.28	0.20	0.27	0.40
TOTAL	412135	95888	312959	1357	353	674	904
Percentage		23.27	75.94	0.33	0.09	0.16	0.22
Total No. of Schedule Tribe (ST) Households
RURAL	74821	7584	66705	257	61	105	109
Percentage		10.14	89.15	0.34	0.08	0.14	0.15
URBAN	27259	14004	12992	60	82	56	65
Percentage		51.37	47.66	0.22	0.30	0.21	0.24
TOTAL	102080	21588	79697	317	143	161	174
Percentage		21.15	78.07	0.31	0.14	0.16	0.17

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by Type of Latrine : Census 2001
Total No. of General Households
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by Type of Latrine
	Total No. of Household	Service Latrine	Pit Latrine	Water Closet	No Latrine
RURAL	862458	24444	122917	85279	629818
Percentage		2.83	14.25	9.89	73.03
URBAN	518415	38069	54545	249483	176318
Percentage		7.34	10.52	48.12	34.01
TOTAL	1380873	62513	177462	334762	806136
Percentage		4.53	12.85	24.24	58.38
Total No. of Schedule Caste (SC) Households
RURAL	300478	3971	21548	9336	256623
Percentage		1.32	7.17	3.11	88.40
URBAN	111657	4921	11339	26214	69183
Percentage		4.41	10.16	23.48	61.96
TOTAL	412135	8892	32887	35550	334806
Percentage		2.16	7.98	8.63	81.24
Total No. of Schedule Tribe (ST) Households
RURAL	74821	570	2674	1291	70286
Percentage		0.76	3.57	1.73	93.94
URBAN	27259	1250	1841	5314	18854
Percentage		4.59	6.75	19.49	69.17
TOTAL	102080	21588	79697	317	143
Percentage		1.78	4.42	6.47	87.32

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by Type of Drainage : Census 2001
Total No. of General Households
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by Type of Drainage
	Total No. of Household	Closed Drainage	Open Drainage	No Drainage
RURAL	862458	22651	263015	576792
Percentage		2.63	30.50	66.88
URBAN	518415	75936	270443	172036
Percentage		14.65	52.17	33.18
TOTAL	1380873	98587	533458	748828
Percentage		7.14	38.63	54.23
Total No. of Schedule Caste (SC) Households
RURAL	300478	2712	68302	229464
Percentage		0.90	22.73	76.37
URBAN	111657	6409	44347	60901
Percentage		5.74	39.72	54.54
TOTAL	412135	9121	112649	290365
Percentage		2.21	27.33	70.45
Total No. of Schedule Tribe (ST) Households
RURAL	74821	446	11440	62935
Percentage		0.06	15.29	84.11
URBAN	27259	1982	9496	15781
Percentage		7.27	34.84	57.89
TOTAL	102080	2428	20936	78716
Percentage		2.38	20.51	77.11

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No. of Households and Distribution of households by Type of Fuel used for Cooking : Census 2001
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households by Type of Fuel used for Cooking
	Total No. of Household	Cowdung Cake	Electricity	Coal, Lignite, Charcoal	LPG	Fire wood	Biogas	Kerosene	Any other
RURAL	862458	253882	1387	158286	28592	198506	1765	2532	217508
Percentage		29.44	0.16	18.35	3.32	23.02	0.20	0.29	25.22
URBAN	518415	8778	3088	294673	144253	35281	1218	8833	22291
Percentage		1.69	0.60	56.84	27.83	6.81	0.23	1.70	4.30
TOTAL	1380873	262660	4475	452959	172845	233787	2983	11365	239799
Percentage		19.02	0.32	32.80	12.52	16.93	0.22	0.82	17.37

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No. of Households and Distribution of households having Radio, Transister, Television, Telephone, Bicycle, Scooters, Motor Cycle, Moped, Car, Jeep, Van : Census 2001
Total No. of General Households
	Total No. of Household	Distribution of households having assets
	Total No. of Household	Radio, Transister	Television	Telephone	Bycycle	Scooter, Motor Cycle, Moped	Car, Jeep, Van	None
RURAL	862458	377181	160087	27859	599977	43892	13011	260198
Percentage		43.73	18.56	3.23	57.97	5.09	1.51	30.17
URBAN	518415	198704	299979	69294	325994	95576	15537	103976
Percentage		38.33	57.86	13.37	62.88	18.44	3.00	20.06
TOTAL	1380873	575885	460066	97153	825971	139468	28548	364174
Percentage		41.70	33.32	7.04	59.82	10.10	2.07	26.37
Total No. of Schedule Caste (SC) Households
RURAL	300478	110008	22607	2773	139814	4464	2867	120942
Percentage		36.61	7.52	0.92	46.53	1.49	0.95	40.25
URBAN	111657	33699	41338	4233	57915	8305	1489	37204
Percentage		30.18	37.02	3.79	51.87	7.44	1.33	33.32
TOTAL	412135	143707	63945	7006	197729	12769	4356	158146
Percentage		34.87	15.52	1.70	47.98	3.10	1.06	38.37
Total No. of Schedule Tribe (ST) Households
RURAL	74821	22159	3337	495	34978	963	398	32631
Percentage		29.62	4.46	0.66	46.75	1.29	0.53	43.61
URBAN	27259	7983	8858	1068	14020	2229	288	9652
Percentage		29.29	32.50	3.92	51.43	8.18	1.06	35.41
TOTAL	102080	30142	12195	1563	48998	3192	686	42283
Percentage		29.53	11.95	1.53	48.00	3.13	0.67	41.42

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