I.K.G. P.T.

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CAMPUS
MOHALI-II

ASSIGNMENT 1
HOUSING (BACH-804)

AR. PREETI BHATIA

KANU PRIYA (1736252)

 Housing (Census 2001)
Information on housing stock and its condition collected during each census
reveals condition of living of the people.
 According to Census 2001
187 million hoses have been reported to be used residence or residence-cum-
other use by about 192 million households. Thus more than one households
have been reported from some of the houses.
The condition of nearly 94 million of these houses has been reported as ‘Good’,
nearly 83 million as ‘Liveable’ and 10 million as ‘Dilapidated’. This large
number of households living in ‘Dilapidate’. House surely needs immediate
attention.
 The housing is also classified under:
 Residence
 Residence cum other use

TABLE 14: CONDITIONS OF CENSUS HOUSE

Conditions Number %
Total households 187 100.0
Good 94 50.3
Liveable 83 44.5
Dilapidated 10 5.2
Source : Housing Tables, Census of India 2001

 About 38 million households have concrete roof on their house; nearly 63

million have tiled roof and another 53 million have ‘Grass’ thatch, etc., as
the material for the roof.
 For wall, nearly 84 million households have reported use of ‘Burnt brick’
and about 62 million ‘Mud / Unburnt brick’. Nearly 110 million households
have mud flooring and about 51 million cement flooring. Only about 14
million households have floor of mosaic and floor of mosaic and floor tiles.
 The housing is also classified under material used for
 Roof material
 Wall material
 Floor material
 TABLE 15: MATERIAL OF HOUSE
No. of households
Percentage
(In million)
Roof:
Total number of households 192 100.0
Concrete 38 19.8
Tiles 63 32.6
Grass, thatch, bamboo, wood, mud,
42 21.9
etc.
Others 49 25.7
Wall :
Burn brick 84 43.7
Mud, unburnt brick 62 32.2
Grass, thatch, bamboo, wood, etc. 21 10.2
Others 25 13.9
Floor :
Mosaic, Floor tiles 14 7.3
Cement 51 26.5
Mud 110 57.1
Others 17 9.1
Source : Housing Tables, Census of India 2001.

 Houses have been classified as

 permanent,
 Semi-permanent or
 Temporary
 Based on the type of material use in construction of wall and roof. Nearly
99 million of the 187 million houses are of Permanent category, 58
million semi-permanent and 35 million temporaries.
 Nearly 22 million of the temporary houses have been reported as
‘Serviceable’ while the balance 13 million are ‘Non serviceable’
depending on whether the wall of house was ‘mud’, unburnt bricks or
wood’ or ‘grass’ thatch, bamboo, etc., or plastic or polythene.
 Availability of amenities and assets

The quality of life of persons depends, among other factors, upon the amenities
and assets available to them. Though remarkable achievements have been made
in extending basic amenities to them. Though remarkable achievements have
been made in extending basic amenities to the people in the country, there are
still large areas of deprivation, which requires urgent attention.

TABLE 16: NUMBER OF DWELLING ROOMS:

No. fo Households (in million) %
Total households 191.9 100.0
No exclusive room 6.0 3.1
One room 73.9 38.5
Two room 57.6 30.0
Three room 27.5 14.3
More than three room 27.0 14.1
Source of drinking water :
Total households 191.9 100.0
Within premises 74.8 39.0
Near premises 85.1 44.3
Away 32.0 16.7
Hand pump / Tube well 79.1 41.2
Tap 70.4 36.7
Well 34.9 18.2
Other 7.5 3.9
Source of lighting :
Total households 191.9 100.0
Electricity 107.2 55.8
Kerosene 83.1 43.3
Other 1.0 0.9
No lighting 0.6 -
Availability of bathroom, latrine & kitchen :
Total households : 191.9 100.0
Bathroom available within the
69.4 36.1
house
Latrine available within the
69.9 36.4
house
Kitchen available within the
122.9 64.0
house

Source : Housing Tables, Census of India 2001

The census 2001 collected data on amenities and assets available to each
household in the country. Highlight from the data collected are as follows:
· 74 million (38.5%) households, out of 192 million households in the country
have only one dwelling room for living.
· Drinking water facility is available within the premise to 75 million (39.0%)
households only.
· 32 million (16.7%) households have to fetch drinking water from sources
which are at least 500 meters away in case of towns.
· Hand pump/Tube well is the most popular source of drinking water reported to
be used by 79 million (41.2%) households.
· Electricity as the source of lighting is available to 107 million (55.8%)
households.
· Only 69 million households (36.1%) have bathroom within the house.
· 123 million (64.0%) households do not have latrine within the house.
· Fire wood is still the mostly used source for fuel for cooking reported by 101
million (52.5%) households in the country.
· LPG as fuel for cooking is used by 34 million (17.5%) household.
· Availability of assets portrays a varied picture. Whereas 67 million (35.1%)
households have Radio or Transistor, Television is available to 61 million
(31.6%) households in the country.
· There are 84 million (43.7%) households owning bicycles.
· About 5 million (2.5%) households in the country own at least one car, Jeep or
Van.
· 66 million (34.5%) households do not have any of the specified assets in
Census 2001.
· 68 million (35.5%) households avail banking facility in the country.

TABLE 17: FUEL USED FOR COOKING

Conditions Number %
Total Households 191.9 100.0
Fire wood 100.8 52.5
LPG 33.6 17.5
Crop residue 19.2 10.0
Cow dung cake 18.8 9.8
Source : Housing Tables, Census of India 2001
 TABLE 18: ASSETS AVAILABLE
Condition Number %
Total households 191.9 100.0
Radio, Transistor 67.4 35.1
Television 60.6 31.6
Telephone 17.5 9.1
Bicycle 83.8 43.7
Scooter,Motor cycle, Moped 22.5 11.5
Car, Jeep, Van 4.8 2.5
None of the above assets 66.2 34.5
Availing banking services 68.2 35.5
Source : Housing tables, Census of India 2001