Lok Sabha Question No. 6407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Use of Toilets
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6407 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05-04-2018

## Use of Toilets

## †6407. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state :

- (a) the percentage of toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission which remain unused due to unavailability of water, State-wise;
- (b) whether a number of people in the rural areas prefer to defecate in open despite having toilets; and
- (c) if so, the steps taken by the Government to solve this issue?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

(SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a)   to (c)  80.65% of rural households have access to toilets in rural areas. A recent independent survey found that 93.2% of households with access to toilets used them. State-wise details of percentage of persons using the toilets is annexed.

Annexure

## Statement referred in part (a) of the reply to LokSabha Un-starred Question No.6407 due for reply on 05-04-2018

## State/UT-wise, percentage of persons using toilets for the households having toilets

| S.N.   | State/UT Name            |   Percentage of persons using toilets |
|--------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                  98.4 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh           |                                  96.3 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                  97.5 |
| 4      | Assam                    |                                  99.7 |
| 5      | Bihar                    |                                  95.8 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh             |                                  97   |
| 7      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                  99.6 |
| 8      | Goa                      |                                  99.9 |
| 9      | Gujarat                  |                                  97.5 |
| 10     | Haryana                  |                                  99.5 |
| 11     | Himanchal Pradesh        |                                  99.9 |
| 12     | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                  93.6 |
| 13     | Jharkhand                |                                  92.2 |
| 14     | Karnataka                |                                  94.4 |
| 15     | Kerala                   |                                 100   |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh           |                                  92.9 |
| 17     | Maharashtra              |                                  96.9 |
| 18     | Manipur                  |                                 100   |
| 19     | Meghalaya                |                                  99.7 |
| 20     | Mizoram `                |                                 100   |
| 21     | Nagaland                 |                                  99.8 |
| 22     | Odisha                   |                                  85.4 |
| 23     | Puducherry               |                                  78.4 |
| 24     | Punjab                   |                                  98.6 |
| 25     | Rajasthan                |                                  94.3 |
| 26     | Sikkim                   |                                 100   |
| 27     | Tamil Nadu               |                                  71.4 |
| 28     | Telangana                |                                  95.4 |
| 29     | Tripura                  |                                  99.6 |
| 30     | Uttar Pradesh            |                                  87.9 |
| 31     | Uttarakhand              |                                  99.6 |
| 32     | West Bengal              |                                  94.1 |
|        | India                    |                                  93.2 |