Lok Sabha Question No. 3181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Separate Toilets for Boys and Girls
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rekha Arun Verma, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3181 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH MARCH, 2021

## Separate Toilets for Boys and Girls

## †3181. SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has started 'Swachha Bharat Swachha Vidyalaya' campaign to provide separate toilets for girls and boys in all the schools;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of schools in the districts of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra where such toilets have been constructed;
- (c) whether the toilets have not been constructed in several schools in some States even today due to which the students are facing difficulties and if so, the details thereof, State-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) Yes, Sir. In response to the announcement made by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 15 August, 2014, the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education) had launched Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI) to provide separate toilets for girls and boys in all Government schools, within one year. Under the initiative, the gaps in availability of toilets was addressed and construction/re-construction of 4,17,796 toilets, including 1.91 lakh girls' toilets, were completed in 2,61,400 Government elementary and secondary schools as reported by the States and UTs.
- (b) District-wise number of toilets constructed/ re-constructed in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra under SVI are at Annexure-I .
- (c) As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+), 2018-19 (provisional), details of State/UT-wise percentage of Government schools in the country, including Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, with boys' toilets and girls' toilets are at Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3181 FOR REPLY ON 15.03.2021 REGARDING SEPARATE TOILETS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA AND SHRI VINAYAK RAUT.

Statement showing District-wise number of school toilets constructed/re-constructed under Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI) in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

| S. No.        | Name of District    | No. of toilets constructed/ re-constructed under SVI   |
|---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh       | Uttar Pradesh                                          |
| 1             | Agra                | 4                                                      |
| 2             | Aligarh             | 97                                                     |
| 3             | Allahabad           | 29                                                     |
| 4             | Ambedkar Nagar      | 28                                                     |
| 5             | Amethi - Csm Nagar  | 1,992                                                  |
| 6             | Auraiya             | 86                                                     |
| 7             | Azamgarh            | 3                                                      |
| 8             | Bahraich            | 847                                                    |
| 9             | Ballia              | 4,214                                                  |
| 10            | Balrampur           | 10                                                     |
| 11            | Banda               | 264                                                    |
| 12            | Barabanki           | 172                                                    |
| 13            | Bareilly            | 273                                                    |
| 14            | Basti               | 201                                                    |
| 15            | Budaun              | 85                                                     |
| 16            | Bulandshahr         | 36                                                     |
| 17            | Chandauli           | 166                                                    |
| 18            | Chitrakoot          | 5                                                      |
| 19            | Deoria              | 259                                                    |
| 20            | Etah                | 1,153                                                  |
| 21            | Etawah              | 2                                                      |
| 22            | Faizabad            | 201                                                    |
| 23            | Farrukhabad         | 152                                                    |
| 24            | Fatehpur            | 1,796                                                  |
| 25            | Firozabad           | 8                                                      |
| 26            | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 22                                                     |
| 27            | Ghaziabad           | 2                                                      |
| 28            | Ghazipur            | 53                                                     |
| 29            | Gonda               | 3                                                      |
| 30            | Gorakhpur           | 100                                                    |
| 31            | Hamirpur (U.P)      | 347                                                    |
| 32            | Hardoi              | 1                                                      |
| 33            | Jalaun              | 1,050                                                  |
| 34            | Jaunpur             | 803                                                    |
| 35            | Jhansi              | 487                                                    |
| 36            | Jyotiba Phule Nagar | 59                                                     |
| 37            | Kannauj             | 28                                                     |
| 38            | Kanpur Dehat        | 314                                                    |
| 39            | Kanpur Nagar        | 2                                                      |

| S. No.        | Name of District       | No. of toilets constructed/ re-constructed under SVI   |
|---------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh          | Uttar Pradesh                                          |
| 41            | Kaushambi              | 2                                                      |
| 42            | Kheri                  | 594                                                    |
| 43            | Kushinagar             | 10                                                     |
| 44            | Lalitpur               | 61                                                     |
| 45            | Lucknow                | 136                                                    |
| 46            | Maharajganj            | 83                                                     |
| 47            | Mahoba                 | 30                                                     |
| 48            | Mainpuri               | 11                                                     |
| 49            | Mathura                | 119                                                    |
| 50            | Mau                    | 25                                                     |
| 51            | Mirzapur               | 184                                                    |
| 52            | Moradabad              | 151                                                    |
| 53            | Pratapgarh             | 91                                                     |
| 54            | Rae Bareli             | 13                                                     |
| 55            | Saharanpur             | 4                                                      |
| 56            | Sambhal (Bhim Nagar)   | 148                                                    |
| 57            | Sant Kabir Nagar       | 62                                                     |
| 58            | Shahjahanpur           | 55                                                     |
| 59            | Shamli (Prabudh Nagar) | 8                                                      |
| 60            | Shrawasti              | 654                                                    |
| 61            | Siddharthnagar         | 72                                                     |
| 62            | Sonbhadra              | 16                                                     |
| 63            | Sultanpur              | 396                                                    |
| 64            | Unnao                  | 1                                                      |
| 65            | Varanasi               | 320                                                    |
| Total         | Total                  | 19626                                                  |

| Maharashtra   | Maharashtra              | Maharashtra                                          |
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.        | Name of District         | No. of toilets constructed/ re-constructed under SVI |
| 1             | Ahmadnagar               | 324                                                  |
| 2             | Akola                    | 77                                                   |
| 3             | Amravati                 | 73                                                   |
| 4             | Aurangabad (Maharashtra) | 7                                                    |
| 5             | Bhandara                 | 45                                                   |
| 6             | Bid                      | 1,047                                                |
| 7             | Buldana                  | 79                                                   |
| 8             | Chandrapur               | 138                                                  |
| 9             | Dhule                    | 91                                                   |
| 10            | Gadchiroli               | 441                                                  |
| 11            | Gondiya                  | 35                                                   |
| 12            | Jalgaon                  | 105                                                  |
| 13            | Jalna                    | 137                                                  |
| 14            | Kolhapur                 | 149                                                  |
| 15            | Latur                    | 12                                                   |
| 16            | Mumbai (Suburban)        | 12                                                   |
| 17            | Nagpur                   | 63                                                   |
| 18            | Nanded                   | 472                                                  |
| 19            | Nandurbar                | 59                                                   |
| 20            | Nashik                   | 478                                                  |

| Maharashtra   | Maharashtra           | Maharashtra                                          |
|---------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.        | Name of District      | No. of toilets constructed/ re-constructed under SVI |
| 21            | Osmanabad             | 26                                                   |
| 22            | Palghar               | 10                                                   |
| 23            | Parbhani              | 191                                                  |
| 24            | Pune                  | 241                                                  |
| 25            | Raigarh (Maharashtra) | 221                                                  |
| 26            | Ratnagiri             | 40                                                   |
| 27            | Sangli                | 154                                                  |
| 28            | Satara                | 71                                                   |
| 29            | Sindhudurg            | 40                                                   |
| 30            | Solapur               | 321                                                  |
| 31            | Thane                 | 120                                                  |
| 32            | Wardha                | 24                                                   |
| 33            | Washim                | 62                                                   |
| 34            | Yavatmal              | 221                                                  |
| Total         | Total                 | 5,586                                                |

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## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3181 FOR REPLY ON 15.03.2021 REGARDING SEPARATE TOILETS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA AND SHRI VINAYAK RAUT.

Statement showing State/UT-wise percentage of Government schools in the country, including Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, with boys' toilets and girls' toilets

| S. No.   | State/UT                  |   Percentage of Government Schools with Boys' Toilet |   Percentage of Government Schools with Girls' Toilet |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                 98.8 |                                                  99.7 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                 88.8 |                                                  97.2 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                 69.7 |                                                  68.1 |
| 4        | Assam                     |                                                 85.4 |                                                  86.7 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |                                                 97.7 |                                                  97.8 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                                                100   |                                                 100   |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |                                                 98.8 |                                                  99.1 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                                 92.3 |                                                  94.3 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                                                100   |                                                 100   |
| 10       | Delhi                     |                                                100   |                                                 100   |
| 11       | Goa                       |                                                 99.9 |                                                 100   |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |                                                 99.6 |                                                  99.5 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |                                                 97.1 |                                                  97.8 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                 97.2 |                                                  97.9 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                                 86.3 |                                                  87.1 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 |                                                 98.5 |                                                  98.9 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |                                                 93.1 |                                                  96.4 |
| 18       | Kerala                    |                                                 98   |                                                  98.6 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               |                                                 97.8 |                                                 100   |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                 98.3 |                                                  98.7 |
| 21       | Maharashtra               |                                                 93.8 |                                                  96   |
| 22       | Manipur                   |                                                 76   |                                                  74.4 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 |                                                 78.8 |                                                  72.7 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |                                                 85.6 |                                                  84.8 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                                                 89.5 |                                                  88.7 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |                                                 97.1 |                                                  98.8 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |                                                 99.2 |                                                  98.5 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |                                                 96.3 |                                                  97.3 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |                                                 90.1 |                                                  89.8 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |                                                 98.1 |                                                  99.9 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                |                                                 96.7 |                                                  98.8 |
| 32       | Telangana                 |                                                 87.4 |                                                  95   |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                                                 89.1 |                                                  88.7 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                 96.9 |                                                  96.9 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |                                                 94.3 |                                                  94.4 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |                                                 99.8 |                                                  99.9 |
|          | India                     |                                                 95.1 |                                                  96.2 |

Source: UDISE+ 2018-19 (Provisional)