Lok Sabha Question No. 1653 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Access to Piped Water Supply
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1653 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## Access to Piped Water Supply

1653: SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the percentage of households that have access to piped water supply in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  percentage  of  households  that  have  access  to  piped  water  supply  in Jharkhand, district-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  target  set  to  expand  piped  water  supply  reach  for  households  in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a) As on date, out of 19.18 Crore rural households across the country, more than 1/3 rd i.e. 6.64  Crore  (34.63%)  households  are  reported  to  have  tap  water  supply.  The  percentage  of households having access to tap water supply in the country, State-wise is at Annex-I.
- (b) District-wise  percentage  of  households  having  tap  water  supply  in  Jharkhand,  is  at Annex-II.
- (c)   As reported by  the State,  all  rural  households  in  Jharkhand  are planned  to be provided with tap water connections by March, 2024.

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## Annex-I as referred in  the reply  to  Lok  Sabha Unstarred  Question No. 1653 due  for reply on 11.02.2021

State-wise details of rural households having tap water supply

(as on 08.02.2021)

| S. No.   | States/ UTs       | Total rural households (in Lakhs)   | Household with tap water connections   | Household with tap water connections   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/ UTs       | Total rural households (in Lakhs)   | Number (in Lakhs)                      | in %age                                |
| 1.       | A&NIslands        | 0.62                                | 0.55                                   | 88.24                                  |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 95.66                               | 37.63                                  | 39.34                                  |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.18                                | 0.69                                   | 31.74                                  |
| 4.       | Assam             | 63.35                               | 4.06                                   | 6.4                                    |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 197.58                              | 126.68                                 | 64.11                                  |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 45.48                               | 5.66                                   | 12.46                                  |
| 7.       | Goa               | 2.63                                | 2.63                                   | 100                                    |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 92.92                               | 76.31                                  | 82.12                                  |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 31.03                               | 26.57                                  | 85.63                                  |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.04                               | 12.89                                  | 75.64                                  |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 18.16                               | 9.12                                   | 50.24                                  |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         | 58.96                               | 6.26                                   | 10.62                                  |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 91.19                               | 26.15                                  | 28.67                                  |
| 14.      | Kerala            | 67.15                               | 19.11                                  | 28.46                                  |
| 15.      | Ladakh            | 0.44                                | 0.03                                   | 7.54                                   |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 123.05                              | 32.41                                  | 26.34                                  |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | 142.36                              | 86.16                                  | 60.52                                  |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 4.52                                | 1.88                                   | 41.74                                  |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | 5.90                                | 0.61                                   | 10.36                                  |
| 20.      | Mizoram           | 1.27                                | 0.46                                   | 35.89                                  |
| 21.      | Nagaland          | 3.86                                | 0.42                                   | 10.91                                  |
| 22.      | Odisha            | 83.06                               | 13.95                                  | 16.8                                   |
| 23.      | Puducherry        | 1.15                                | 1.01                                   | 88.21                                  |
| 24.      | Punjab            | 35.06                               | 24.16                                  | 68.9                                   |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         | 101.32                              | 17.97                                  | 17.73                                  |
| 26.      | Sikkim            | 1.05                                | 0.77                                   | 73.01                                  |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        | 126.89                              | 33.94                                  | 26.75                                  |
| 28.      | Telangana         | 54.06                               | 54.06                                  | 100                                    |
| 29.      | Tripura           | 8.01                                | 1.84                                   | 23.02                                  |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 263.39                              | 24.03                                  | 9.12                                   |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       | 14.62                               | 5.96                                   | 40.73                                  |
| 32.      | West Bengal       | 163.26                              | 10.08                                  | 6.17                                   |
|          | Total             | 1,917.81                            | 664.04                                 | 34.63                                  |

(Source: JJM-IMIS)

## Annex-II as referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1653 due for reply on 11.02.2021

District-wise rural households in percentagehaving tap water supply in Jharkhand

(as on 08.02.2021)

| S. No.   | District               |   %of rural households with tap water supply |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Pakur                  |                                         1.88 |
| 2.       | Latehar                |                                         2.56 |
| 3.       | Garhwa                 |                                         2.75 |
| 4.       | Jamtara                |                                         4.04 |
| 5.       | Palamu                 |                                         4.75 |
| 6.       | Hazaribag              |                                         4.9  |
| 7.       | Sareikelaand Kharsawan |                                         5.88 |
| 8.       | Chatra                 |                                         6.17 |
| 9.       | Paschim Singhbhum      |                                         6.6  |
| 10.      | Sahibganj              |                                         7    |
| 11.      | Gumla                  |                                         7.07 |
| 12.      | Khuti                  |                                         7.78 |
| 13.      | Deoghar                |                                         9.12 |
| 14.      | Godda                  |                                         9.89 |
| 15.      | Dumka                  |                                        10.39 |
| 16.      | Koderma                |                                        12.27 |
| 17.      | Simdega                |                                        12.61 |
| 18.      | PurbiSinghbhum         |                                        13.34 |
| 19.      | Giridih                |                                        15.6  |
| 20.      | Lohardaga              |                                        15.9  |
| 21.      | Bokaro                 |                                        17.07 |
| 22.      | Dhanbad                |                                        17.8  |
| 23.      | Ramgarh                |                                        21.76 |
| 24.      | Ranchi                 |                                        27.08 |
| Total    | Total                  |                                        10.62 |

(Source: JJM-IMIS)