Lok Sabha Question No. 2972 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-06
Subject: Toilets Facilities
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

**Government of India**

**Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation**

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. **2972**

TO BE ANSWERED ON **6-8-2015**

**Toilets Facilities**

**2972. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:**

**SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:**

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

(a) the percentage of rural households in the country including Karnataka having access to toilets and tap water as per 2011 Census, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether it is a fact that less than 5 per cent of households get their drinking water from tap; and

(c) if so, the measures taken to supply safe drinking water through tap in every household of rural India?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) The State/UT-wise percentage of rural households in the country including Karnataka having access to toilets and tap water as per 2011 Census is at Annexure-1.

(b) No Madam.

(c) The Strategic Plan prepared by the Ministry for the rural drinking water sector for the period 2011-2022, stresses on extending the piped water supply to more households in the rural areas. The interim goal till 2017, is to cover 50% of all rural households with piped water supply, and 35% of rural households with household connections. By 2022, the goal is to cover 90% rural households with piped water supply, with 80% having household connections.

Annexure-1

Statement referred in part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.2972 due for reply on 06-08-2015

| **State/UT-wise, the percentage of rural household having access to toilets and Tap Water as per Census2011**   |                   |                                               |                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                 |                   |                                               |                                       |
| **S.N.**                                                                                                        | **State/UT**      | **% Rural households with access to toilets** | **% Rural households with Tap Water** |
| 1                                                                                                               | A & N Islands     | 61.1                                          | 77.5                                  |
| 2                                                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh    | 34.9                                          | 63.4                                  |
| 3                                                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh | 55.7                                          | 59.3                                  |
| 4                                                                                                               | Assam             | 61.5                                          | 6.8                                   |
| 5                                                                                                               | Bihar             | 18.6                                          | 2.6                                   |
| 6                                                                                                               | Chandigarh        | 94.3                                          | 95.2                                  |
| 7                                                                                                               | Chhattisgarh      | 14.8                                          | 8.8                                   |
| 8                                                                                                               | D & N Haveli      | 29.3                                          | 42.5                                  |
| 9                                                                                                               | Daman & Diu       | 65.8                                          | 84.8                                  |
| 10                                                                                                              | Delhi             | 86.5                                          | 59.4                                  |
| 11                                                                                                              | Goa               | 72.6                                          | 77.8                                  |
| 12                                                                                                              | Gujarat           | 34.2                                          | 55.8                                  |
| 13                                                                                                              | Haryana           | 57.7                                          | 63.6                                  |
| 14                                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh  | 67.5                                          | 88.7                                  |
| 15                                                                                                              | Jammu & Kashmir   | 41.7                                          | 55.7                                  |
| 16                                                                                                              | Jharkhand         | 8.3                                           | 3.7                                   |
| 17                                                                                                              | Karnataka         | 31.9                                          | 56.4                                  |
| 18                                                                                                              | Kerala            | 94.4                                          | 24.5                                  |
| 19                                                                                                              | Lakshadweep       | 98.3                                          | 31                                    |
| 20                                                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh    | 13.6                                          | 9.9                                   |
| 21                                                                                                              | Maharashtra       | 44.2                                          | 50.2                                  |
| 22                                                                                                              | Manipur           | 87.7                                          | 29.5                                  |
| 23                                                                                                              | Meghalaya         | 56.9                                          | 28.7                                  |
| 24                                                                                                              | Mizoram           | 87.1                                          | 41.4                                  |
| 25                                                                                                              | Nagaland          | 77.7                                          | 51.8                                  |
| 26                                                                                                              | Odisha            | 15.3                                          | 7.5                                   |
| 27                                                                                                              | Pudducherry       | 40.4                                          | 95                                    |
| 28                                                                                                              | Punjab            | 71.9                                          | 34.9                                  |
| 29                                                                                                              | Rajasthan         | 20.1                                          | 26.9                                  |
| 30                                                                                                              | Sikkim            | 85.1                                          | 82.6                                  |
| 31                                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu        | 26.7                                          | 79.3                                  |
| 32                                                                                                              | Tripura           | 84.6                                          | 25.2                                  |
| 33                                                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh     | 22.9                                          | 20.2                                  |
| 34                                                                                                              | Uttarakhand       | 55.0                                          | 63.9                                  |
| 35                                                                                                              | West Bengal       | 48.7                                          | 11.4                                  |
|                                                                                                                 | **India**         | **32.7**                                      | **30.8**                              |