Indian states and union territories ranked by availability of toilets

This is a list of Indian states and territories ranked by the availability of toilet facilities per household. Figures are from the 2011 Census of India.[1] The list does not include the newly formed states of Telangana and the residual state of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.[note 1]

Rank State or union territory Flush toilet (%) Pit toilet (%) Other-type toilet (%) No toilet (%)
1 Lakshadweep 97.4 0.4 0.0 2.2
2 Chandigarh 87.1 0.5 0.1 12.4
3 Delhi 85.7 1.8 2.1 10.5
4 Daman & Diu 77.1 1.0 0.1 21.8
5 Sikkim 75.0 12.0 0.2 12.8
6 Goa 74.1 4.4 1.2 20.3
7 Puducherry 67.4 0.8 0.3 31.6
8 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 67.0 2.9 0.2 29.9
9 Gujarat 66.7 28.3 0.2 42.7
10 Kerala 60.8 30.6 0.6 4.8
11 Himachal Pradesh 60.7 8.1 0.3 30.9
12 Punjab 59.3 19.2 0.8 20.7
13 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 53.7 0.7 0.3 45.3
14 Uttarakhand 53.2 11.9 0.7 34.2
15 Mizoram 68.6 4.5 0.3 42.7
16 Haryana 50.4 17.4 0.8 31.4
17 Nagaland 47.7 27.7 1.1 23.5
18 Manipur[note 2] 46.6 34.6 8.0 10.7
19 Maharashtra 43.5 8.8 0.9 46.9
20 Tamil Nadu 41.2 6.0 1.1 51.7
21 Arunachal Pradesh 38.4 18.8 4.8 38.0
22 Meghalaya 38.2 23.3 1.5 37.1
23 Karnataka 36.9 13.6 0.7 48.8
Avg. INDIA 36.4 9.4 1.1 53.1
24 Jammu & Kashmir 33.0 5.5 12.7 48.8
25 West Bengal[note 3] 31.9 25.6 1.4 41.2
26 Uttar Pradesh 29.8 4.2 1.7 64.4
27 Assam 28.5 34.7 1.8 35.1
28 Tripura 24.8 60.2 1.0 14.0
29 Rajasthan 27.6 6.5 0.8 65.0
30 Madhya Pradesh 26.1 2.3 0.4 71.2
31 Chhattisgarh[note 4] 21.0 3.5 0.2 75.4
32 Jharkhand 20.4 1.4 0.3 78.0
33 Bihar 20.1 2.5 0.5 76.9
34 Odisha 17.7 3.5 0.8 78.0
NA Andhra Pradesh --[2] -- -- --
NA Telangana --[3] -- -- --

Notes

  1. In 2011, the undivided state of Andhra Pradesh ranked 26th among states and territories in terms of toilet availability, just above Tamil Nadu. As of the 2011 census, 43.1 percent of households in Andhra Pradesh had access to a flush toilet, 5.4 percent had access to a pit toilet, and 1.1 percent had access to another type of toilet. 50.4 percent of households in the state lacked toilet facilities.
  2. Excludes figures of Paomata, Mao-Maram and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district.
  3. Excluding figures from 260 villages in Paschim Medinipur district.
  4. Excluding figures from 70 villages of Dantewada district and 33 villages of Bijapur district.

References

  1. "Availability and type of latrine facility" (PDF). 2011 Census of India, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. Nag, Kingshuk (2 June 2014). "T-party today: India's 29th state Telangana is born". Times of India.
  3. Nag, Kingshuk (2 June 2014). "T-party today: India's 29th state Telangana is born". Times of India.


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