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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][2][3][4]

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An increasing trend has been seen in India with how many households have toilet facilities.

Although the Indian government has built more toilets, Indians do not necessarily use them, and continue to openly defecate[5][6][7] for a variety of reasons - poor quality or non-functioning toilets, reluctance to deviate from cultural norms, poverty, and government corruption. For example, despite having access to a toilet, about 522 million people practised open defecation in India in 2014.[5][8][9][10]

Kerala, Mizoram, and Lakshadweep State/UT have a higher number of households having toilet facilities in both 2001 and 2011 in comparison to other states. Lakshadweep has the highest households having toilet facilities 89.2% in 2001, 97.8% in 2011, and 100% in 2017.

Seven states viz. Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Goa, and Tripura are below the national estimate of 25.21% in 2019.[11]

According to 2019 data, 25.21% of the country has achieved ODF Status and has full access to toilets.[11]

Year 2001 Year 2011 Year 2019
All India/State/Union Territory Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Rural Urban Total
Lakshadweep 89.2 93.14 83.77 97.8 98.1 97.7 100
Kerala 84.01 81.33 92.02 95.2 93.2 97.4 100
Mizoram 89.02 79.74 98.03 91.9 84.6 98.5 100
Delhi 77.96 62.88 79.03 89.5 76.3 89.8 100 100 100
Manipur 82.03 77.5 95.31 89.3 86 95.8 100
Chandigarh 78.85 68.53 80.07 87.6 88 87.6 100
Sikkim 63.38 59.35 91.79 87.2 84.1 95.2 100
Tripura 81.45 77.93 96.96 86 81.5 97.9 97.64
Goa 58.64 48.21 69.23 79.7 70.9 85.3 89.22
Punjab 56.84 40.91 86.52 79.3 70.4 93.4 100
Daman and Diu 43.94 32.02 65.43 78.2 51.4 85.4 100
Nagaland 70.57 64.64 94.12 76.5 69.2 94.6 100
A. & N. Islands 53.28 42.33 76.49 70.1 60.2 87.1 100
Himachal Pradesh 33.43 27.72 77.22 69.1 66.6 89.1 100
Haryana 44.5 28.66 80.66 68.6 56.1 89.9 100
Puducherry 49.94 21.42 65.04 68.4 39 82 100
Uttarakhand 45.2 31.6 86.88 65.8 54.1 93.6 100
Assam 64.64 59.57 94.6 64.9 59.6 93.7 98.3
Meghalaya 51.19 40.1 91.58 62.9 53.9 95.7 100
Arunachal Pradesh 56.3 47.34 86.95 62 52.7 89.5 100
West Bengal 55.71 62.93 64.85 71.8 75.7 89.64 100
Gujarat 44.6 21.65 80.55 57.3 33 87.7 100
D. & N. Haveli 32.56 17.32 77.2 54.7 26.5 81.3 100
Maharashtra 35.09 18.21 58.08 53.1 38 71.3 100
Jammu and Kashmir 53.14 41.8 86.87 51.2 38.6 87.5 100
Karnataka 37.49 17.4 75.23 51.2 28.4 84.9 100
Andhra Pradesh 32.99 18.15 78.07 49.6 32.2 86.1 100
Tamil Nadu 35.15 14.36 64.33 48.3 23.2 75.1 100
All India 36.41 21.92 73.72 46.9 30.7 81.4 98.21
Uttar Pradesh 31.43 19.23 80.01 35.6 21.8 83.1 100
Rajasthan 29 14.61 76.11 35 19.6 82 100
Madhya Pradesh 23.99 8.94 67.74 28.8 13.1 74.2 100
Chhattisgarh 14.2 5.18 52.59 24.6 14.5 60.2 100
Bihar 19.19 13.91 69.69 23.1 17.6 69 88.8
Jharkhand 19.67 6.57 66.68 22 7.6 67.2 100
Odisha 14.89 7.71 59.69 22 14.1 64.8 74.68

References

  1. ^ "Availability and type of latrine facility" (PDF). 2011 Census of India, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. ^ "India is on the greatest toilet-building spree in human history". Independent.co.uk. September 2018.
  3. ^ "World's Biggest Toilet-Building Spree is Under Way in India". Bloomberg.com. 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Narendra Modi: World's biggest toilet-building spree is under way in India". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ a b "India's toilets: Report questions claims that rural areas are free from open defecation". BBC News. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  6. ^ Santosh Mehrotra (January 2019). "Is India Really 96% Open Defecation Free?". The Wire (India).
  7. ^ Kuchay B (2 October 2019). "Modi declares India open defecation free, claim questioned". Al Jazeera.
  8. ^ Zakaria R (11 April 2019). "India's Futile War on Open Defecation". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. ^ Dinnoo S (17 June 2014). "Why do millions of Indians defecate in the open?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ^ "India's toilets: Report questions claims that rural areas are free from open defecation". BBC News. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  11. ^ a b "State/UT-wise percentage of rural households which have access to toilets facilities as of 12.12.2017". 18 September 2019.

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