Table: Population and Household Profile of India and Major States from NFHS-3 (2005- 2006)

 

 

 

                 Percentage of Households

Country/ State

Population age 6+ that is literate

Households by residence (%)

Have Electricity

Use Piped drinking Water

Have access to  a toilet  facility

Live in a pucca house

Have a motorized vehicle

Have a television

Own Agricultural Land

India

         Total

        Urban

         Rural

 

67.6

81.0

61.3

 

100.0

32.6

67.4

 

67.9

93.1

55.7

 

42.0

71.0

27.9

 

44.5

83.1

25.9

 

41.4

74.1

25.5

 

18.6

31.9

12.1

 

44.2

73.2

30.1

 

45.6

19.0

58.5

Andhra Pradesh                 

         Total

        Urban

        Rural

 

 

63.7

76.7

57.4

 

 

100.0

31.8

68.2

 

 

88.4

95.0

85.4

 

 

67.8

83.8

60.3

 

 

42.4

75.5

26.9

 

 

40.4

57.2

32.5

 

 

14.6

27.7

8.5

 

 

50.3

70.3

40.9

 

 

36.1

14.5

46.3

Assam

          Total

         Urban

         Rural

 

76.3

87.7

73.8

 

100.0

20.2

79.8

 

38.1

80.6

27.3

 

11.6

30.4

6.9

 

76.4

97.5

71.1

 

19.7

49.4

12.2

 

11.4

23.7

8.3

 

34.3

64.5

26.7

 

41.7

17.6

47.8

Bihar

         Total

         Urban

         Rural

 

54.1

72.1

50.5

 

100.0

15.9

84.1

 

27.7

74.1

18.9

 

4.2

19.8

  1.2

 

25.2

73.0

16.2

 

20.1

61.8

12.2

 

9.1

21.0

  6.9

 

18.2

56.7

10.9

 

50.6

32.4

54.0

Chattisgarh

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

63.6

83.5

58.0

 

100.0

29.1

78.1

 

71.4

92.2

65.5

 

16.8

55.5

6.0

 

18.7

65.5

5.6

 

17.2

58.4

5.7

 

15.7

41.2

8.5

 

33.4

73.5

22.2

 

62.5

25.0

72.2

Gujarat

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

72.1

84.0

63.5

 

100.0

42.0

58.0

 

89.3

97.5

83.3

 

72.7

91.0

59.4

 

54.6

88.2

30.1

 

56.4

71.1

45.7

 

30.2

40.2

22.8

 

53.8

75.1

38.4

 

43.8

22.5

59.2

Harayana

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

71.4

82.9

66.8

 

100.0

31.4

68.6

 

91.5

97.5

88.7

 

61.1

71.0

56.6

 

52.3

89.2

35.5

 

54.7

83.5

41.5

 

27.7

37.9

23.0

 

63.4

80.3

55.6

 

40.3

22.3

48.6

Himachal Pradesh

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

 

81.3

91.3

80.1

 

 

100.0

12.7

87.3

 

 

98.4

99.4

98.2

 

 

65.1

92.6

61.1

 

 

45.6

90.3

39.0

 

 

52.2

88.3

46.9

 

 

15.8

31.1

13.5

 

 

72.6

86.2

70.6

 

 

75.6

39.6

80.9

Jammu & Kashmir

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

 

66.7

75.6

63.3

 

 

100.0

31.1

68.9

 

 

93.2

99.4

90.4

 

 

56.1

85.7

42.7

 

 

61.7

85.6

50.9

 

 

50.2

79.6

37.0

 

 

18.2

36.4

9.9

 

 

62.9

89.0

51.1

 

 

66.1

28.4

83.2

Jharkhand

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

58.6

80.4

50.9

 

100.0

25.6

74.4

 

40.2

90.8

22.8

 

11.3

44.4

0.0

 

22.6

73.7

5.0

 

28.1

79.6

10.4

 

14.4

37.1

6.6

 

27.1

73.1

11.3

 

67.6

27.5

81.3

Karnataka

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

69.3

81.3

61.5

 

100.0

40.5

59.5

 

89.3

96.5

84.4

 

57.4

71.2

48.0

 

46.5

82.7

21.9

 

49.8

76.2

31.8

 

20.4

33.2

11.7

 

53.6

76.6

37.9

 

43.6

17.3

61.5

Kerala

        Total

        Urban

         Rural

 

89.9

91.1

89.2

 

100.0

33.6

66.4

 

91.0

94.5

89.2

 

24.6

43.5

15.0

 

96.0

98.3

94.9

 

84.1

89.4

81.4

 

24.7

32.8

20.6

 

67.7

76.3

63.3

 

20.9

10.9

25.9

Madhya Pradesh

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

 

60.9

77.4

54.6

 

 

100.0

28.2

71.8

 

 

71.4

95.1

62.1

 

 

25.0

68.1

8.1

 

 

27.0

71.2

9.6

 

 

24.8

65.6

8.7

 

 

17.9

37.2

10.2

 

 

35.0

73.6

19.9

 

 

53.0

19.6

66.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 Percentage of Households

Country/

State

Population age 6+

 that is literate

Households by residence (%)

Have Electricity

Use Piped drinking Water

Have access to a toilet facility

Live in a pucca house

Have a motorized vehicle

Have a television

Own Agricultural Land

Maharashtra

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

77.6

87.1

68.5

 

100.0

48.3

51.7

 

83.5

97.4

70.5

 

78.6

95.4

62.9

 

53.0

87.8

20.5

 

47.3

74.5

21.8

 

21.5

29.9

13.7

 

58.8

79.7

39.3

 

40.4

21.5

57.9

Orissa

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

68.8

85.5

65.2

 

100.0

16.8

83.2

 

45.4

83.9

37.6

 

10.2

51.7

1.9

 

19.3

58.9

11.3

 

31.7

64.0

25.2

 

13.5

37.4

8.6

 

28.9

66.1

21.4

 

61.0

42.7

64.7

Punjab

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

74.0

82.6

69.1

 

100.0

39.4

60.6

 

96.3

98.2

95.0

 

54.6

79.4

38.4

 

70.8

93.7

56.0

 

61.1

85.9

45.0

 

42.3

45.3

40.3

 

78.5

82.7

75.8

 

32.6

16.2

43.2

Rajasthan

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

57.4

77.3

49.9

 

100.0

29.1

70.9

 

66.1

95.7

54.0

 

45.4

85.1

29.1

 

30.8

85.3

8.4

 

45.0

80.3

30.5

 

24.2

44.0

16.1

 

37.0

75.3

21.3

 

63.4

23.5

79.7

Tamil Nadu

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

74.2

81.5

67.9

 

100.0

45.9

54.1

 

88.6

93.8

84.3

 

84.2

83.1

85.1

 

42.9

73.5

17.0

 

69.6

81.7

59.4

 

22.6

30.4

16.0

 

53.1

68.2

40.2

 

22.9

7.8

35.7

Uttar Pradesh

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

61.6

72.3

58.0

 

100.0

25.3

74.7

 

42.8

85.4

28.3

 

10.3

34.8

2.0

 

33.1

83.7

16.0

 

27.3

71.9

12.2

 

16.6

31.0

11.7

 

34.0

68.2

22.4

 

60.2

22.3

73.0

Uttranchal

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

75.7

83.1

72.8

 

100.0

28.2

71.8

 

80.0

95.0

74.1

 

66.3

85.5

58.7

 

56.7

93.7

42.2

 

48.8

83.1

35.3

 

22.3

39.8

15.5

 

61.0

81.3

53.0

 

55.8

15.6

71.5

West Bengal

          Total

          Urban

          Rural

 

71.6

82.9

66.6

 

100.0

32.0

68.0

 

52.5

89.6

34.9

 

27.9

67.0

9.5

 

59.5

90.5

44.8

 

39.0

83.0

18.2

 

8.9

16.3

5.5

 

35.6

68.9

19.9

 

34.7

11.2

45.7

Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS-III)2005-2006, National Fact Sheet India and States (Provisional Data), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, International Institute for population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai-400 088