Indian states ranking by availability of toilets

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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]

## List

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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 a 2019 report, referring to 2017 data, 25.21% of the country has achieved ODF Status and has full access to toilets.[11]

| Year 2001 | Year 2011 | Year 2019

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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

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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.

## External links

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* "4 Years Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: With Over 9 Crore Toilets, India Inches Towards Becoming ODF | Features". NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
* PTI (2018-11-19). "Nearly 60.50 lakh household toilets built under Swachh Bharat". Mint. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
* "Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)". sbm.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
* https://visualize.data.gov.in/?inst=872a4c11-f55c-4fec-8d30-8f0205e11821&vid=603

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