A Rapid Survey on Swachhta Status was conducted by the NSSO during May-June 2015 alongside its regular 72nd Round (July 2014-June 2015) survey covering 3788 villages and 2907 urban blocks. The number of households surveyed was 73,176 in rural India and 41,538 in urban India.
The survey aims to give a snapshot of the situation on the availability/accessibility of toilets, solid waste and liquid waste management at sample village/ward and household levels aggregated at State and country levels.
Out of the 3788 villages surveyed, 13.1% villages in India were found to have community toilets. Out of the sample villages, at all India level, 1.7% villages were found to be having the community toilets but not using them. 82.1% of all the community toilets available in the villages were being used for defecation or washing purpose.
From the 2907 sample UFS blocks surveyed at all India level, 42.0% wards were found to have community/public toilets. At all India level, 1.6% wards were found to be having the community/public toilets but not using them.
In 54.9% of the villages having community toilets, cleaning was being done by the persons employed by the panchayat or on contract payment. In 17.0% villages, it was being done by the residents themselves. However, 22.6% villages were such where the community toilets were not being cleaned.
In urban areas, cleaning of community/public toilets was being done by the persons employed by the local municipal body in 73.1% wards having these toilets. 12.2% wards were such where the cleaning was being done by the persons employed by the residents’ welfare association. However, community/public toilets in 8.6% wards were not being cleaned by anybody.
36.8% wards in urban areas reported to have a proper liquid waste disposal system for community/public toilets.
36.7% villages had pakki nali and 19.0% villages had katchi nali as drainage arrangement for waste water coming out of the rural households. 44.4% villages had no drainage arrangement.
56.4% wards reported to have sewer network for disposal of liquid waste.
78.1% wards reported to have a system of street cleaning.
64.2% wards were found to have a dumping place for solid waste. These solid waste dumping places were cleaned every day in case of 48.2% wards, on a weekly basis in case of 37.7% wards and on a monthly basis in case of 9.3% wards. However, 4.9% wards were such where the solid waste dumping place was not cleaned.
In rural areas, 50.5% of the households kept the garbage at a specified place outside their own house, 24.4% households disposed of the garbage in the nearby agriculture field, 5.5% households kept it at the common place outside the house, 4.4% households disposed of the garbage in the biogas plant or manure pit whereas 15.1% households threw it around the house.
In rural areas, 45.3% households reported to have sanitary toilets.
In urban areas, 88.8% households reported to have sanitary toilets.
In rural India for the households having sanitary toilet, percentage of persons using household/community toilet was 95.6%.
In urban India for the households having sanitary toilet, the percentage of persons using household/community/public toilet was 98.7%.
In rural India, 42.5% households were found to have access to water for use in toilet.
In urban India, 87.9% households were found to have access to water for use in toilets.
In rural areas, the percentage of persons going for open defecation was estimated to be 52.1%.
In urban India, the percentage of persons going for open defecation was estimated to be 7.5%.
In rural areas, 55.4% households contributed to open defecation. This percentage in urban areas was 8.9%
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