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Tathya.in, APril 26, 2010
Bhubaneswar:26/April/2010


Bishnu Pada Sethi has a knack for information.

So the Director of Census Operations in Odisha is busy in digging out interesting information on people.

After a lot of research, Mr.Sethi has found out these factual data.

Here the data are given for information:

In India 37% of the total households is using tap water, while in Odisha only 9% of households have the same facility.

Only 2.76% households of Kalahandi and 2.65% households of Nabaragapur get drinking water from tap.

In India, 39.20% of married couples do not have independent sleeping rooms in comparison with Odisha where 33.85% of married couples do not have independent sleeping rooms.

In Gajapati district, 57% of married couples do not have independent sleeping rooms.

5.56% of households in India and 26.98% of Households of Odisha use tubewell water for drinking purpose.

Electricity is available to only 26.91% of households of Odisha while 55.85% households of India use Electricity for lighting.

Electricity is available to only 7.89% households of Nabarangapur district.

72.10% households of Odisha and 43.30% households of India use Kerosene for lighting.

Only 10.51% of households in Odisha have bathroom in their houses, while in India, 36.14% of households have bathrooms.

In Odisha 85% of households do not have latrine in their houses while in India 64% of households have no latrine.

94.52% of households of Baudh district do not have Latrines in their houses.

96.23% households of Debagarh district do not have bathrooms in their houses.

In India 46.4% of households have drainage facility, while in Odisha only 20% of households have the same.

Fire woods are still the main source of fuel in Odisha (69.44% of households), and the figure is 52.53% for India.

LPG is used by only 5.22% of households in Odisha while the figure is 17.50% for India.

36% of households of India and 24% of households of Odisha get banking services.

Only 3.95% of households of Odisha have the connection of Telephone in their houses, whereas it is 9.14% in India.

Less than 1% households of Malkangiri district have Telephone connection in their houses.

Bi-cycle is used by 52% of households in Odisha and 44% of households in India.

Bi-cycle is still the best means of conveyance in Jharsuguda district (more than 75% of households).

Scooter, Motor Cycle, Mopeds etc. are used by only 8% households of Odisha and 12% households of India.

Car, Jeep etc are used by 2.5% of households of India and only 1% households in Odisha.

Television is used by 15.49% households in Odisha and 32% households in India.

Television is not available to about 94% of households of Debagarh district.