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Access to Safe Drinking Water in Households in India

								(In percent)
No	States/ Union Territories	1981			1991			Average annual change
No	States/ Union Territories	Rural	Urban	Combined	Rural	Urban	Combined	Rural	Urban	Combined

	INDIA	26.50	75.06	38.19	55.54	81.38	62.30	10.96	0.84	6.31

1	Andhra Pradesh	15.12	63.27	25.89	48.98	73.82	55.08	22.39	1.67	11.27
2	Arunachal Pradesh	40.16	87.93	43.89	66.87	88.20	70.02	6.65	0.03	5.95
3	Assam	-	-	-	43.28	64.07	45.86	-	-	-
4	Bihar	33.77	65.36	37.64	56.55	73.39	58.76	6.75	1.23	5.61
5	Delhi	62.26	94.91	92.97	91.01	96.24	95.78	4.62	0.14	0.30
6	Goa	8.57	52.31	22.50	30.54	61.71	43.41	25.64	1.80	9.29
7	Gujarat	36.16	86.78	52.41	60.04	87.23	69.78	6.60	0.05	3.31
8	Haryana	42.94	90.72	55.11	67.14	93.18	74.32	5.64	0.27	3.49
9	Himachal Pradesh	39.56	89.56	44.50	75.51	91.93	77.34	9.09	0.26	7.38
10	Jammu & Kashmir	27.95	86.67	40.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Karnataka	17.63	74.40	33.87	67.31	81.38	71.68	28.18	0.94	11.16
12	Kerala	6.26	39.72	12.20	12.22	38.68	18.89	9.52	-0.26	5.48
13	Madhya Pradesh	8.09	66.65	20.17	45.56	79.45	53.41	46.32	1.92	16.48
14	Maharashtra	18.34	85.56	42.49	54.02	90.50	68.49	19.45	0.58	6.20
15	Manipur	12.91	38.71	19.54	33.72	52.10	38.72	16.12	3.46	9.82
16	Meghalaya	14.26	74.40	25.11	26.82	75.42	36.16	8.81	0.14	4.40
17	Mizoram	3.57	8.79	4.88	12.89	19.88	16.21	26.11	12.62	23.22
18	Nagaland	43.43	57.18	45.63	55.60	45.47	53.37	2.80	-2.05	1.70
19	Orissa	9.47	51.33	14.58	35.32	62.83	39.07	27.30	2.24	16.80
20	Punjab	81.80	91.13	84.56	92.09	94.24	92.74	1.26	0.34	0.97
21	Rajasthan	13.00	78.65	27.14	50.62	86.51	58.96	28.94	1.00	11.72
22	Sikkim	21.70	71.93	30.33	70.98	92.95	73.19	22.71	2.92	14.13
23	Tamil Nadu	30.97	69.44	43.07	64.28	74.17	67.42	10.76	0.68	5.65
24	Tripura	22.17	67.92	27.33	30.60	71.12	37.18	3.80	0.47	3.60
25	Uttar Pradesh	25.31	73.23	33.77	56.62	85.78	62.24	12.37	1.71	8.43
26	West Bengal	65.78	79.78	69.95	80.26	86.23	81.98	2.20	0.81	1.77
27	Andaman & Nicobar Is.	36.25	91.95	51.64	59.43	90.91	67.87	6.35	-0.11	-3.14
28	Chandigarh	94.39	99.39	99.09	98.11	97.68	97.73	0.39	-0.17	-0.14
29	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	16.85	54.35	19.35	41.17	90.97	45.57	14.43	6.74	13.55
30	Daman & Diu	46.42	67.04	54.48	55.87	86.76	71.42	2.04	2.94	3.11
31	Lakshadweep	0.97	3.65	2.19	3.41	18.79	11.90	25.15	41.48	44.34
32	Pondicherry	76.88	84.18	80.59	92.86	86.05	88.75	2.08	0.22	1.01
Note: All India figure excludes Assam in 1981 and Jammu & Kashmir in 1991
Source: Housing and Amenities, Paper 2 of 1993; Census of India, 1991

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