NSS Round Nos. 54, 69 and 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Number of Households with Principal Sources of Drinking Water and using Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water
The dataset contains Year- and region-wise All India compiled data on Number of Households (per thousand total) using Principal Sources of Drinking Water and Total Number of Households with Principal Sources of Drinking Water and with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water such as bottled water, piped water into dwelling, yard or plot, public tap, stand pipe, tube well, bore hole, protected and unprotected wells, springs, rain water, tank, pond and other sources by duration of insufficiency of drinking water, during the period of 1998 to 2018. The dataset has been compiled from Table nos. 8, 13 and 14 of NSS 54th, 69 and 76th round reports, respectively.
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Dataset - NSS Round Nos. 54, 69 and 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Number of Households with Principal Sources of Drinking Water and using Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water
NSS Round Nos. 54, 69 and 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Number of Households with Principal Sources of Drinking Water and using Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water
The dataset contains Year- and region-wise All India compiled data on Number of Households (per thousand total) using Principal Sources of Drinking Water and Total Number of Households with Principal Sources of Drinking Water and with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water such as bottled water, piped water into dwelling, yard or plot, public tap, stand pipe, tube well, bore hole, protected and unprotected wells, springs, rain water, tank, pond and other sources by duration of insufficiency of drinking water, during the period of 1998 to 2018. The dataset has been compiled from Table nos. 8, 13 and 14 of NSS 54th, 69 and 76th round reports, respectively.
Rows: 419
Columns: 11
Time period: 1998, 2012, 2018
Last Updated: 21 November 2025
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year
period
state
region
nss_round
category
sub_category
principal_source_of_water
value
unit
note
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Rural + Urban
76
Total Number of Households with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principal Sources of Drinking Water
Estimated
Unprotected Well
10020800
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Total Number of Households with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principal Sources of Drinking Water
Sample
Piped Water from Neighbour
481
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Total Number of Households with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principal Sources of Drinking Water
Sample
Unprotected Spring
27
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Distribution of Households with No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principlal Sources of Drinking Water
Rain Water Collection
71
value in absolute number per thousand
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Total Number of Households with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principal Sources of Drinking Water
Estimated
Rain Water Collection
40100
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Total Number of Households with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principal Sources of Drinking Water
Sample
Rain Water Collection
45
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Distribution of Households with No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principlal Sources of Drinking Water
Tank/Pond
483
value in absolute number per thousand
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Total Number of Households with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principal Sources of Drinking Water
Estimated
Tank/Pond
45600
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Total Number of Households with Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principal Sources of Drinking Water
Sample
Tank/Pond
75
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Distribution of Households with No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water by Principlal Sources of Drinking Water
The calendar year to which the survey data pertains.
period
String
3
419
The survey period, given as the start and end months during which the NSS data was collected.
state
String
1
419
The geographic level the data pertains to; this dataset covers All India.
region
String
3
419
The sector of the population the figures refer to, such as urban, rural, or combined rural and urban areas.
nss_round
Int64
3
419
The National Sample Survey (NSS) round number during which the data was collected.
category
String
8
419
The reporting classification describing household drinking water statistics, such as counts or distributions of households by principal and supplementary sources of drinking water.
sub_category
String
3
150
Indicates whether the reported figure is an estimated value for all households or the underlying survey sample count.
principal_source_of_water
String
32
417
The principal source from which households obtain drinking water, such as piped water, wells, springs, or rainwater collection.
value
Float64
379
416
The reported figure for the given category and water source, expressed as an absolute number of households or per thousand households as indicated by the unit column.
unit
String
2
419
The unit of measurement for the value, either an absolute count or a rate per thousand.
note
String
1
0
Optional remarks or footnotes associated with the data record.
Citation
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. (2026). NSS Round Nos. 54, 69 and 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Number of Households with Principal Sources of Drinking Water and using Any or No Supplementary Sources of Drinking Water [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/18497