NSS Round No. 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Distribution of Households by Distance Travelled, Average Time Taken and Types of Persons engaged for fetching Drinking Water
The dataset contains year- and region-wise compiled data on all india distribution (per thousand) of households by distance travelled, average time taken and types of persons engaged in fetching drinking water. The different categories of data contained in the types of persons fetching drinking water include male and female of age 18 years and above, hired labour and others, and the distances travelled to fetch drinking water include less than 0.2, 0.2 to 0.5, 0.5 to 1, 1 to 1.5 and more kilometers
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Dataset - NSS Round No. 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Distribution of Households by Distance Travelled, Average Time Taken and Types of Persons engaged for fetching Drinking Water
NSS Round No. 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Distribution of Households by Distance Travelled, Average Time Taken and Types of Persons engaged for fetching Drinking Water
The dataset contains year- and region-wise compiled data on all india distribution (per thousand) of households by distance travelled, average time taken and types of persons engaged in fetching drinking water. The different categories of data contained in the types of persons fetching drinking water include male and female of age 18 years and above, hired labour and others, and the distances travelled to fetch drinking water include less than 0.2, 0.2 to 0.5, 0.5 to 1, 1 to 1.5 and more kilometers
Rows: 240
Columns: 11
Time period: 2018
Last Updated: 21 November 2025
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year
period
state
region
nss_round
category
distance_to_drinking_water_source
person_fetching_drinking_water
value
unit
note
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Rural
76
Distribution of Households by Distance and Types of Persons fetching Drinking Water
Less than 0.2 kilometers
Male of age below 18 years
18
value in absolute number per thousand
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Rural
76
Distribution of Households by Distance and Types of Persons fetching Drinking Water
Less than 0.2 kilometers
Male of age 18 years or more
157
value in absolute number per thousand
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Estimated Number of Households by Types of Persons fetching Drinking Water
All
17858600
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Sample Number of Households by Types of Fetching Drinking Water
Male of age below 18 years
199
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Sample Number of Households by Types of Fetching Drinking Water
Male of age 18 years or more
2554
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Sample Number of Households by Types of Fetching Drinking Water
Female of age below 18 years
135
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Sample Number of Households by Types of Fetching Drinking Water
Female of age 18 years or more
4307
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Sample Number of Households by Types of Fetching Drinking Water
Hired Labour
393
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Sample Number of Households by Types of Fetching Drinking Water
Others
505
value in absolute number
2018
July, 2018 to December, 2018
All India
Urban
76
Sample Number of Households by Types of Fetching Drinking Water
The calendar year to which the survey data pertains.
period
String
1
240
The survey period during which the data was collected, expressed as a date range.
state
String
1
240
The state or national-level area the data pertains to.
region
String
3
240
The residential sector, rural or urban, to which the data pertains.
nss_round
Int64
1
240
The National Sample Survey (NSS) round number during which the survey was conducted.
category
String
7
240
The classification of the statistical table the record belongs to, such as distribution of households by distance or by type of person fetching drinking water.
distance_to_drinking_water_source
String
7
198
The distance category between the household and its source of drinking water.
person_fetching_drinking_water
String
8
168
The demographic group of the person who fetches drinking water for the household.
value
Float64
187
240
The reported measurement for the record, expressed in the unit specified for that row.
unit
String
3
240
The unit of measurement applied to the value, such as absolute number or absolute number per thousand.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or footnotes associated with the data record.
Citation
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. (2026). NSS Round No. 76 - Drinking Water: Year- and Region-wise All India Distribution of Households by Distance Travelled, Average Time Taken and Types of Persons engaged for fetching Drinking Water [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19509