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Drinking-water access and service quality
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Population living in households with an improved drinking-water source, NFHS-6
2023–24. Population represented in the household survey, not number of households.
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| Place or category | Value% |
|---|---|
| Urban India (survey coverage) | 99.1% |
| Rural India (survey coverage) | 95.4% |
| India (Manipur excluded) | 96.5% |
Provisional NFHS-6 estimates for the 2023–24 round; fieldwork May 2023–December 2024; Manipur excluded. Not 2026 administrative counts. Household-based and person-based indicators have different denominators. Each indicator retains its published universe. Improved drinking-water source is a source-type classification, including specified piped, protected and packaged sources. It does not by itself establish water quality testing, uninterrupted supply or safely managed service. Electricity presence is different from reliability, hours of supply and affordability. An account held by any household member is different from individual access or usage. NFHS-5 totals are shown only as printed by NFHS-6. Round comparisons need attention to changed coverage and definitions; do not mix a household share with a person share.
Original source table ↗ · India—Key Indicators, indicator 5; printed p.4 / PDF p.26
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