India: Summary
Table S00-012: DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY SIZE AND NUMBER OF DWELLING ROOMS
                   
Household size Households having number of dwelling rooms Total % Rural % Urban %
                   
M.1 Total number of households 191,963,935 100.0 138,271,559 100.0 53,692,376 100.0
All households No exclusive rooms 5,972,416 3.1 4,724,468 3.4 1,247,948 2.3
One room 73,856,117 38.5 55,003,323 39.8 18,852,794 35.1
Two rooms 57,571,314 30.0 41,713,866 30.2 15,857,448 29.5
Three rooms 27,541,899 14.3 18,364,968 13.3 9,176,931 17.1
Four rooms 14,361,957 7.5 9,705,107 7.0 4,656,850 8.7
Five rooms 5,565,687 2.9 3,811,689 2.8 1,753,998 3.3
Six rooms and above 7,094,545 3.7 4,948,138 3.6 2,146,407 4.0
Median number of rooms   2   2   2  
                   
M.2 Total number of households 6,821,456 100.0 4,809,179 100.0 2,012,277 100.0
1 (One member) No exclusive rooms 721,648 10.6 558,663 11.6 162,985 8.1
One room 4,103,303 60.2 2,919,463 60.7 1,183,840 58.8
Two rooms 1,299,765 19.1 900,621 18.7 399,144 19.8
Three rooms 414,406 6.1 252,357 5.2 162,049 8.1
Four rooms 158,994 2.3 99,454 2.1 59,540 3.0
Five rooms 49,340 0.7 30,465 0.6 18,875 0.9
Six rooms and above 74,000 1.1 48,156 1.0 25,844 1.3
Median number of rooms   1   1   1  
                   
M.3 Total number of households 15,716,184 100.0 11,294,305 100.0 4,421,879 100.0
2 (Two members) No exclusive rooms 677,526 4.3 533,872 4.7 143,654 3.2
One room 8,672,391 55.2 6,480,100 57.4 2,192,291 49.6
Two rooms 4,086,055 26.0 2,916,006 25.8 1,170,049 26.5
Three rooms 1,344,662 8.6 801,899 7.1 542,763 12.3
Four rooms 545,641 3.5 323,142 2.9 222,499 5.0
Five rooms 168,915 1.1 98,063 0.9 70,852 1.6
Six rooms and above 220,994 1.4 141,223 1.3 79,771 1.8
Median number of rooms   1   1   1  
                   
M.4 Total number of households 21,274,978 100.0 14,443,153 100.0 6,831,825 100.0
3 (Three No exclusive rooms 762,193 3.6 590,536 4.1 171,657 2.5
members) One room 10,296,038 48.4 7,428,326 51.4 2,867,712 42.0
Two rooms 6,182,741 29.1 4,152,333 28.7 2,030,408 29.7
Three rooms 2,420,608 11.4 1,349,087 9.3 1,071,521 15.7
Four rooms 970,724 4.6 548,269 3.8 422,455 6.2
Five rooms 304,166 1.4 170,427 1.2 133,739 2.0
Six rooms and above 338,508 1.6 204,175 1.4 134,333 2.0
Median number of rooms   1   1   2  
                   
M.5 Total number of households 36,523,918 100.0 24,484,653 100.0 12,039,265 100.0
4 (Four members) No exclusive rooms 1,166,060 3.2 905,434 3.7 260,626 2.2
One room 15,317,090 41.9 11,029,155 45.0 4,287,935 35.6
Two rooms 11,405,627 31.2 7,642,679 31.2 3,762,948 31.3
Three rooms 4,947,280 13.5 2,791,269 11.4 2,156,011 17.9
Four rooms 2,260,288 6.2 1,289,642 5.3 970,646 8.1
Five rooms 699,745 1.9 394,797 1.6 304,948 2.5
Six rooms and above 727,828 2.0 431,677 1.8 296,151 2.5
Median number of rooms   2   2   2  
                   
M.6 Total number of households 35,878,776 100.0 25,553,793 100.0 10,324,983 100.0
5 (Five members) No exclusive rooms 1,035,934 2.9 824,329 3.2 211,605 2.0
One room 14,074,999 39.2 10,519,936 41.2 3,555,063 34.4
Two rooms 11,572,563 32.3 8,313,378 32.5 3,259,185 31.6
Three rooms 5,122,403 14.3 3,293,826 12.9 1,828,577 17.7
Four rooms 2,377,135 6.6 1,524,486 6.0 852,649 8.3
Five rooms 843,105 2.3 530,226 2.1 312,879 3.0
Six rooms and above 852,637 2.4 547,612 2.1 305,025 3.0
Median number of rooms   2   2   2  
                   
M.7 Total number of households 53,966,544 100.0 40,872,827 100.0 13,093,717 100.0
6 to 8 (Six to No exclusive rooms 1,239,462 2.3 1,013,556 2.5 225,906 1.7
eight members) One room 17,576,604 32.6 13,662,419 33.4 3,914,185 29.9
Two rooms 17,664,001 32.7 13,582,190 33.2 4,081,811 31.2
Three rooms 8,930,587 16.5 6,507,510 15.9 2,423,077 18.5
Four rooms 4,743,274 8.8 3,406,095 8.3 1,337,179 10.2
Five rooms 1,769,176 3.3 1,262,415 3.1 506,761 3.9
Six rooms and above 2,043,440 3.8 1,438,642 3.5 604,798 4.6
Median number of rooms   2   2   2  
                   
M.8 Total number of households 21,782,079 100.0 16,813,649 100.0 4,968,430 100.0
9 Members No exclusive rooms 369,593 1.7 298,078 1.8 71,515 1.4
and above One room 3,815,692 17.5 2,963,924 17.6 851,768 17.1
Two rooms 5,360,562 24.6 4,206,659 25.0 1,153,903 23.2
Three rooms 4,361,953 20.0 3,369,020 20.0 992,933 20.0
Four rooms 3,305,901 15.2 2,514,019 15.0 791,882 15.9
Five rooms 1,731,240 7.9 1,325,296 7.9 405,944 8.2
Six rooms and above 2,837,138 13.0 2,136,653 12.7 700,485 14.1
    Median number of rooms   3   3   3  
                   
           
Source: Table H-5 India : Census of India 2001

Source : Office of the Registrar General, India
Created on 17 April 2003