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08: Rural sanitation

Only one in five rural households has a toilet (rural development ministry)

  1. Chhattisgarh 94.9% of households without a toilet.
  2. Jharkhand (93.5%)
  3. Madhya Pradesh (91.1%)
  4. Bihar (86.1%)
  5. Uttar Pradesh (80.8%)
  6. National average 78.1%
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