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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN

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Districts<br />

Appendix Table 4.8: Index of Districts with Safe Drinking Water<br />

and Electricity Connection<br />

% Households using<br />

Safe Drinking Water<br />

% Households<br />

using Safe<br />

Drinking<br />

Water<br />

Index<br />

Value<br />

Districts<br />

% Households<br />

Connected with<br />

Electricity<br />

%<br />

Households<br />

Electrified<br />

Index<br />

Value<br />

Ramanathapuram 52.2 0.500 Thiruvarur 64.8 0.639<br />

Kanniyakumari 56.2 0.541 Nagapattinam 64.9 0.640<br />

Thiruvallur 70.4 0.691 Pudukkottai 65.0 0.641<br />

The Nilgiris 74.4 0.733 Ariyalur 65.7 0.649<br />

Sivagangai 75.6 0.746 Ramanathapuram 66.1 0.652<br />

Pudukkottai 78.7 0.778 Dindigul 69.1 0.683<br />

Dharmapuri 79.7 0.712 Dharmapuri 71.5 0.708<br />

Namakkal 80.6 0.798 Sivagangai 71.8 0.711<br />

Kancheepuram 81.2 0.804 Thanjavur 71.9 0.712<br />

Salem 82.1 0.813 The Nilgiris 73.0 0.723<br />

Erode 84.5 0.839 Theni 74.4 0.738<br />

Chennai 85.6 0.851 Karur 74.5 0.740<br />

Thoothukudi 86.5 0.860 Thiruvannamalai 75.7 0.751<br />

Perambalur 86.6 0.862 Villupuram 76.6 0.761<br />

Vellore 86.9 0.864 Cuddallore 76.8 0.762<br />

Ariyalur 87.8 0.874 Tiruchirapalli 77.2 0.767<br />

Thiruvannamalai 87.9 0.875 Kanniyakumari 77.3 0.768<br />

Villupuram 88.4 0.880 Erode 77.3 0.768<br />

Dindigul 90.2 0.899 Perambalur 78.4 0.779<br />

Nagapattinam 91.6 0.914 Vellore 78.6 0.781<br />

Thirunelveli 91.6 0.913 Salem 79.4 0.790<br />

Karur 92.1 0.919 Namakkal 79.7 0.793<br />

Virudhunagar 92.1 0.919 Madurai 79.9 0.795<br />

Coimbatore 92.2 0.920 Virudhunagar 80.3 0.799<br />

Tiruchirapalli 93.3 0.931 Thoothukudi 81.6 0.813<br />

Madurai 93.9 0.937 Thirunelveli 83.6 0.833<br />

Cuddallore 94.4 0.943 Coimbatore 84.4 0.842<br />

Thanjavur 94.6 0.945 Kancheepuram 85.7 0.855<br />

Theni 96.0 0.959 Thiruvallur 87.2 0.871<br />

Thiruvarur 96.4 0.964 Chennai 94.0 0.941<br />

Source: International Institute of Population Sciences (2005).<br />

Note: Districts are based on 2001 Census.<br />

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