A Geographical Analysis of Household Amenities in NCT of Delhi

Abstract

The term "basic amenities" refers to those facilities that are "basic for everybody" at the same time. All humans need these facilities, and these are both directly and indirectly connected to human growth in many ways. The percentage of tap water from treated sources has been found more in urban areas (75.8%) than rural areas (49.6%). Use of electricity as main source of lighting has increased by 67%. There are found bathroom facility 87% in total, 74.8% in rural areas and 87.3% in urban areas in NCT of Delhi. The present paper examines an intra city household amenities in NCT of Delhi. For this purpose, the census data at ward level has been collected from the Table HH-14: House listing & housing census, 2011. Statistical techniques such as Composite index, Z score and Standard Deviation have been used for analysis of this data. The results show a lot of differences in the levels of household amenities. Municipal wards exist in middle, middle-eastern and middle southern parts i.e. NDMC 0001, NDMC 0002, NDMC 0004, NDMC 0006, 12, 13, 21, 41, 45, 50, 51, 52, 56, 61, 63, 64, 67, 73, 82, 83, 86, 88, 89, 92, 95, 96, 99, 101, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 112-115, 117, 119, 120, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 145, 146, 156-164, 169, 182-184, 189-191, 194, 222, 223, 225, 231, 232, 235, 237, 241, 260 have better household amenities and middle and south eastern wards i.e. Cantt.0002, Cantt.0004, Cantt.0005, Cantt.0008, NDMC 0008, 2, 5, 15-20, 26, 28, 30, 33-36, 42, 59, 68, 71, 74, 80, 81, 90, 97, 98, 100, 111, 122, 150, 154, 171, 175, 176, 178, 188, 192, 193, 195, 197-200, 207, 213, 224, 242, 244, 250 have lack of household amenities.