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Title: Bottled water has become a key drinking water source in urban India, driven by the southern states Sub-title: Share of urban households with bottled water as principal drinking source, by state (2023) Explanation: Nearly 7 in 10 urban households primarily use tap/piped water. Bottled water now serves about 15% of urban households nationally, driven by higher use in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, where over a quarter of households rely on it. Kerala stands out, with wells as the leading source. Source: National Sample Survey (NSS), 79th round (2022–23) Attribution: Data For India | CC BY

🧵 Nearly 95% of Indian households have access to basic drinking water, a rate of progress that has surpassed the world's average. Tap or piped water is the single largest source of drinking water for urban Indians.

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Chart Title: Seven in ten households in urban India primarily drink tap water Description: Choropleth map of India showing, by state and UT, the share of urban households whose principal drinking water source is tap or piped water in 2023. Bihar has only about one in four households using tap water, Kerala relies mainly on household wells, and in Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh over a quarter of households primarily drink bottled water. Key Points: - Higher shares are visible across much of western, northern, and northeastern India; lower shares in Bihar and parts of the south. - Southern states Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh have notable bottled water use, while Kerala relies more on household wells. Source: CAMS, NSS 79th Round, 2022–23, NSO Attribution: DataForIndia.com/access-to-drinking-water/ | CC BY

🧵 Nearly 95% of Indian households have access to basic drinking water, a rate of progress that has surpassed the world's average. Tap or piped water is the single largest source of drinking water for urban Indians.

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Chart Title: Where do Indian households get their drinking water from? Description: A bar chart comparing the principal sources of drinking water between urban and rural India in 2023. The chart shows three categories - piped water, hand pump/tube well, and others - with their respective percentages for both urban and rural areas. Key Points: - In urban India, piped water (68%) is the dominant source, followed by others (20%) and hand pump/tube well (12%) - In rural India, hand pump/tube well is the main source at 48%, followed by piped water at 39% and others at 13% Source: CAMS, NSS 79th Round, 2022-23, NSO Attribution: DataForIndia.com/access-to-drinking-water/ | CC BY

🧵 Nearly 95% of Indian households now have access to basic drinking water, a rate of progress that has surpassed the world's average.

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Chart Title: One in five Indian households do not use a toilet facility Description: A choropleth map of India showing the share of households that do not use a toilet facility across different states in 2021. The map uses a pink-purple colour gradient, with darker shades indicating higher percentages of households without toilet usage. The scale ranges from 0% to 40%, with some states showing notably higher rates than others. Key Points: - States in the northern and eastern regions generally show lower percentages of households not using toilet facilities - States like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh (shown in dark pink) have around 20-30% of households not using toilet facilities - States like Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa (shown in dark purple) have the highest percentage, reaching around 30-40% of households not using toilet facilities Source: NFHS 5 (2019-21), IIPS Attribution: DataForIndia.com/sanitation/ | CC BY

Under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 6.2, India has committed to eliminating open defecation and providing equitable access to sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030.

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Chart Title: One in six urban Indian households now primarily drink bottled water Description: This line graph shows the percentage of households using bottled water as their primary drinking water source in India from 1983 to 2023, comparing urban (yellow line) and rural (navy blue line) areas. The y-axis shows percentages from 0% to 16%. Key Points: -Urban areas show dramatic growth from near 0% in 2000 to approximately 15% by 2023, with a notable dip around 2020 -Rural areas demonstrate slower but steady growth, reaching about 6% by 2023 Source: NSS Rounds 38, 42, 49, 54, 58, 65, 69, 76, 78 and 79, NSO Attribution: DataForIndia.com/access-to-drinking-water/ | CC BY

In the early 2000s, fewer than eight in ten Indians had access to basic drinking water, lower than the world average. Over the last two decades, India has made steady progress.

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