Variable

Feature

Koraput

Wardha

Total

Sample size

154

154

308

Caste (%)

OBC

58.2

24.7

41.4

Others

14.3

7.2

SC

5.2

13.6

9.4

ST

36.6

47.4

42.0

Education of head of the family (%)

Illiterate

45.1

13.6

29.3

Primary school

45.8

50.6

48.2

Middle school

5.9

18.8

12.4

Higher secondary

3.3

14.9

9.1

Graduate

1.9

1.0

Occupation of head of the family (%)

Not in labour force

1.3

5.2

3.3

Cultivation

79.7

76.0

77.9

Allied activities

5.2

1.9

3.6

Agricultural Wage labour

3.3

13.0

8.1

Non Agri. Activities

3.9

1.9

2.9

Service

0

1.9

1.0

Other Activities

6.5

0

3.3

Land class (%)

Landless

3.9

11.0

7.5

<1 acres

20.9

0

10.4

1 to 2.5 acres

45.1

9.1

27.0

2.6 to 4.5 acres

20.3

35.1

27.7

≥4.6

9.8

44.8

27.4

Family size (%)

1 to 4

23.5

46.1

34.9

5 to 7

67.3

49.4

58.3

≥8

9.2

4.5

6.8

House type (%)

Kuccha

35.3

11.0

23.1

Semi Kuccha

60.1

80.5

70.4

Pucca

4.6

8.4

6.5

Source of drinking water (%)

Dug well

15.7

17.5

16.6

Piped water

7.2

76.6

42.0

Bore well etc.

77.1

5.8

41.4

Sanitation (%)

Closed Toilet

16.3

59.1

37.8

Open defecation

83.7

40.9

62.2

Cooking fuel (%)

Firewood

88.9

70.1

79.5

LPG

11.1

29.9

20.5