ABSTRACT:

Poverty is defined as the position where households is deprived of minimum basic requirements of living.. Poverty is a predominant rural phenomenon, as majority of poor live in rural areas. Rural people regularly face geographically disadvantage, being in rural area where the access to basic amenities is inadequate.Access to basic amenities such as decent house, sanitation, drinking water, cooking fuel, electricity and drainage is necessity for good quality of life on earth. The need for these basic amenities has been world-wide recognised and has been a major concern in the formulation of policies and programmes in India. While rural households in India showed gradual improvement in the access to basic amenities, but still continue to face high levels of deprivation. The objective is based on States-wise availability of basic households amenities and its different sources among poor households in rural area of India. The present study is based on data collected on the basis of basic household amenities such as decent house, sanitation, drinking water, cooking fuel, electricity and drainage in rural poor houses in all states of India extracted from the from the study conducted by NSSO, Government of India. The study adopted the two-stages sampling for data collection in all states. First stage sampling, the selection of census village in the rural areas and urban frame survey block in the urban sector. In second stage, household was selected by using random sampling. Survey covered 65,932 households and 333,104 persons were interviewed all over 36 states of India. The study result revealed that Majority 40.4% rural house belong self employed in agriculture, by casual labour in agriculture (20.1%), casual labour in non-agriculture (17.3%), self-employed in non-agriculture (12.0%), regular wage/salary earning (6.6%) and other (3.1%) respectively. 34.6% houses have latrine and Pit (21.3%and septic tank/ flush system (13.3%) were the main sources of latrine. 49% houses have drainage system and open katcha (30.1%) was the main source. Tap (27.3%) and tube-well/hand pump (57.0%) were the main sources of water and firewood and chips (82%) was the main source of cooking in rural poor houses in India