Availability of Drinking Water and Sanitation Facilities of Chura Caste in Village Badli: A Clan Wise Analysis

A study of water and sanitation facilities among Chura community in village Badli, Haryana

Abstract

In the present paper an attempt has been made to study the availability of drinking water and sanitation facilities of Chura community in village Badli. The village is located about 20 Kms southeast from Jhajjar city of Haryana state. The primary data has been collected of all the 97 households by using well prepared schedules and personal interviews have been conducted to the head of the household. The village has three major scheduled castes namely Chamar, Dhanak, and Chura. Chura community is inhabited by ten clansgotras like Bagri, Lauth, Tank, Gehlot, Kudala, Chavria, Sodha, Beniwal and Bidhlan. The clan wise availability of drinking water and sanitation facilities have been and calculated into percentage for uniform pattern i.e. 100 per cent. It is found that the better condition of drinking water facilities of tap water in Lauth clan and it is followed by Bagri clan in the study area. It is recorded that the Lauth clan has good condition of flush toilet facilities and Deeka clan has poor condition in the study area. It is noticeable that about 10.9 households do not have the facility of toilets and they go to open space in the village.