2001 Population Census data - Household information

~ Number of households in India

~ Household size (as defined by the number of members in a house)

~ Male & Female headed households (who's running the house in India)

~ Normal households (families under self-financed/arranged shelter)

~ Houseless households (families without shelter)

~ Institutional households (dependents)

~ Households with aged persons

~ by religion

The household is the basic unit of analysis in many microeconomic and government models. The term refers to all individuals who live in the same dwelling.

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