Swachh Survekshan 2016

Swachh Survekshan 2016 was conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) between May and June 2015 covering 73,176 households in 3,788 villages across the country.

It has placed Sikkim at the top of the list. Kerala, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Meghalaya make up the top 10 list.

Sikkim has recorded 100 per cent in the category of people using household/community toilets and 98.2 per cent in the category of households having sanitary toilets.

In contrast, Chhattisgarh has 21.2 per cent households having sanitary toilets with Jharkhand at the bottom having a mere 18.8 per cent.