Housing conditions in rural areas of Dharwad Taluka

The present study was conducted in Dhawad taluka. A total of 120 rural households have been selected for the study, to select the 24 rural houses from each village. The result of study showed that seventy five percent of respondents were residing in pucca houses, whereas lesser percentage of them was residing in katcha houses. Were that most of rural houses had large / big sized living room. The average size of living was found 14.83 sq.mt. This is because of living room was used as multipurpose room like keeping animals, storing grains so they had large sized living room. Majority of the respondents (65.83 %) used burnt brick and mud for construction of wall for their houses followed by burnt brick and mud, stone, unburnt brick and brunt brick and thatched houses. Kadapa stone was used by major percent of the respondents. Materials used for construction of roof majority (53.33%) of the houses were having tiled roof followed by mud and others (19.17%). Major percentages (14.17%) of rural families were keeping their domestic animals inside the houses only. More than ninety percent of the respondents were cleaning and brooming their houses daily whereas, least percentage of them were cleaning and brooming house every alternate days.