Use to which buildings are being put in India are changing in favor of Residential Purpose

The following table gives the distribution of the census houses according to the uses to which they are being put.

DISTRIBUTION OF CENSUS HOUSES ACCORDING TO
THE USES TO WHICH THEY ARE PUT
							(Percentage)
Occupied Census		2001					2011
Houses used as
	Total	Rural		Urban		Total	Rural	Urban
1	2	3		4		5	6	7
Residence	72.0	72.7		70.2		77.1	77.2	76.9
Residence cum others	3.2	3.4		2.6		2.8	3.0	2.4
Shop,office	5.4	3.1		10.9		5.8	3.4	10.8
School,College etc.	0.6	0.7		0.4		0.7	0.8	0.4
Hotel,Lodge,Guest house etc.	0.2	0.2		0.4		0.2	0.2	0.4
Hospital,Dispensary etc.	0.2	0.2		0.4		0.2	0.2	0.3
Factory,workshop etc.	0.9	0.6		1.7		0.8	0.5	1.5
Place of worship	1.0	1.1		0.6		1.0	1.2	0.6
Other non residential	10.2	12.8		3.9		11.0	13.3	6.0
Vacant census houses	6.4	5.3		9.0		0.4	0.2	0.7
Source: Office of the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs

One may note that the following could be the inferences from the data.

Ø  There is significant decrease in vacant number of houses as the reduction is from over six percent to not even half a percent.  The reduction is significant in both the urban and rural houses.

Ø  There is significant increase in residential houses as the increase is from over 72 percent to over 77 percent.  The increase is significant in both the urban and rural houses.

Ø  Number of college/school buildings, hospital/ Dispensary buildings, worship houses and Hotel, Lodge & Guest houses are in the same proportion in 2011 as in the 2001 census.

Ø  Mix use of residences is on the decrease in India.

Shops & Offices and Other non residential houses are having little better proportion, whereas the houses being occupied by factories & workshops are having little low proportions comparatively.