Srinagar, March 28: The findings of “Census 2011 - Housing and Household Amenities” have revealed that nearly 50 per cent of the households across the state lack toilet facilities while less than 35 per cent of them get treated water. Addressing a press conference here, Joint Chief Principal Census Officer CS Saproo, while presenting the findings of the census, said out of 20,15,088 households in the state, 9,83,791 did not have toilet facilities on their premises. According to Census 2001, 7,27,166 lacked toilet facilities and the number has increased by 25.07 per cent over the past decade. “The findings should serve as an eye-opener for NGOs as well as the policy-makers,” Saproo added. As per the findings, night soil in 1,78,572 households is still removed by people as there are no drainage facilities. The findings have revealed that 63.9 per cent of the households get tap water out of which only 34.7 per cent get treated (clean) water. While 29.2 per cent of the households get untreated tap water, 6.7 per cent fetch water from rivers and canals. Similarly, 1.9, 4.7, 11.4, 1.5 and 6.2 per cent of the households get water from covered wells, uncovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells and springs, respectively. Moreover, only 9,70,643 households have got water available on their premises. While the findings reveal that 11,94,854 cellular phones are used across the state, on the other hand, only 85.14 per cent of the households use electricity as the main source of lighting. Firewood continues to be the main source of fuel in the households. A total of 11,87,122 households use firewood as fuel while cow dung is used by 84,509. “Use of firewood is one of the main cause of respiratory diseases among women of the state,” Saproo said. Only 6,35,867 households use LPG as fuel. The census was carried out by 27,000 enumerators under the supervision of deputy commissioners of the respective districts of the state and has the findings of the data collected till September 2010.