City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 6 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
6 HOUSIING AND SLUMS
6.1 EXISTING HOUSING SCENARIO
6.1.1 Housing Condition
This section presents the existing housing condition in the city. It is important to
review the condition of housing in the city in order to understand the quality of life of
people and also to examine existing housing stock and correctly estimate the
demand in the near future.
There are 17,017 houses for Residential purpose. These houses are further classified
into permanent, semi-Permanent and temporary units where 70% of the residential
units are permanent structures while 18.52% accounts for Semi Permanent and the
remaining 11.78% as Temporary residential units.
Town Residential Houses Permanent
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Table 6-1: Housing Condition
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Semi-
Permanent
Temporary unclassified
Ambur 17017 11,859 3,151 2,004 3
Source: Source: Housing and Household amenities census, Census of India, 2001
18.52%
Figure 6-1: Break- Up of Housing Condition
Source: Compiled from Housing and Household amenities census, Census of India, 2001
6.1.2 Housing Stock
11.78%
0.02%
Permanent Semi- Permanent Temporary Unclassified
69.69%
There are 21,140 Census houses out of which 17,017 households are used for
residential purpose. The average size of the household for the town is 5 which is quite
comparable to the national level urban household size. The average household size
is on a higher side when compared to state and district household sizes.
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