Dimensions of housing and household amenities and assets in Madhya Pradesh

The present paper is an attempt to analyse the spatial variations in terms of housing status and accessibility of people in the modern household amenities and assets of Madhya Pradesh. The study is based on secondary source of data obtained from Census of India, 2011. The district has been taken as the smallest unit.

The study reveals that the level of housing status and condition is very high to high in the northern part, while it is of low level in the southern parts of Madhya Pradesh. In terms of availability of modern household amenities and assets, the western part of the state is more developed as compared to its eastern parts. The pattern of availability of housing and modern household amenities and assets as a whole is declining from north-west to south-east direction in the state.