Claim Check: Narendra Modi on toilets and electricity in Bihar
1 min read 04 Mar 2014, 12:25 AM ISTModi says only 23% homes have toilets and 16% homes have electricity connection in Bihar
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Claim: 23% homes have toilets in Bihar.
Who: Narendra Modi, Gujarat chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate.
Where: At a public meeting in Muzaffarpur in Bihar on 3 March.
Check: He is right.
Census 2011 data shows that 77% households in Bihar have no latrine facility within the premises, 1.1% of which depend on public latrines.
Claim: 16% homes have electricity connection in Bihar.
Who: Narendra Modi, Gujarat chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate.
Where: At a public meeting in Muzaffarpur in Bihar on 3 March.
Check: He is right.
Census data shows that 16% households report electricity as the main source of lighting. However, the Census does not collect information on electricity connections per se.
Source: 2011 Census
