India - Housing Condition Survey, July - December 2002, NSS 58th Round

Information for each of these items is to be recorded in square feet and in whole numbers. The information on inside floor area (carpet area), i.e. the inside area of the floor excluding the area covered by the walls, of all “living rooms” taken together is to be recorded against item 11 and that of “other rooms” will be recorded against item 12. If a room is used without any apportioning for both business and residential purposes and the residential use is not very nominal, the total area of the room will be included for recording the entry. On the other hand, if only a portion of a room is used for residential purposes, only the area of that portion will be included for making the entry. The same procedure will be adopted in case of room being shared with another household. The floor area of the “covered veranda” and that of “uncovered veranda” is to be recorded against items 13 and 14 respectively.