India - Household Consumer Expenditure, January-December, 1983, NSS 38th Round

This will be the sum of the floor areas of all the rooms, kitchen etc. and covered and/or uncovered verandah of the building. The area will be recorded in square meters and in whole number. The verandah will mean the space adjacent to the rooms (both living and other) which is used as an access to the rooms of the dwelling unit. Verandah covered on four side by walls with a room above, is a covered verandah. But the verandah not surrounded by walls on four sides is an uncovered verandah, irrespective of whether there is/roof or not.