in 2007–2008 the international institute for population sciences interviewed 1010 households in 38 villages across the district. they found that 92.7% had access to electricity, 99.6% had drinking water, 33.3% toilet facilities, and 53.8% lived in a pucca (permanent) home. 29.3% of girls wed before the legal age of 18 and 88.2% of interviewees carried a bpl card.