in 2007–2008 the international institute for population sciences interviewed 1019 households in 38 villages across the district. they found that 92.5% had access to electricity, 96.7% had drinking water, 50.4% toilet facilities, and 30.9% lived in a pucca (permanent) home. 28.6% of girls wed before the legal age of 18 and 79% of interviewees carried a bpl card.