Satisfaction of Sanitation Services in Uttar Pradesh with Special Reference to Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh

Sanitation is one of the most important aspect for an individuals and also good for the healthy life, and protection from the various diseases. To achieved the complete cleanness in the country, the central and state governments are jointly operating the sanitation related services in the state. This study is an attempt to assess the satisfaction level from the sanitation services in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. For this purpose, 285 sample have been selected randomly in both rural (165) and urban (120) habitants of the district. The satisfaction of sanitation services has been measured with respect to three variables that are gender, habitat, and community. For the analysis of data, a descriptive statistics techniques such as Mean, Standard Deviation and ANOVA, have been used. After careful analysis of data, one can find out that the female population (Grand Mean = 8.0446) are less satisfied with sanitation service as compared to male population (Grand Mean = 9.2656). It is also revealed from the data analysis that urban population (Grand Mean = 11.8500) are satisfied with sanitation services as compared to rural population (Grand Mean = 6.2242) of the district. Therefore, the findings of the study advises that a suitable mechanism must be require or available ones need to more straighten to monitored on the sanitation services in rural areas of the district and for better sanitation services government should encourage a women’s self-help group to participate in it.