Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department

The drinking water facilities in rural areas are being provided by various means such as PWS/MPWS and CPWS Schemes.

Existing Infrastructure:

No of Schemes
Hand Pumps	PWS	CPWS
3105	2258	11 (No of Habitations covered: 94)
Note: As per AP Gazette Notification dt.10.10.2025, Roles and responsibilities of Panchayati Raj Institutions are classified. As mentioned in the Gazette, Gram Panchayats are responsible for Operation and maintenance of Single Village Schemes (PWS Schemes), Mandal Parishads are responsible for maintenance and procurement of spare parts for Hand Pumps. Zilla Parishad is responsible for Operation and maintenance of Multi Village Schemes (CPWS Schemes). Technical Guidance for the above schemes will be provided by RWS Department in Coordination with Panchayati Raj Institutions.

Status of Habitations (3781):

• Fully Covered (More than 55 LPCD) : 2162 (57.18%)

• Partially Covered (Less than 55 LPCD) : 1619 (42.82%) (NSS- 0, NC- 0, PC1 – 125, PC2 – 514,

PC3 – 534, PC4 – 446, FC – 2162)

Status of Functional Households (FHTCs):

• Total Population : 6,49,269

• No. of Villages 2115

• No. Of Gram Panchayat’s 244

• No. Of Habitations 3781

• Total Households (as per JJM Website) : 1,84,224

• House Connections provided before launch of JJM : 20064 (10.89%)

• House Connections provided in JJM Works as on 01.04.2026 : 86677 (47.05%)

house connections to be provided in Balance JJM Works : 77483(42.06%) (As per JJM Website)