Half of Indians have mobiles, but defecate in open

According to the Census 2011 data on houses, household amenities and assets released on Tuesday, only 46.9 per cent of the India's 24.66 crore households have the latrine facility while 49.8 per cent go for open defecation and 3.2 per cent people use public toilets.

However, 63.2 per cent households own a telephone -- 53.2 per cent of them a mobile phone,