<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Housing in India varies from palaces of erstwhile maharajas to modern apartment buildings in big cities to tiny huts in far - flung villages . There has been tremendous growth in India's housing sector as incomes have risen . </P> <P> With modernization there is a growing number of nuclear families, in which each couple occupies its own house after marriage, in urban areas . It is still rare, albeit not impossible, amongst traditional communities for senior citizens to live alone . It is extremely rare even in urban areas for couples to live together before marriage . Some single young adults live in same - sex dormitories or in shared accommodation during college and the early working years . </P> <P> The life - style in villages takes advantage of the warm weather . Many families bathe outdoors in rivers and ponds . Most of the day is spent outdoors around or near the house . Cooking is conducted outdoors in earthen stoves powered by organic fuels or in modern kerosene stoves . Water is obtained from hand - drawn wells . Men perform their ablutions in designated spots throughout the day; Visitors to villages may find residents squatting down for an afternoon card game under trees or while sitting on charpois (traditional hand - made beds) brought outside during the day . Consequently, they use their indoor space primarily to sleep, change and, in electrified homes, to watch TV . </P>

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