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More than nine out of every 10 households having access to toilets use them in rural areas and little over 62% of rural homes have individual toilets, according to a government-sponsored survey. The usage of toilets is 100% in five states including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. The sample survey conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) covering 4,626 villages and 1.4 lakh households between May and June this year has decimated the myth that people don't use toilets after building them. "Such high usage of toilets shows how there is huge change in people's behaviour. Usage of toilets also mean people are maintaining them," said drinking water and sanitation secretary Mr Parameswaran Iyer.