The assessment of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) poverty among Indian
districts is essential to accomplish the UN‐Sustainable Development Goal 06,'Availability
and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for all', by 2030. The present study
aimed to construct district‐level WASH poverty indices combining various indicators of
drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in two ways: ignoring and considering the
geographical inequality. The study also focused on outlining the spatial dependence and …