Domestic energy consumption in India (Pondicherry region)

C.L. Gupta, K.Usha Rao and V.A. Vasudevaraju

Energy, 1980, vol. 5, issue 12, 1213-1222

Abstract: Surveys have been conducted in 200 households in and around Pondicherry, in 45 households of each of two rural and two semi-urban areas, and in 20 households in an urban area. The families surveyed cover the Economically Weaker Section, the Low Income Group, the Middle Income Group, and the High Income Group; there were 60 families in each of the first three categories in rural and semi-urban areas and 20 of the fourth category in the urban area. The objective of this empirical study was to determine the daily household energy consumption for cooking, lighting, heating water, and for household electrical appliances.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(80)90063-8

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