Sources of Energy and the Pattern of Energy Consumption in the Household Sector

Dhavamani

Sources of Energy | Household Sector

Vol:2; No:2; Sep-16 | ISSN: 2455-3921

Energy is one of the fundamental needs in the functioning of any civilized society which is needed to improve better life style and socio-economic development of the country. The word ‘energy’ is derived from the Greek word ‘energia’ meaning ‘capacity to do work’.Energy covers the entire range of energy resources such as primary, renewable and non- conventional. Energy is the very basis of modern civilization and without adequate quantities of energy mankind would not be able to enjoy a life style much different from fuel. With this back ground the following objectives have been framed for the purpose of the study: i) to study the sources of energy consumption among the sample households and ii) to analyze the pattern of energy consumption among the sample household sectors. Sivakasi block consists of 56 villages. Out of 56 villages, there are only 30 revenue villages in the study area in 10 households each revenue villages were selected using proportionate random sampling technique to select the 300 households as respondents from these 30 revenue villages. Using random table number, sample respondents’ households were selected proportionally based on the number of households in the revenue village. The paper ends with a conclusion.

P.Dhavamani, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, VHNSN College, India