From a PIB. (In general, the more the power consumption, the more developed a state/country is and the more industrialized the state/country is. With the conservation movement, this may change though. )

 

STATEWISE GROSS ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY DURING THE YEAR 2005-06 (UTILITIES & NON-UTILITIES)

Name of the

Per Capita Consumption*

State /U.T.s

of  Electricity  (kWh)

Haryana

1090.39

  

Himachal Pradesh

765.86

  

Jammu & Kashmir

711.01

  

Punjab

1436.79

  

Rajasthan

572.20

  

Uttar Pradesh

311.82

  

Uttarakhand

654.84

  

Chandigarh

1553.96

  

Delhi

1766.94

  

Sub-Total(NR)

602.56

  

Gujarat

1283.77

  

Madhya Pradesh

580.34

  

Chhattisgarh

685.81

  

Maharashtra

934.43

  

Goa

1970.08

  

Daman & Diu

8300.12

  

D. & N Haveli

11567.67

  

Sub-Total(WR)

916.28

  

Andhra Pradesh

723.10

  

Karnataka

720.43

  

Kerala

424.13

  

Tamil Nadu

976.81

  

Lakshadweep

368.29

  

Pondicherry

2509.25

  

Sub-Total(SR)

757.79

  

Bihar         

85.86

  

Jharkhand 

548.74

  

Orissa

633.93

  

West Bengal   

380.61

  

A.& N. Islands

407.77

  

Sikkim

429.81

  

Sub-Total(ER)

332.21

  

Assam

170.65

  

Manipur

215.21

  

Meghalaya

517.54

  

Nagaland

179.34

  

Tripura

190.62

  

Arunachal Pradesh

297.66

  

Mizoram

250.15

  

Sub-Total(NER)

201.44

  

Total (All India)

631.41

  

Note :  * As per UN methodology :Per Capita Consumption equal to gross

The per capita consumption of electricity in some  developed countries as calculated by the International Energy Agency for the year 2004 is as  given below:

Sl. No.

Name of the Country

 Per Capita Consumption (kWh)

   

1

Canada

17179

2

USA

13338

3

Australia

11126

4

Japan

8076

5

France

7689

6

Germany

7030

7

United Kingdom

6206

8

Russia

5642

9

Italy

5644

Source: International Energy Agency publication “ Key word Energy Statistics, 2006”.