ENERGY USE PATTERN FOR A SELECTED VILLAGE IN THE COTTON-BELT OF PUNJAB

A village was selected from agro-climatic zone-5 in Punjab (India) to assess energy-resource availability, expenditure and shortcomings of t he village ecosystem. Data on energy inputs and outputs were collected over a period of two years. The village had a gross power of 3.9 kW/h a and the over-all output-input energy ratio was 2.5; this ratio was 7 .1 for crop-production with a benefit-cost ratio of 2.0. Irrigation co nsumed 29.4% of the total energy required for crop production. Househo ld activities consumed 67.1% of total energy with cooking accounting f or 91.8% of this amount. The village was self-sufficient for cereals a nd milk products. Energy was imported as diesel, electricity, etc.