Another excellent study of domestic energy consumption in Karnataka has been done by the Perspective Planning Division, Planning Department of Government of Karnataka. This was based on NSS 32nd round (1977-78) and gives the variations in rural and urban areas in different districts (Table 6 and Table 7). This reveals that per capita firewood consumption varies from 13.69 kgs (D. K. Dist.) to 73.35 kgs (U. K. Dist.); 0.33 to 0.73 litres for Kerosene (Kodagu, Hassan Districts). Per capita expenditure is minimum in Tumkur (Rs. 43.33) and maximum in Chikmagalur (Rs. 74.91). An interesting observation is that energy expenditure is a major expenditure - a person may starve not because of non-availability of food but because of non-availability of fuel.

Comparing urban and rural energy consumptions, we find that;

i) Bangalore City and rural show a contrast in use - electricity 6.28 and 1.09 units; kerosene 1.83 and 0.71 litres; LPG 0.27 and 0 kgs; firewood 14.12 and 23.5 kgs; Dung 0.41 and 0.33 kgs; expenditure Rs. 99.36 and Rs. 55.98;

ii) Chitradurga also shows a large variation - expenditure Rs. 78.3 for urban and Rs. 48.31 for rural;

iii) Dakshina Kannada, Dharwar etc. show increased expenditures;

iv) Rural and urban consumption of firewood show a difference of about 25%; electricity consumed in urban areas is about six times that for rural areas; for kerosene the ratio is nearl 2;1.