IN EIGHT EAG STATES OF INDIA 56 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS – COMPRISING OF ABOUT 287 MILLION PEOPLE ARE USING STILL KEROSENE AS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF LIGHT

	Households using Kerosene as Main Source of Lighting
EAG States	Percentage of Households using Kerosene as Main Source of Light*	Average Household Size*	Population+	Total No. of Households	Households using Kerosene as Main Source of Light	Population using Kerosene as Main Source of Light
Uttar Pradesh	61.6	5.4	199581477	36959533	22767072	122942190
Rajasthan	23	5.1	68621012	13455100	3094673	15782833
Madhya Pradesh	29.1	4.7	72597565	15446290	4494871	21125891
Bihar	80.2	5.2	103804637	19962430	16009869	83251319
Chhattishgarh	22.3	4.5	25540196	5675599	1265659	5695464
Jharkhand	51.4	5.1	32996238	6469851	3325503	16960066
Odisha	47.9	4.2	41947358	9987466	4783996	20092784
Uttarakhand	8.9	4.6	10116752	2199294	195737	900391
EAG States	50.8	5.0	555205235	110155564	55937380	286750938

Source: *  Annual Health Survey, 2010-11;   + Census 2011

It may be seen from the above simple calculations that in the eight EAG States population is over 555 million persons i.e. they form over 110 million households.  Over one half of them are still using  Kerosene as the main source of Light.  It could also be observed that in the hill state of Uttarakhand, it is merely nine percent of the households with this underprivileged characteristic.  Bihar followed by Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha are worst placed in this respect.