Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are still miles behind in respect of using electricity as the main source of lighting by its households

The percentage of households having electricity as the source of lighting has been listed in the following table. This information is based on 2001 and 2011 data as published by 2011 census of India. The ranking is based on 2011 census data.

State/UT	Percentage of households using electricity as their primary source of lighting (%)
	Census 2001	Census 2011
Lakshadweep	99.7	99.7
Delhi	92.9	99.1
Daman and Diu	97.8	99.1
Chandigarh	96.8	98.4
Puducherry	87.8	97.7
Goa	93.6	96.9
Himachal Pradesh	94.8	96.8
Punjab	91.9	96.6
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	86	95.2
Kerala	70.2	94.4
Tamil Nadu	78.2	93.4
Sikkim	77.8	92.5
Andhra Pradesh	67.2	92.2
Karnataka	78.5	90.6
Haryana	82.9	90.5
Gujarat	80.4	90.4
Uttarakhand	60.3	87
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	76.8	86.1
Jammu and Kashmir	80.6	85.1
Mizoram	69.6	84.2
Maharashtra	77.5	83.9
Nagaland	63.6	81.6
Chhattisgarh	53.1	75.3
Tripura	41.8	68.4
Manipur	60	68.3
Whole INDIA	55.8	67.2
Madhya Pradesh	70	67.1
Rajasthan	54.7	67
Arunachal Pradesh	54.7	65.7
Meghalaya	42.7	60.9
West Bengal	37.5	54.5
Jharkhand	24.3	45.8
Odisha	26.9	43
Assam	24.9	37
Uttar Pradesh	31.9	36.8
Bihar	10.3	16.4

One clearly gets the message that where there was already saturation stage in case of a few UTs, the progress during the decade (2001-11) had been marginal.  Although every state has progressed in this respect, but the progress had been most dismal for the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as the requirement is much more. The rank of Bihar remains the last and not even one-fifth of its households are using electricity as their primary source of lighting i.e. the majority are burning kerosene for lighting. The position in Uttar Pradesh and Assam is also not very encouraging as only one third are using electricity for lighting.  Because of heavy weights namely, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha, the position of India is not very bright in this respect as only two-third are using electricity for lighting at nights.  The comfort is mainly in all the southern states, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, hilly states (J&K and Himachal Pradesh) and other small states and UTs.  Out of North East States, Sikkim , Mizoram and Nagaland are more prosperous in this respect.