Constraints to the Adoption of Electricity in Rural Areas

Abstract

Today electricity is an essential necessity for a human being in many facets of his life. It is an important infrastructure on which the socio-economic development of the any community depends. Keeping this in view a study was conducted in the two villages namely Achitpur and Chota Mirzapur Khurd of Jamalpur Block of Mirzapur District to know the various characteristics of the respondents, and, the domestic fuel consumption pattern of the respondents. Total one hundred and twenty five (125) female respondents from the two villages were selected randomly. Statistical analyses were done by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS programme). Descriptive statistics including mean, standard deviation, and percentage frequency were used for describing background characteristics of the study group.