According to the findings of Census 2011, about 67.3% rural households in India still depend on firewood or wood chips for cooking. This includes firewood/crop residue, cow dung cake/coal etc. The exact percentage of firewood in this bracket comes to around 49.0%, crop residue: 8.9%, cow dung, cake: 8.0%, etc.
Table 10 State - wise distribution of households by type of fuel used for cooking
State code
India/state/union territory
Distribution of households by type of fuel for cooking