Among the states, Delhi tops the list with 1,651.26 kWh, and Gujarat follows with 1,615.24 kWh. Maharashtra, in comparison, is well below these states with 1,028.22 kWh, while Punjab with 1,526.86 kWh and Himachal Pradesh with 1,379.99 kWh fare better.

Globally, India ranks 14th in per capita power consumption with 778.71 kWh, which is three times lower than that of China that is one notch higher on the list with 2,471 kWh. The world average is 2,782 kWh.

The top 10 positions are accounted for by Canada (17,053 kWh), the US (13,647 kWh), Australia (11,174 kWh), Japan (8,072 kWh), France (7,703 kWh), Germany (7,148 kWh), South Korea (8,853 KWh), the UK (6,067 kWh), Russia (6,443 kWh) and Italy (5,656 kWh).

According to the power ministry, among union territories, after Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu comes next with 7,118.23 kWh, Puducherry accounts for 1,743.37 kWh, and Chandigarh consumes 1,340.00 kWh.

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I have always found amusing" how bihar's poverty is glorified in bihar's media and bihari politicians."in every instance mohandas karamchand gandhi's name is used to keep the people of bihar in most disgust poverty.people in bihar think,if they live in delhi,bombay,bangalore or huderabad they are better breed of biharis. parents of bihari children brag about their sons and daughters getting education in one of the big cities outside bihar.BIHARIS HAVE ACCEPTED THEIR FATE OF BEING THE POOREST PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD.what a shame?
i often quote mauryan empire and gupta empire in my letters to either bihar times or times of india.i bet ,most probably you think,some crazy guys sitting in portland,oregon,usa stupidly writes about these ancient empires borned in bihar that has no relevance in today's world. let me tell you.growing up in a town of bhagalpur more than 40 yrs ago did not give me much inspiration to get anywhere in life.then i came across a book that wrote about the life of chandragupta maurya.this is what inspired me and one year later i was a student at the university of stuttgart,west germany.before going to germany i studied german language in calcutta and poona.when i arrived in germany i expected students from bihar to be studying there but to my dismay i could find students from most part of india but bihar.6 yrs later after completing my education i immigrated to the united states.in 1977 when i arrived in portland,oregon the situation was no different.if you look at the developent pattern in india the so called developed states have the most people living abroad.the examples are punjab,gujarat and now the states of the south and maharashtra.
to conclude as a bihari,i say to all biharis "dream big" dream like chandragupta maurya who from a common boy created the mightiest empire of the worl during his time and created the empire that was largest in the world until british empire.
to youth of bihar,
you can be anything you want to be if you set your mind into it.make patna(patliputra) again the center of the universe as it was once upon a time.be proud of your glorius past.bihar is the cradle of indian civilization like GRRECE IS TO EUROPE.
jai bihar
abhay bhagat
portland,oregon,usa.