Explanation:

In villages, the proportion of families dependent on firewood and chips for cooking exceeded 56 per cent in all major states except Punjab and Haryana.Dung cake was one of the major fuels for cooking for 33.4 per cent of rural families in Uttar Pradesh, 30.3 per cent in Punjab, 24.4 per cent in Haryana, 20.8 per cent in Bihar and 10.6 per cent in Madhya Pradesh.

In rural India, compared to other states, incidence of use of LPG for cooking in families was much higher for Tamil Nadu (37.2 per cent), Kerala (30.8 per cent) and Punjab (30.5 per cent).Use of LPG was least in Chhattisgarh (1.5 per cent) followed by Jharkhand (2.9 per cent) and Odisha (3.9 per cent).Nearly 40 per cent or more of the families in cities used LPG as principal fuel for cooking in all the major states. It was highest in Haryana (86.5 per cent), followed by Andhra Pradesh (77.3 per cent), Punjab (75.4 per cent) and Maharashtra (74.5 per cent).The use of LPG by households in cities was the lowest in Chattisgarh (39.8 per cent).In cities, dependence on firewood and chips for cooking was highest in Odisha (36.5 per cent) followed by Kerala (36.3 per cent) and Chattisgarh (34.7 per cent).