ABSTRACT Energy is vital to fostering development, while the lack of it has potential to perpetuate poverty and jeopardize the growth of a nation. A large and growing gap exists between energy demand and supply, this gap augments as we move from urban to rural areas. Study focuses on understanding energy needs of rural areas based on varying landholding size of the households and their current energy flows. Through the primary survey done it was identified that agriculture which consumes 69% of total energy is the major sector for energy consumption followed by households which consume 18%. In source wise consumption electricity contributes maximum with 37%, LPG 25% and fuel wood 23% of total energy. It was also observed that fuel share changes according to the landholding size of the households, for landless labourers and marginal farmers fuel wood is major source of energy contributing 44% and small, medium and large farmers depend on electricity for their energy demand which fulfils 71.3% of their needs. For households with lower income the percentage share of expenditure on energy is higher as compared to the households with high income. Apart from energy crisis there are many other issues but most of issues are interrelated and so is there solution. Population, household size, lifestyle, scasonaliry, technology used, crops taken and type of fuel used are the governing factors of energy usage pattern. Two staged action plan was prepared, first stage from polluting to clean sources and second stage from clean to renewable sources. Socio-economic feasibility analysis was also prepared for few of the actions. Study concludes that renewable energy sources can be solution for village energy deficiency provided they are integrated specific to the region.