Book excerpt: The book is the first attempt in studiyng the energy consumption patterns of different economics sectors that present in the rural areas. Infact, data relating to the production and consumption of both commercial and non-commercial sources of energy in rural areas are quite scanty. This book aims to generate database, based on micro level study, carried out by the authors in six villages of Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. A total of 534 samples from the entire sectors (200 from household, 22 from industry, 161 from transport, 86 from commerce and 65 from social and service) have been interviewed for gathering information on energy use in the economic sectors of the rural economy. This book is arranged into seven chapters. The first chapter provides a brief introduction, stating the objectives, the methodology, and the scope and limitations of the study. The second chapter examines the profile of rural energy and its development programmes in India. The third chapter describes the review and appraisal of literature. A background of the study area profile and its socioeconomic milieu is given in the fourth chapter. The fifth chapter brings out a detailed analysis on energy consumption in the selected six sectors of the rural economy. Major findings and integrated energy system (appropriate, viable and feasible) are presented in the sixth chapter.