According to the India residential energy survey conducted in 2019 and 2020, over ** percent of the households had functional electricity meters across India. However, ** percent of the households in the rural area had no meter or the meter didn't work during the same time period in the country.
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Council On Energy, Environment and Water. (October 5, 2020). Share of electricity meters in grid-connected rural and urban Indian households between 2019 and 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245426/india-share-of-electricity-meters-in-rural-and-urban-households-by-type/
Council On Energy, Environment and Water. "Share of electricity meters in grid-connected rural and urban Indian households between 2019 and 2020, by type." Chart. October 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245426/india-share-of-electricity-meters-in-rural-and-urban-households-by-type/
Council On Energy, Environment and Water. (2020). Share of electricity meters in grid-connected rural and urban Indian households between 2019 and 2020, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245426/india-share-of-electricity-meters-in-rural-and-urban-households-by-type/
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Share of electricity meters in grid-connected rural and urban Indian households between 2019 and 2020, by type [Graph], Council On Energy, Environment and Water, October 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245426/india-share-of-electricity-meters-in-rural-and-urban-households-by-type/
