The present investigation was carried out at village level in Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. In analytical techniques tabular analysis was used which includes frequency, percentage and ratio method to analyze the data in the present study. This paper, relying upon the primary data, attempts to find out the energy utilization pattern of the region and revealed that in case of energy utilization of overall rabi jowar, from ploughing to threshing, use of hired male labour was 16.30 man days, use of hired female labour was 24.17 woman days. Total hired human labour required for rabi jowar grower was 28.29 men days. Use of family male labour was 09.77 man days; use of family female labour was 04.96 women days. In general, total family human labour was 11.89 men days. Use of bullock labour 06.13 pair days and use of machine labour was 04.45 hrs. In rabi jowar cultivation around 90.00 per cent energy was utilized for harvesting and threshing, 20.00 per cent was utilized for weeding purpose. There two operations together utilized almost 70.00 per cent energy. From energy utilization view threshing, harvesting and wedding were the peak energy utilization period.
Energy utilization, Rabi Jowar, Marathwada region
