A Study on Rural and Urban Consumer’ Spending Pattern on Fuel Consumption in Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu

Fuel is a vital input for the production of a wide range of goods and services, because it is used for transportation in business of all types. Retail vegetable price increases in recent years may seem to be large in nominal terms, but after adjusting for inflation it is quite modest. This study attempts to analyze the demographic profile of the rural and urban fuel consumers and measure the amount of spending for fuel of the rural and urban consumer. This study is conducted from all categories of consumers (kerosene, petrol and gas). The sample size is determined to be 300 consumers. The study shows that the rural and urban consumers spend more or less same in kerosene because of low usage in both area people but it totally differs in petrol and LPG because of more usage by urban people. Finally, it concludes that overall spending is more in urban areas then rural consumers.