# How many brick kilns does Haryana have, what do they burn, and how much energy does a brick take?

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Haryana has about 2,800 kilns, concentrated in Jhajjar, Sonepat, Faridabad and Ambala, making around 14 billion bricks a year on about 1.12 million tonnes of oil equivalent. Firing is mostly Bull's Trench Kilns on coal and biomass. That is roughly 80 g of oil equivalent a brick.

## The sector in numbers

- About 2,800 kilns in Jhajjar, Sonepat, Faridabad and Ambala.
- Around 14 billion bricks a year.
- Total energy about 1.12 million tonnes of oil equivalent a year.
- Largely manual production, though a few units use extruders.
- Bull's Trench Kilns dominate, with limited use of zig-zag firing.
- Mainly solid bricks, with some perforated and hollow resource-efficient bricks.
- Coal and biomass are the main fuels.

## Who speaks for the sector

The Haryana Brick Kiln Owners Association and the All India Brick and Tile Manufacturers Federation.

## What to do with the numbers

Use the per-brick figure only as a yardstick. Your own bills decide your footprint, and a kiln on coal and one on biomass will differ.

## Energy per brick, from the sector totals (estimate)

- 1.12 million toe is 1.12 billion kg of oil equivalent.
- 1.12 billion divided by 14 billion bricks = 0.08 kg, or 80 g, per brick.
- Punjab works out at about 79 g on the same sums, so the two states are close.

Rounded totals from SIDBI's assessment of the brick sector, so treat the per-brick figure as an estimate.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads coal, biomass, diesel and power bills into verified emission records for a kiln, so you can state a footprint per thousand bricks from your own documents. Verified here means rule checks passed against the evidence, not third-party assurance.

- [Brick kilns by state: count, fuel and energy](https://senseible.earth/answers/brick-kilns-by-state-count-fuel-energy)
- [Brick kiln emissions per 1,000 bricks](https://senseible.earth/answers/brick-kiln-emissions-per-1000-bricks)
- [MSME carbon number](https://senseible.earth/msme-carbon-number)

Sources: [SIDBI, ESIA and ESMP for direct financing, brick kiln sector](https://www.sidbi.in/assets/front/pdf/ESIA_ESMP_Brick_Kiln_English.pdf)

Last reviewed 2026-11-04.