Pakistan is an agricultural country where substantial amount of agricultural residue is available for use as an energy source. For characterization of the residues, proximate analysis and calorific values are two key parameters. The purpose of this work is to obtain an analysis of locally available biomasses and their higher heating values. So, it would be a building stone for using biomasses to overcome the energy crisis and minimizing the land wastes. In this paper an experimental study carried out for the proximate analysis and calorific value of different biomass samples is presented. The tested samples includes corn, rice husk, banana peels, wood (saw dust), baggasse, wheat straw, animal dung, leaves (mango) and rice straw. The highest content of moisture was present in rice straw among the samples. The highest content of volatile matter and ash was in animal dung. The content of fixed carbon was highest in wheat straw. The highest calorific values among the samples were of wood (saw dust), bagasse and wheat straw.