10 Most Progressive and Ground-Breaking Villages in India

The First Fully Solar-Powered Village–Dharnai

Even as more than 300 million people wait for electricity in India, Dharnai in Bihar unshackled from darkness and declared itself as an energy-independent village on 20 July. With the launch of Greenpeace's solar-powered 100 kilowatt micro-grid, quality electricity is being provided to more than 2,400 people living in this village in Jehanabad district. Students no long need to limit their studies to the day time, women no longer limit themselves to stepping out in the day in this village of 2400 residents.

A Village with 100 percent Literacy Rate–Pothanikkad

Pothanicad is a village in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is also the first village to achieve 100 percent literacy in India. Originally this was a forest with wild buffalos and elephants but now this small village has developed into one of the most educated and culturally advanced villages in Kerala.

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