Our basic conception of any village relates to poverty, lack of education etc. India, being an agro-based economy, depends extensively on its villages for growth. From the Yash Raj films, we have witnessed that the villages have the “Sarson Ke Khet”, “Mitti”, mud houses, clean air to count a few. But “Gaon” or village is not bad as it seems. Let’s check out these ten villages which are even better than a metro.
1. Pothanikkad Of Kerala – The village with a 100% literacy rate
Pothanikkad was the first village in India to achieve 100% literacy rate in India. Not only the village has city-standard high schools but also has primary and private schools.
2. Chappar Of Haryana – The Village distribute “Mithai” When A Girl Is Born
Chappar village has a woman Sarpanch Nilam who took an oath to change the attitude towards women and she succeeded. Though Haryana being the state with the lowest girls ratio, Neelam has ensured that every newborn in the village it’s a girl/boy, is welcomed with sweets. Furthermore, the women of Chappar don’t wear the Ghunghat anymore.
3. Hiware Bazar of Maharashtra – The Richest Village In India
Hiware Bazar, located in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra was a typical village that you have come across. But one fine day one man called Popatrao Pawar changed the village into habitats of 60 millionaires. He encouraged the other villagers to invest in rain –water harvesting, milch cattle etc. in 1995, they had 168 families below the poverty line which decrease into 3 at present.
4. Mawlynnong Of Shillong- Asia’s cleanest village
Awarded with the tag of “Cleanest Village in Asia” in 2003 by Discover India Magazine, Mawlynnong is located at about 90 km from Shillong. It is said that you will not find a single cigarette butt or plastic bags scattered around there.
5. Dharnai Of Bihar– First Entirely Solar-Powered Village
Whipping 30 years of darkness, Dharnai is the first energy-independent village in India. The village has 2400 residents and the children no longer limit their study in the day time or women won’t restrict themselves going out in the sunlight. Now that’s called a proper opponent of the city lights!
6. Shani Shingnapur Of Maharashtra – A Village With No-Door Houses
Shani Shingnapur is known for its lack of doors to the house. We are not making it up! The village is considered as the safest village in India. There is no police station in the village and added to your surprise, it has the India’s first lockless bank (UCO Bank) branch now.
7. Shetphal of Maharashtra – The Village With Snakes
The Snake Village of Maharashtra where you can find live Indian cobra’s moving in the house like a mere pet. The villagers worship snakes and it is strange that there is no case of snake bite in this village.
8. Punsari of Gujarat – The Village With WiFi & CCTVs
Pansari can put any metro cities to shame by well-equipped WiFi connections, CCTVs cameras and even AC classrooms for students. The facilitation is funded by Indian Government and their own funding model allows them to compete with any metros easily.
9. Kokrebellur Of Karnataka- A village In Love With Birds
When other villagers think of birds as a spoiler of the corps, the people of Kokrebellur act discretely by putting faith in the conservation of nature. They boast of rare species of birds that fly around and they have also created an area for wounded birds for rest and treatment.
10. Malana Of Himachal Pradesh – the Ancient India Village
The village of Malana is considered to be one of the first democracies of the world. It is an ancient village of Himachal Pradesh isolated from the rest of the world.
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