A smart village is basically a village where people can get astounded with their visit. Such villages are immensely developed regions with security measures such as CCTV surveillance, use of solar energy and Wi-Fi connectivity. There are a lot of people who baffle around the words Smart Village thinking what it could mean or what it could be actually. But such villages were deemed to come to the notice of the world after the concept of smart cities came in. A Bit about the Villages Pre-Independence The urban regions of India have always served as major centres of attraction for different social and political activities. • Before independence, the villages in India hardly had any opportunity, or they hardly received any attention from any of the sources. • For the people living in the urban regions, the villages were always considered as places for thatched homes, dirty ponds, cattle, farming and massive open farming fields. Nevertheless, nothing changed even after independence. It too...