Sustainable energy plan for an Indian village

India is one of the largest countries in the world, where the people's occupation is predominantly agriculture and most of the population lives in villages. Many of these villages are remotely located and their connectivity with the grid is very difficult resulting in their being not electrified at all or lack of continuous supply. For the development of the region, there is every need to utilize energy efficient techniques and potential of available renewable energy resources. An economic solution can be achieved by proper energy management making the village self sustained in its energy requirement. By employing existing but well proven energy conversion techniques, these resources can be used for various energy requirements for basic needs like electricity, cooking, water heating etc. The aim is to generate electric power, produce cooking gas and other forms of energy locally and distribute them within the village effectively. Based on a survey conducted in an Indian village named “Bacharam” situated near Hyderabad in India, this paper attempts to identify the available resources like agro-waste, animal dung, and solar energy. The regular resource usage pattern has been studied and an effective solution has been proposed for proper usage to meet the daily energy requirements. Community biomass plant, biogas plant, solar cooker and heater are proposed as feasible solutions for the needs of the village. The paper also deals with the already existing technology for each that can be put to use, design aspects of each as per the requirements of this village and cost effectiveness of each proposal made.