Bangladesh is probably more crowded than India, but still much smaller in terms of number of people :-).
All villages in India don't lack electricity. 83.3 crore people live in villages in India [1]. That is 833 million, so 65% of people in villages have electricity. But I'm sure that they live without 24 hours of electricity a day.
That said, the electricity problem in India is ridiculous; a few years ago, many cities in my home state of Tamil Nadu, long considered one of the more prosperous states had power cuts ranging from 2-10 hours per day. The government had simply eaten up the money meant to buy spare parts for generators, among other reasons. I'm sure villages saw just 2 hours of power per day. The worst part about this is that Tamil Nadu has a coal-powered, a hydro-electric, and a nuclear power plant.
Then there are some states that are downright poor, I'd guess most of the 300 million in this article live in those states. Bad politicians, lack of education, the resultant naxalism etc. combine to keep them poor.
Even in major cities like Bangalore, all office buildings, hotels and the like have their own UPS and generators, it's not unusual for them to kick in 2-3 times per day due to grid outages.
All villages in India don't lack electricity. 83.3 crore people live in villages in India [1]. That is 833 million, so 65% of people in villages have electricity. But I'm sure that they live without 24 hours of electricity a day.
That said, the electricity problem in India is ridiculous; a few years ago, many cities in my home state of Tamil Nadu, long considered one of the more prosperous states had power cuts ranging from 2-10 hours per day. The government had simply eaten up the money meant to buy spare parts for generators, among other reasons. I'm sure villages saw just 2 hours of power per day. The worst part about this is that Tamil Nadu has a coal-powered, a hydro-electric, and a nuclear power plant.
Then there are some states that are downright poor, I'd guess most of the 300 million in this article live in those states. Bad politicians, lack of education, the resultant naxalism etc. combine to keep them poor.
[1]: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/about-70-per-cent-indi...