This book presents the selections from Mahatma Gandhi’s writings on village swaraj. Explaining the meaning of ‘swaraj’, it describes in detail the features of an ideal society. Focusing on village swaraj, it deals with the basic principles of village swaraj, importance of bread labour, the principle of equality, the theory of trusteeship, the use of swadeshi things, self-sufficiency and cooperation, Panchayati Raj and Nai Talim.

It also discusses at length the agriculture and cattle welfare, land problem, khadi and spinning, other village industries, village transport, village sanitation, health and hygiene, diet, village protection, currency, exchange and tax, and government policies towards villages.