India’s 70 percent of population lives in rural areas and rural infrastructure lays the foundation for development in any country. The basic infrastructure needed in rural areas are- roads, education, health, drinking water supply and sanitation, telecommunication, irrigation and power. But the condition of housing, education and health are still very poor. Many people are uneducated and illiterate. Government has started many programmes for boosting the rural infrastructure development. These programmes did not achieve much success in addressing the infrastructure deficit. Public Private Partnerships (PPP) can supplement the infrastructure deficit as well as sustainable development of rural areas through PPPs projects. It has helped in socio-economic and Infrastructure development in rural areas. This paper highlights the concept of PPP and growth of PPP projects in different sectors in India and also analyzes its opportunities & challenges in rural infrastructure development in India.