© 2016. Alie Wube Dametew. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. By Alie Wube Dametew Wollo University KioT Abstract- Hydropower, large and small, remains by far the most important of the “renewable” for electrical power production worldwide. Small-scale hydro is in most cases “run-of-river”, with no dam, and is one of the most cost-effective and environmentally benign energy technologies to be considered both for rural electrification in less developed countries and developed countries for further hydro developments countries(like Ethiopia). This paper addresses power generation for rural applications by means of small hydropower plants by using cross-flow turbine systems .The cross-flow turbine is suitable for installing small hydro-electric power plants in case of low head and flow rate. Using mathematical analysis a complete design of such turbines has been done in this paper. Keywords: design and analysis, hydro power, rewnable energy. GJRE-F Classification: FOR Code: 290901 DesignAndanalysisofSmallHydroPowerforRuralElectrification Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of : Global Journal of Researches in Engineering: F Volume 16 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2016 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-4596 & Print ISSN: 0975-5861 Design and Analysis of Small Hydro Power for Rural Electrification Electrical and Electronics Engineering