villager
/ˈvɪlɪdʒə(r)/noun
उच्चारण विलिजर
ग्रामीण, गाँववाला
Basic word
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a person who lives in a village
ग्रामीण, गाँववाला
- The villagers built a new school.
- The villagers gathered under the banyan tree for the meeting.
- Local villagers helped the rescue team after the flood.
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- Many villagers grow wheat and mustard.
Synonyms rustic local countryman peasant gramin
≈Synonyms and antonyms
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Keep the place-person words: villager (village), townsman or townspeople (town), citizen (a city or country), urbanite (a person who lives in a city), resident, native (a person born in a place), inhabitant.
स्थान-निवासी के शब्द याद रखिए: villager (गाँव), townsman या townspeople (नगर), citizen (शहर या देश, नागरिक), urbanite (शहर में रहने वाला, शहरी), resident, native (किसी स्थान पर जन्मा, मूल निवासी), inhabitant।
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General knowledge
About 65 per cent of India's population lives in rural areas (Census 2011: about 69 per cent); the gram sabha (all adult villagers on the voters' list) is the foundation of Panchayati Raj.
भारत की लगभग 65 प्रतिशत जनसंख्या ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में रहती है (जनगणना 2011: लगभग 69 प्रतिशत); ग्राम सभा (मतदाता सूची के सभी वयस्क ग्रामवासी) पंचायती राज की नींव है।