Editing Village (section)

==Central Asia==
=== Afghanistan ===
In [[Afghanistan]], the village, or ''deh'' ([[Dari language|Dari]]/[[Pashto]]: ده)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:4413.raverty|title=A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans|website=dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224024339/http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:4413.raverty|url-status=dead}}</ref> is the mid-size settlement type in Afghan society, trumping the [[United States]] hamlet or ''qala'' ([[Dari language|Dari]]: قلعه, [[Pashto]]: کلي),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:1793.raverty|title=A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans|website=dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224044257/http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:1793.raverty|url-status=dead}}</ref> though smaller than the town, or ''shār'' ([[Dari language|Dari]]: شهر, [[Pashto]]: ښار).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:687.raverty|title=A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans|website=dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129120655/http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:687.raverty|url-status=dead}}</ref> In contrast to the ''qala'', the ''deh'' is generally a bigger settlement which includes a commercial area, while the yet larger ''shār'' includes governmental buildings and services such as schools of higher education, basic health care, police stations etc.
[[File:Mollösund 1.JPG|thumb|[[Mollösund]], an example of a common village in Sweden and the Nordics.]]

===India===
[[File:A view of Villages and farms in south Rajasthan India.jpg|thumb|A typical rural peasant Indian village in [[Rajasthan]], India]]
"The soul of [[India]] lives in its villages," declared [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<ref>R.K. Bhatnagar. [http://www.pibbng.kar.nic.in/feature1.pdf India's Membership of Iter Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201220049/http://www.pibbng.kar.nic.in/feature1.pdf |date=1 December 2007 }}. Press Information Bureau. Government of India, Bangalore</ref> at the beginning of 20th century. According to the [[2011 census of India]], 69% of Indians (around 833 [[million]] people) live in villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ |title=Indian Census |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=9 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514045222/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ |archive-date=14 May 2007 }}</ref> As per 2011 census of India, there are a total of 649,481 villages in India.<ref>https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/population-finder</ref> The size of these villages varies considerably. 236,004 Indian villages have a population of fewer than 500, while 3,976 villages have a population of 10,000+. Most of the villages have their own temple, mosque, or church, depending on the local religious following.

===Pakistan===
{{Main|Pakistani village life}}
The majority of [[Pakistanis]] live in rural areas. According to the [[2017 Census of Pakistan|2017 census]], about 64% of the Pakistani population lives in rural areas. Most rural areas in [[Pakistan]] tend to be near cities, and are [[Peri-urbanisation|peri-urban]] areas. This is due to the definition of a rural area in Pakistan being an area that does not fall within an [[Urban area|urban]] boundary.<ref name="Rethinking urban and rural">{{cite web|url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1354670|title = Rethinking urban and rural|date = 29 August 2017|last = Zaidi|first = S. Akbar|website= Dawn}}</ref> A village is called deh or gaaon in [[Urdu]]. [[Pakistani village life]] is marked by kinship and exchange relations.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Exchange Relations and Social Change in Rural Pakistan: Rituals and Ceremonies of Childbirth, Marriage and Death |journal=South Asia Research |author=Mughal, M. A. Z.|year=2018|volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=177–194 |doi = 10.1177/0262728018768137|s2cid=149640822 }}</ref>
[[File:Dosut, Neelum Valley cool beautiful evening.jpg|thumb|A village in [[Azad Kashmir|Pakistani Kashmir's]] [[Neelum Valley]] "[[Dosut]]"]]

===Kazakhstan===
{{Main|Aul}}
Auyl ({{langx|kk|Ауыл}}) is a Kazakh word meaning "village" in [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>Қазақ тілі термиңдерінің салалық ғылыми түсіндірме сөздігі: География және геодезия. — Алматы: "Мектеп" баспасы, 2007. — 264 бет. {{ISBN|9965-36-367-6}}</ref> According to the 2009 census of Kazakhstan, 42.7% of Kazakhstani citizens (7.5 million people) live in 8172 different villages.<ref name="Stat-kz-01-07-2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kz/Pages/default.aspx |title=History of stat.kz |access-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113142704/http://www.stat.kz/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=13 November 2013 }}.</ref> To refer to this concept along with the word "auyl" often used the Slavic word "selo" in Northern Kazakhstan.