Editing Village (section)

===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.