INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN VILLAGE

Indian villages constitute a greater portion of the total geographical area of the country. It is a known fact that a major portion of the India`s total population resides in the villages. The villages of India can broadly be divided according to the regions of their location like Eastern region, Northern region, Southern region, Central region, Northeast region and Western region. One of the main differences between the Indian villages of different regions is the used language. Being one of the oldest civilisations in the world that has been invaded by several foreign powers, India is home to a huge variety of languages. The villagers in different zones of India speak in different languages such as Bengali language, Oriya language, Assamese language, punjabi language, Marathi language, Kannada language, Tamil language, Gujarati language, Telugu language,Hindi language, etc. The original form of most of the ancient languages in India can be found in these villages.