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A village market is a place where the villagers meet to buy & sell things. It is a buying & selling center for the villagers. Generally it sits every morning.
A village market generally stands at a place where people can easily come for buying & selling things. So it usually stands at junction of roads or by side of a river or a canal. There are two kinds of village market. They are daily & weekly market. Daily market is called “Bazar” & weekly market is called “Hat”. It sits once or twice a week in the evening. Parts like open space, temporary shed & permanent shed. In the open space the sellers sit in rows, fish, milk, fruits, betel leaves, vegetables etc are sold there. In the temporary sheds oil, rice, salt, pepper etc are sold.
The village market is very useful to the villagers. Here they get all things of daily use. It saves the villagers from going to distant places to buy things. It is the meeting place of the villagers. The villagers find a social & friendly life here.
A village market has some disadvantages too. It is a noise & unhealthy place. The pickpockets gather there.
The village market does great service to the rural people. It is the backbone of the rural economy.
