Introduction: A village market is a place where daily necessary things are bought and sold. It is known as hat. It is a useful buying and delling centre for the villagers.
Location: It usually sits by the side of a river, a canal, a bus tand or under a banyan tree.
Kinds of village market: There are two kinds of village market the daily market and the weekly market. Daily market is called bazar It sits every morning. The weekly market is called hat. It sits once or twice in a week. It sits in the afternoon and breaks up by the evening.
Description: A village market has three parts open space, temporary sheds and
permanent sheds. In the open space the sellers sit in rows. here milk, fruit, betels, vegetables, fish etc are sold. In the temporary shops oil, salt and pepper are sold Grocers, loth dealers, tailors, potters have permanent shops. There are fish corner. vegetable corner and rice corner The sellers in each corner sit in lines. the fish market is the most noisy place.
Importance or usefulness: A village market is useful to the villagers. Here they get all things of their daily need. They sell their crops and other products here. It is the meeting place of the village people. They also get news from here. The postman delivers letters here.
Conclusion: A village market is the centre of the rural economy It is part and parcel of village.