Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian villages

The goal of the WikiProject Indian villages is to create comprehensive articles on Indian villages. The project also aims to improve, organize section contents, provide ideas for standardized look and feel of articles related to the villages of India.

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Scope
The scope of this article fundamentally is loosely defined as all articles and sections relating to Indian villages. Almost all of these will be (eventually) categorized under Category:Villages in India.

Goals

 * 1) Creation of a generally standard look and feel for all Indian villages.
 * 2) To improve Wikipedia coverage of Indian villages articles by adding, expanding and improving.

Parentage

 * WikiProject Villages

Descendant WikiProjects
No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

Similar WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Indian cities

Sections
These are the sections that should be included.

Lead
The lead comes before the Table of Contents. It should summaries key aspects of the village such as, location in tehsil, district, state. It should have a minimum of one to two medium sized paragraphs.

Note:Avoid Indic scripts in lead as per WP:INDICSCRIPTS.


 * Rating: Compulsory
 * Length: 1-2 paragraph(s)

Etymology
Etymology should include the meaning of the village name (if it has any) and its transformation over times.


 * Rating: Section optional; inclusion important
 * Length: minimum one large paragraph, or two small paragraphs.

History
The history section should describe the dynasties, kingdoms which rules it in the past. The history section should be around two to three mid-sized paragraphs. Do not use subheadings.


 * Rating: Compulsory
 * Length: 3-4 paragraphs; summarize/precise if longer, add detail to another page.

Geography
Describe the village location and its surroundings such as, water bodies, mountains, forests and islands etc.

Climate

Mention the seasons, weather, rainfall. Temperature records if possible. The climate section can also be a standalone section.

Geology (optional)

Like, earthquakes, ores and minerals found.


 * Rating: Compulsory
 * Length: Varies. Try not to exceed 5 paragraphs if geology and climate are both included in the main geography section.

Demographics
The population, households, literacy, sex ratio etc. Also, the languages spoken, ethnic groups in another paragraph.


 * Rating: Very Important
 * Length: maximum three

Government and politics
Mention the local government like Gram panchayats and its administrative activities. The number of wards it has, elected representatives such as, Sarpanchs, Vice-Sarpanchs, Village Revenue Officers, etc can be mentioned. Awards and achievements of the village.

Political parties, constituency in which the village falls and its elected representatives etc., can be added.


 * Rating: Important
 * Length: Not more than four paragraphs.

Economy
Primary activities which generates income like agriculture, aquaculture, local businesses, commercial areas, industries (if any), other occupations of the villagers. The main crops produced, agri businesses and its exports.


 * Rating: Compulsory
 * Length: Not more than four paragraphs.

Culture and tourism
Mention art, architecture, film, literature etc., Also, mention notable personalities in these fields. Cuisines, clothing and local festivals of importance can also be included. Tourism info should not be a promotional, but mention the landmarks such as, heritage sites, most notable religious worship centers, beaches (if a coastal village), any other landmarks in the village.

Do not add lists, mention most notable with proper references.


 * Rating: Important
 * Length: not more than five paragraphs.

Mention the tourist destinations like heritage sites, religious event  The main crops produced, agri businesses and its exports.


 * Rating: Compulsory
 * Length: Not more than four paragraphs.

Transport
The modes of transport (don’t use transportation, its American English) eg. Buses, bus stations, railway stations, any coastal villages may also include sea transport etc. Write in prose, than in bulleted points.


 * Rating: Important
 * Length: Not more than four paragraphs

Commons
Most of the Indian villages articles related to do not have pictures to support them. We would like to encourage contributions to commons so that the articles will be more comprehensive.


 * Indian villages by states Commons
 * Indian villages by district

Discussion

 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indian villages

Naming conventions

 * Naming conventions (Indic)

Structure
Refer to
 * WikiProject_Indian_states for state articles
 * WikiProject_Indian_districts for district articles
 * WikiProject_Indian_cities for city articles

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org]


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.