Villages were there before cities.Villages are basic units of settlements in India. Gahmar is largest village in India, situated in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. It has a population of 25,000, roughly more than Countries like Bermuda. It is in fact largest village in world today.

According to the 2011 census of India, 68.84% of Indians live in Total 640,867 different villages.

Uttar pradesh has most number of villages in country.The state has more than 1 Lac villages.

Bihar has highest number of villages per square Km. It is having approximately 2 village in a 3 sq. km. area.

Ha village in Arunachal Pradesh is smallest named village in india, and Jangal Mehfuja Mehduda Nain Gujran Tihra village in Himachal Pradesh is longest named village in India.

List of States/UT with Number of Villages in Them
Andaman & nicobar islands – (558 Villages)

Andhra pradesh – (28236 Villages)

Arunachal pradesh – (5589 Villages)

Assam – (24925 Villages)

Bihar – (44937 Villages)

Chandigarh – (11 Villages)

Chhattisgarh – (20179 Villages)

Dadra & nagar haveli – (69 Villages)

Daman & diu – (24 Villages)

Delhi – (221 Villages)

Goa – (396 Villages)

Gujarat – (18511 Villages)

Haryana – (6929 Villages)

Himachal pradesh – (20700 Villages)

Jammu & kashmir – (6681 Villages)

Jharkhand – (32582 Villages)

Karnataka – (29535 Villages)

Kerala – (1494 Villages)

Lakshadweep – (26 Villages)

Madhya pradesh – (55101 Villages)

Maharashtra – (43942 Villages)

Manipur – (2611 Villages)

Meghalaya – (6850 Villages)

Mizoram – (829 Villages)

Nagaland – (1001 Villages)

Odisha – (51527 Villages)

Puducherry – (94 Villages)

Punjab – (12714 Villages)

Rajasthan – (44822 Villages)

Sikkim – (451 Villages)

Tamil nadu – (16368 Villages)

Tripura – (900 Villages)

Uttar pradesh – (107105 Villages)

Uttarakhand – (16852 Villages)

West bengal – (41014 Villages)

Source:  Villages in India