The majority of the people of Bangladesh live in the rural areas. People live a very plain and simple life. Majority of the rural people are farmers. They work on their lands and earn their livelihood by cultivating their own land or working on other people's land. They work hard from morning till night. Some of the farmers are quite well-to-do, but there are many landless people also. The affluent people of the rural community send their children to schools, colleges and universities, but the poorer section cannot afford their children's education. In most cases, their children become child labourers. They work as day labourers in other people's houses or turn rickshaw or van drivers. These days, most of them can, however, earn enough to manage two square meals a day. Some of them go to the nearby towns and cities to work as rickshaw pullers, garments workers, taxi or auto-rickshaw drivers. Whatever is the amount of money they earn, they are happy with what they have. These days the rural people have modern facilities of life too. Most houses have electricity, television; the rich people also have refrigerators, improved sanitation system.
In every nook and corner of the villages, there are small bazaars, where people go for shopping and spend their leisure time taking tea, gossiping, watching movies, sports etc. together. Most villages have primary schools, there are high schools and colleges in every two/three villages. The rate of education in the rural areas is increasing rapidly. Rural people have a good community life. They help each other in their weal and woe. The villages have been modernized over the last two/three decades.
