Historical Review, Introduction to Rural Sociology, Relationship with Other Social Science, Methods of Study, The Village Community, Rural- Urban Contract, Village Life in India and the west, Selected Types of Villages, Patterns of change in Rural Society, Great Traditions in Rural Culture, Rural Festivals and Recreation, The Rural Religion , The Jajmani System, The Rural Caste system, Rural Untouchability, Casteism, Rural Family, Rural Marriages, Rural Polity, Rural Hookah Group, Factions and Leadership, Rural education, The village Panchayat, Rural Economy, Rural Housing, Rural Welfare and Sarvodaya, Community Development, Rural Co-operation, Rural Reconstruction and Development, Bibliography.