You refer to the people who live in a village, especially the people who have lived there for most or all of their lives, as the villagers.
Soon the villagers couldn't afford to buy food for themselves.
villager in British English
(ˈvɪlɪdʒə)
noun
1.
an inhabitant of a village
adjective
2. East Africa
unsophisticated or illiterate
villager in American English
(ˈvɪlɪdʒər)
noun
a person who lives in a village
Examples of 'villager' in a sentence
villager
They kill villagers over there and our fellow citizens over here.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Work continues using high-tech military sensors that can detect mobile phones, as well as dozens of buckets borrowed from local villagers to clear snow.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Villagers who live in and around national parks have suddenly been banned from hunting in the forests.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You are hiding in the basement of a house with fellow villagers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Eight villagers were killed in a series of lion attacks this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then the local villagers turned up and the competitive haka got going.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The harassed villagers who live on the reserve might come closest to entertaining the notion.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The school has already encountered opposition from local villagers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is now used by a new range of clubs and for live entertainment for villagers.
The Sun (2008)
Four more villagers were killed in a second house and another man was shot dead in a third.
The Sun (2012)
Elsewhere, tragedy strikes when one villager is found dead.
The Sun (2012)
But many of the villagers' complaints are more mundane.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The 50-year-old claims he is a laughing stock after fellow villagers recognised him online.
The Sun (2012)
It destroyed numerous buildings and killed many other villagers, whose bodies were found scattered around the area.
The Sun (2010)
The warning has angered villagers, who say that there are more humane ways to deter birds from airfields.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She also sympathetically records the sometimes conflicting desires of the participants, their fellow villagers and the local gentry.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
In other languages
villager
British English: villager NOUN
People who live in a village are called villagers.
Soon the villagers couldn't afford to buy food for themselves.