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Agriculture is one of the most important livelihood occupations for the majority of the people of India. Various peoples are selling their vegetables, cotton garments, electronic equipment, fast food, leather products, fruits, and flower in the village and urban markets. Village market (Hats) vending is an important activity related to the informal sector in rural areas. The present work comprehensively covers the social, economic, and spatial issues of village market (Hats) vendors in the selected villages of Murshidabad district. The present study confines to six sampled village markets (Hats) such as Hariharpara, Baruipara, Choa, Tajpur, Rukunpur, and Ramkrishnapur. The total sampled size of the village market (Hats) vendors are 210 respondents, comprised of 35 respondents from each village market. Among them 30 respondents are male and 05 respondents are female. The primary data is collected through a field survey based on a questionnaire, personal observation, group discussion, and cell phone survey. The study reveals that maximum vendors are illiterate and low education levels, unskilled, and low levels of income. They particularly get this job because they are unable to work in other sectors, coming from a very poor background and have insufficient income.