Refers to a person who lives in a village; a straightforward noun with no special usage restrictions.
その村の村民はみんな顔見知りだ。
All the villagers in that village know each other.
村人 is a more common and slightly more casual word for 'villager', while 村民 is a bit more formal and often used in administrative or official contexts.
住民 is a broader term meaning 'resident' of any area (city, town, or village), whereas 村民 specifically means a resident of a village.
村民 refers to residents of a village (村), a smaller unit than the town implied by 町民.
区民 designates ward residents, whereas 村民 designates residents of a 村 (village).
村民 is counted with 人 when referring to the number of villagers as individual people.
村民 can also be counted with 名 in more formal or official contexts, such as administrative reports.
Compound of 村 (village) and 民 (people, citizen).