Rural marketing involves assessing, stimulating, and converting purchasing power in rural areas to create demand for products and services. India's vast rural market offers potential for marketers facing urban competition. Rural consumers have customs and behaviors that differ from urban areas. Improving rural incomes, infrastructure, health, education, and employment opportunities can help realize the vision of a modern rural economy. Marketers have entered rural markets by extending existing product distributions or developing separate rural strategies. The growing interest in rural markets is due to their large size, untapped potential, and increasing incomes.