In OSM, it is better to make use of changeset discussions, to facilitate collaboration among the wider community, rather than private email messages. Hence  I took the liberty to  quote 
your email response to provide my response. Hope you do not mind. I quote "I got this email from you copied below:

Did see a simple way I could respond directly back.

The location I tried to identify as an apartment is on the map an unamed village/hamlet/enclave. I happen to know the residents very well for the past ten years. The place is called MGR Nagar. I did not see a category in the list called village. So what can I call it? Curtis Degler" 

My response is as follows.  You can use the tag called place=village with name=MGR Nagar and population= xxx.  

