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Which sentence is correct:

How many people live in the village?
How many people do live in the village?

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Which sentence is correct:

How many people live in the village?
How many people do live in the village?

Thanks in advance.
They are both correct. The auxiliary 'do' is only used for emphasis though. In speech, it would be strongly stressed.
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How many people do live in the vallige?
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How many people do live in the vallige?
Yes, it's possible as Coffa said in last posting. Here we could rephrase the base sentence like the following:

How many people indeed(=do) live in the village?
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