countryfolk vs people

countryfolk and people both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
countryfolk	Yes	No	No	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, people is a hypernym of countryfolk; that is, people is a word with a broader meaning than countryfolk:

Other hypernyms of countryfolk include citizenry.

countryfolk (noun)	people (noun)
people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
people living in the same country; compatriots	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

countryfolk (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people