Civil servants mainly refer to public officials who work in government agencies and are included in the administrative establishment management, while village cadres belong to the staff of villagers' autonomous organizations, not civil servants.
But now, under the guidance of the township government, village cadres are engaged in certain public management affairs, such as the collection of old-age insurance and the distribution of public materials. A lot of public affairs management is done by village cadres. Therefore, although village cadres are not civil servants, they are still included in the scope of public officials.
Of course, in some areas, individual village cadres are usually served by civil servants of township governments. At this time, village cadres are civil servants, but their civil servant status comes from the establishment of township governments, not the attributes of village cadres themselves.