Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Human Settlements

Question:

Which one among the followings is NOT a unit of Hamleted settlements?

Options:

Panna

Cantonment Area

Nagla

Palli

Correct Answer:

Cantonment Area

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Cantonment Area.

Hamleted Settlements: Sometimes settlement is fragmented into several units physically separated from each other bearing a common name. These units are locally called panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani, etc. in various parts of the country. This segmentation of a large village is often motivated by social and ethnic factors. Such villages are more frequently found in the middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh and lower valleys of the Himalayas.