Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Human Settlements

Question:

The village unit named "Dhani" is known as _____.

Options:

Hamleted Settlements

Clustered Settlements

Dispersed Settlements

Semi-Clustered settlements

Correct Answer:

Hamleted Settlements

Explanation:

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.