Practicing Success
Dhani is an example of ________ type of rural settlements. Fill in the blank with the correct option. |
Hamleted Dispersed Semi-clustered Clustered |
Hamleted |
The correct answer is Option (1) - Hamleted 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. |