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| This pattern of rural settlement appears in the form of isolated huts or hamlets of a few huts in remote jungles, or on small hills with farms or pastures on the slopes. Which of the following type of rural settlement is being referred to here? |
Isolated Isolated and Hamleted Isolated and Dispersed Isolated, dispersed and hamleted |
| Isolated and Dispersed |
| Dispersed or isolated settlement pattern in India appears in the form of isolated huts or hamlets of few huts in remote jungles, or on small hills with farms or pasture on the slopes. Extreme dispersion of settlement is often caused by the extremely fragmented nature of the terrain and land resource base of habitable areas. Many areas of Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala have this type of settlement. |
