Practicing Success
The units of villages like Para, Palli, Nagla etc are associated with _____. |
Dispersed settlements Hamleted settlements Clustered settlements Semi-clustered settlements |
Hamleted settlements |
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. |