Which of the following settlements includes locally called panna and nagla units?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Hamleted
Option (1) Clustered — Incorrect. A clustered settlement is a compact, closely built-up area of houses, kept separate from the surrounding farms, barns and pastures. It is one unit, not a set of separate units.
Option (2) Hamleted — Correct. Here a settlement is fragmented into several units physically separated from each other but bearing a common name. These units are locally called panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani, etc.
Option (3) Semi-Clustered — Incorrect. A semi-clustered village has a main cluster with one or more sections living a little away from it; the land-owning community usually holds the centre. It still has one main body, not several separate named units.
Option (4) Dispersed — Incorrect. Dispersed settlements are isolated huts or hamlets of a few huts in remote jungles or on small hills, caused by broken terrain.
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NCERT (2025-26): “Clustered Settlements … The clustered rural settlement is a compact or closely built up area of houses. In this type of village the general living area is distinct and separated from the surrounding farms, barns and pastures.… Semi-Clustered Settlements … In this case, one or more sections of the village society choose or is forced to live a little away from the main cluster or village. In such cases, generally, the land-owning and dominant community occupies the central part of the main village, whereas people of lower strata of society and menial workers settle on the outer flanks of the village.… 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.… Dispersed Settlements 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” |