Day: August 23, 2020

Traditional patterns of settlement Rectangular or square pattern. This pattern is mostly found in areas of uniform topography. The rectangular shape of the cultivated fields rise to this pattern. The main lanes of the villages intersect at right angles at the centre. Smaller lanes go to the interior of the housing more or less parallel […]

There are several ways in which Indian villages are classified. I. Classification based on size, population and area of land is the most accepted classification. Based on these criteria villages are classified as: 1. Pura-The place where habitats are in close settlement. The habitats are around or in nearby areas. These habitats are thus being […]

(a) Studies/Reports brought out by Administrators: (i) W.F. Firminger’s “The Fifth Report from the select committee of the House of Commons on the Affairs of the East India Company” (1812). (ii) Charles Metcalfe’s “Minutes on the village of Delhi” (1830). (iii) H.S. Maine’s “Village Communities in the East and West” (1871). (iv) B.H. Baden-Powell’s “The […]