[Abha Sharma]

1) Compact Settlements: This type of rural settlement is characterised with agglomeration of almost all the dwellings of the mouza or village in one place. The concentration of houses varies
from 30 to 40 in small hamlets to a hundred or thousand of houses in large villages


2) Semi-Compact Settlements: The semi-compact settlements represents an intermediate type between compact and hamleted settlements. It is marked by the presence of one easily recognisable site (main village) and one or two or more small hamlets closely linked with the main site by foot paths or cart tracks .

3) Hamleted Settlements:

These settlements are characterized by the presence of several smaller hamlets and separate individual habitations spreading over the entire mouza. These scattered hamlets are connected each other by footpaths or cart-tracks and closely related with each other in terms of cultural and social activities


4) Dispersed Settlements:

These settlements type cover very limited area, where scattered huts or homesteads found all over the village area and relatively long distance between dwellings. 


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