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DISPERSED RURAL SETTLEMENT
Dispersed rural settlements are those in which houses are built far apart from each other. These settlements consist of one or two houses and cultural feature such as a church or a temple binds the settlement together. Such settlements are found over hills, plateau and highlands.
The reasons for the development of such settlements in India are:
(i) Extremely fragmented nature of the terrain and land resource of habitable areas.
(ii) Safety of households that has to travel a long distance for basic commodities are threatened because of isolation.
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