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What Are The Types Of Rural Settlements?

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Rural settlement in India is divided into four types:-

Clustered, agglomerated or nucleated:- This settlement is a compact or very closely built-up area of houses.
Semi clustered or fragmented:- This settlement may result from the tendency of clustering in an area of dispersed settlement.
Hamleted:- This settlement is fragmented into several units physically separated from each other.
Dispersed or isolated:- This settlement pattern appears in the form of isolated hamlets or huts in remote jungles or on small hills.