Question

India villages classified according to size of population gram panchayats

Answer 1

On the basis of this criteria, following classes of villages are recognised.

1. Pura:

The place where a habitat had been in ancient days and where chief habitats are all around or nearby areas is called pura. This habitat can thus be called the nucleus of the area. In agricultural areas solitary habitats generally become “puravas” which under favourable circumstances grow into villages.

2. Khas:

The word khas is used for the main village or sadar. Sometimes people of the main village settle at some distance and call this new village after their main village. When the population increases, the word khas is used for the village from where people spread around.

3. Kalan:

The word kalan is used for large villages and used at the end of the name of the village i. e. Bound Kalan. People of several classes and castes live in such villages.

4. Khurd:

The word khurd is a degraded form of the urdu word barkhurdar (meaning son or small). Therefore this word is used for small villages i.e. Dumarkha Khurd.

5. Khera:

This word is used for small colonies and also for the higher land of the village. Khera has great social value for the village community because almost all the shows such as Ramlila Nautanki, etc. take place here. In some areas the word khera is used for those places where the rums of an ancient fort are found.

6. Nanglay:

It comprises a group of small villages where one village is surrounded by several satellite villages.


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