Write one similarity and one difference between the villages of the modern times
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Explanation:
Villages in ancient times
There is sufficient evidence to suggest that the village was one of the important settlements in ancient India. The Rig Veda talks about the gram to which various families owed their allegiance. Valmiki’s Ramayana talks of two types of villages – the ghosh and the gram. The ghosh was smaller than the gram and was also known as vraja, or brij (signifying a cattle farm). Both types of villages had their officials, called the mahattar. There is also a reference to a senior official called gramani or gramik.
Village In modern time
There were 580,781 villages in India, according to the 1991 Census. Of these; the largest number (390,093) consisted of small-sized villages with a population of less than 1,000. In the category of 1,000-2,000 population are another 114,395 villages. Taken together, they represent 86 per cent of the villages of India.
There were 580,781 villages in India, according to the 1991 Census. Of these; the largest number (390,093) consisted of small-sized villages with a population of less than 1,000. In the category of 1,000-2,000 population are another 114,395 villages. Taken together, they represent 86 per cent of the villages of India.Villages with 2,000-5,000 population total 62,915, and those having a population of between 5,000-10,000 numbers 10,597. The highest concentration of very large villages, with more than 10,000 people, is to be found in the state of Kerala, which has 1,007 (of the 2,779) large villages.