Environmental Dimensions of Rural Settlements in Hill Areas

agricultural agricultural land analysis availability average Bank basin Bhagirathi Bhillangana block Brahmins caste cattle cent Chamba closely common compact concentrated cultivation cultural density Deoprayag depend directions dispersed distance distribution DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL double storeyed dwellings economic example factors families fields forest functions Geographical growth hamlets Harijans height hence Himalaya houses human important India inhabitants irrigated Jakholi Jaunpur Kirtinagar land live locally known located mainly maximum metres morphology Narendranagar nature occupation Office Panchayat pattern persons physical population possess Pratapnagar present Rajputs rectangular region respectively ridge river road roofs roomed rural central places Rural Settlements SCHOOL seasonal semi-compact service centres settled shape shows side Singh sized slate slope social Sometimes spacing stone storeyed Structure study area surrounding Table Tebri terraces types unirrigated urban valley varies village walls