Environmental Dimensions of Rural Settlements in Hill Areas

agricultural agricultural land analysis availability average Bank basin Bhagirathi Bhillangana block Brahmins caste cattle cent cent houses 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 materials maximum metres morphology nature occupation Office pattern persons physical population possess Pratapnagar present provides Rajputs rectangular region residential respectively ridge river road roofs roomed rural central places Rural Settlements SCHOOL seasonal service centres settled shape shows side Singh sized slate slope social soils Sometimes space stone storeyed Structure study area surrounding Table Tebri unirrigated urban valley varies village walls