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Differentiate between
Isolated settlements and Fragmented settlements
Distinguish Between
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Solution
| Sr. No. | Isolated settlements | Fragmented settlements |
| 1. | Isolated settlements appear in the form of isolated huts or hamlets of a few huts on small hill or in remote jungle with farms or pasture on the slope. | Fragmented settlements may result from segregation of large compact village. These units are locally called para, panna, palli, etc. |
| 2. | Extreme dispersion of settlement is often caused by fragmented nature of the region and land resource base of habitable areas. | The fragmentation of a large village is often caused by social and ethnic factors. |
| 3. | These settlements are found in many areas of Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. | These settlements are found in some part of Ganga river basin region. |
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