Test: Human Settlements

Because of heavy rainfall, huts are made as such.

Cities accommodating population size between one to five million are called metropolitan cities and more than five million are mega cities.

Medium sized cities of India has shown highest growth rate during the last decade.

It is 61.48% of the total urban population.

 Fragmented settlement in India normally found in fertile alluvial plains and in the northeastern states. The settlement, clustering in a restricted area of dispersed settlement normally looks like semi-clustered. Examples of such settlement can be seen in Gujarat plain and some parts of Rajasthan.

Some laws distinguish towns and villages from each other, but by usage, settlement with larger populations such as those having a municipal committee or municipal corporation would be called cities. On the basis of population and other issues, the state government notifies a larger community as a notified area.

The rural settlements derive their life support or basic economic needs from land based primary economic activities, whereas, urban settlements, depend on processing of raw materials and manufacturing of finished goods on the one hand and a variety of services on the other.

Areas of Deccan plateau and Thar Desert have villages far apart due to infertile land and shortage of water.

The settlements are developed along the coast.