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This document discusses and compares rural and urban communities. It defines a rural community as a sparsely populated area where agriculture is the main profession that is passed down generations. Rural communities have slow communication, traditional cultures, and strong social ties. Urban communities are densely populated with many professions and cultures. They have fast communication, rapid social change, and formal social relations. The key difference is rural areas have small, traditional, close-knit communities while urban areas are large with diverse cultures and industries.

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Assignment: Sociology

This document discusses and compares rural and urban communities. It defines a rural community as a sparsely populated area where agriculture is the main profession that is passed down generations. Rural communities have slow communication, traditional cultures, and strong social ties. Urban communities are densely populated with many professions and cultures. They have fast communication, rapid social change, and formal social relations. The key difference is rural areas have small, traditional, close-knit communities while urban areas are large with diverse cultures and industries.

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ASSIGNMENT

SOCIOLOGY

RURAL & URBAN


COMMUNITY

SUBMITTED BY
sunil kumar
B ARCH
5TH SEM

SUBMITTED TO
NEHA MADAM
WHAT IS COMMUNITY
It can be define as a social group or any size whose members
lives in a specific locality and often have a common cultural and
historical heritage . The examples of community are village,
mohallah in rural urban area.
RURAL COMMUNITY ?
Any area that is not considered urban is rural. Countries and
regions have different definitions of rural areas, and rural
communities can define a region. The United States designates a
rural area that has fewer than 2,500 residents in an open part of
the country. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development of Canada defines a rural population as an area
where over 50 percent of the population lives in a rural
community. Other areas of Canada may have anywhere from 15
to 49 percent of inhabitants living in rural communities. Urban
areas have fewer than 15 percent of a community dwelling in
rural communities.
CHARACTERISTICS OF RURAL COMMUNITY
1. Rural area is sparsely populated because many people leaves
rural areas and settles in the urban areas for more facilities.
2. These society has homogeneity. in its profession that is their
only
source of earning is agriculture and this is transmitted from
generation to generation.
3. There is homogeneity in dress, language and customs. It
means all
these remain same because their culture is same they
belong to the same area.
4. These areas have got slow means of communication.
5. Rural areas have very slow rate of change because of lack of
education and modern technology.
6. Areas have got simple culture transmitted from generation to
generation.
7. Rural areas have got informal social life that is they spent their
life in a. simple way.
8. Rural communities have got strong relationships and
interactions
of the people. It means that they help each other in distress
and shares the happiness.
9. In such areas there is less rate of pollution because there are
no factories and mills and the number of automobiles is less.

10. In such areas people shows great hospitality to their guests


and treat them as a member of a family.
URBAN COMMUNITY ?
The characteristics of urban community are following:
1. Urban society is thickly populated because many people
comes from rural areas and settles down here for better
facilities of life.
2. This society has homogeneity in profession it means that
there are many professions through which people can
earn.
3. In urban areas there is difference in dress, language and
customs because there are a variety of people having
different backgrounds.
4. have got fast means of communication that is they Gets
aware of what is happening around the world rapidly.
5. The areas have got fast rate of change because of
education
and modern technology.
6. These areas have got complex culture because of mixing
of
other cultures in it.
7. Urban areas have got formal social life.
8. Urban areas have got weak interactions and ties on the
basis
of their complex.
9. In these areas there is high rate of pollution because of
factories and automobiles.
10. In urban areas people are not much gracious to their
guests
because of their busy life
What is the Difference between Rural and Urban
Community
Following discussion shows the difference between rural
and urban communities, which shows how rural and
urban areas are not the same.
• Density of Population: The population in rural areas is
spares. The people live in their own farms called Farmstead
Settlement. Even the villages and hamlets (basti or chak)
have small population. The urban areas are thickly
populated. In a city of few square miles millions of people
live. The houses are joined together.
• Social mobility: Among the rural people, the social changes
are seldom found. Mostly the people are satisfied with their
social conditions.
• Very rarely they change their place of residence and
profession. The change in their classes occur infrequently
due to little changes in income. It means the rate of social
mobility is insignificant among them. The urban life is ever
changing due to expansion of education, technology and
industry. The people change their professions; residences
and classes for adjustment with the new social conditions.
This type of adjustment in society is called social mobility.
The rate of this mobility is higher in this area.
• Environment: In rural areas, the environment is almost
natural. The people live in nature, work in nature and die in
nature. The animals, trees, plants, crops, water channels,
sunrise, sunset, moonlit night, starry night, clouds and rain
are the companions of their life.
• In urban areas, the social life is based on industrial
relations. The needs are satisfied by the production of
industrial goods. Even the social relations have industrial
means of communication.
• Division of labor: In a rural community the dominant
profession is agriculture. The number of professions is
limited in this community due to similarity in social
conditions. The urban community has a large number of
professional activities due to diverse, social conditions.
• Nature of relation: The relations in rural areas are informal
and based of sincerity and mutual help. In urban areas the
relations are formal and reciprocal.

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