Difference between rural, urban and tribal society

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Difference between rural, urban and tribal society

  1. Sl.No

    Feature

    Rural / Tribal Society

    Urban Society

    1

    Occupation

    Agriculture

    Non-agricultural, industrialism and technology are its predominant features. Majority of the individuals are wage earners, hired laborers.

    2

    Work environment

    Open-air, close to nature, mostly related with soil, water, plant and animal life.

    Enclosed, highly complex, manmade environment. Mostly related with trade industry and office work.

    3

    Weather and season

    Very important

    Not so important

    4

    Skills

    Require wide range of skills

    Required specialized skills

    5

    Work unit

    Family as work unit more common

    Individuals from work unit

    6

    Type of family

    Joint and extended family with large size

    Small, nuclear family.

    7

    Size of community

    Small

    Medium to large

    8

    Population density

    Low

    High

    9

    Nature of people

    Homogeneous

    Heterogeneous

    10

    Social interaction

    Few and personal

    Numerous and mostly impersonal

    11

    Institutions

    Small and simple

    Large and complex

    12

    Mobility social and occupational

    Low

    High

    13

    Infrastructure

    Little to moderately developed

    Well developed

    14

    Modern amenities

    Few

    Many

    15

    Value system

    Sacred

    Secular

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