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Community refers to groups of mutually dependent people, living in a more or less compact continuous geographical area, having a sense of belonging and sharing common values, norms and some common interests and acting collectively in an organized manner to satisfy their chief needs through a common set of organizations and institutions.

There are two dimensions in community
  1. Territorial dimension- geographical area
  2. Social dimension- group of people
    Ex: Village, Town, City

Any area of common life like village, town, district, country or an even wider area may be considered as community.

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