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Lesson 10:RURAL SOCIOLOGY

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