Unit-2 Rural Social Structure

This unit deals with the major element of diversity of social life in India.

Define the concept of social structure.

According to the 2001 census, how many villages are there in India?

How many types of settlement patterns are there in rural areas? Describe one of them.

Define the concept of lineage.

List some of the important dimensions of “jointness” of a family.

What is meant by the ‘developmental cycle’ approach to family in India?

What are the main features of caste system in India?

Name the title of the thesis in which G.S. Ghurye has described the six features of caste system in India.

Describe the ‘jajmani system’.

What is meant by the ‘developmental cycle’ approach to family in India?

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Developmental cycle approach to the family in India implies that the family structure in India undergoes demographic change in a period of time.
A nuclear family expands due to birth and marriage to form a joint or extended family and with death and partition again reverts back to a nuclear family.