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 are the main features of caste system in India?

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Caste is an endogamous and hereditary social group.
Each caste is traditionally associated with a hereditary occupation and members of a caste are bound by certain social rules and laws.
Castes are placed in a hierarchical order.
They have rules of commensality and the concept of purity and pollution is very important in caste relationships.