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Types of rural settlement -are determined by the following physical factors: (i) Climate: Very hot and very cold climate is unfavourable for rural settlements. Areas with favourable climate attract people to reside over that areas. North Indian plains, deltai regions and coastal plains have larger population with compact settlements. In harsh climate regions scattered settlements are found. (ii) Fertile soils: Fertile -soils are important for. Agricultural and allied activities. Clustered settlements are generally found in fertile alluvial plains. They may be in rectangular, radical, linear shapes. (iii) Nature of terrain: Shape and size of rural settlements are determined by the nature of terrain. In plain areas, the shape and size of rural settlements are compact or clustered and larger, having larger number of population. On the other hand on hilly and mountain areas they are scattered and small in size. In such areas, dispersed settlements are found in the form of isolated huts. The are found in Meghalaya, Uttrakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
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