The towns/cities primarily engaged in trade and business are known as commercial towns. For example, Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode, Vishakhapatnam, etc. The towns/cities primarily engaged in export and import activities are known as transport towns/cities. For example, Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore, Modinagar, Jamshedpur, Hugli, Bhilai, etc. The towns/cities that developed because of the industrial development are known as industrial towns/cities. For example, the national capital (New Delhi) and the capital of all states and Union Territories are the administrative towns/cities. The town or cities performing administrative works are categorized as administrative towns/cities. are the satellite towns that have been developed around Delhi. are the cities developed after the independence of India. are the examples of modern city.Д¬handigarh, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Dispur, etc. are the examples of ancient city.Дelhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Agra, Nagpur, etc. Varanasi, Prayag (Allahabad), Pataliputra (Patna), Madurai, etc. Like rural settlement, urban settlements have also been developed during the ancient period itself.Д«ased on Time, Location, and Function, Urban Settlement is categorized as в€’ Examples of such settlement can be seen in parts of Meghalaya, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala have this type of settlement. The isolated settlement is known as dispersed settlement. Examples of hamleted settlement can be seen in the middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh and lower valleys of the Himalayas. Some settlement is fragmented into several units and physically separated from each other is known as hamleted settlement. Examples of such settlement can be seen in Gujarat plain and some parts of Rajasthan. The settlement, clustering in a restricted area of dispersed settlement normally looks like semi-clustered. The shape of clustered settlement normally varies from rectangular, radial, to linear.Д¬lustered settlement in India normally found in fertile alluvial plains and in the northeastern states. The settlement in which the houses are closely built up and compact is known as clustered settlement. defence against thefts, robberies, etc.).Д«ased on above discussed factors, human settlement is categorized as в€’ relief feature, climate, and availability of water) Д¬ultural and ethnic factors (e.g. The pattern of human settlement is practically influenced by в€’ Large and densely populated settlement whose main occupational specialization is in tertiary activities is known as urban settlement. The sparsely populated settlement whose main occupation is agricultural and other primary sector activities, is known as village. On the basis of size and type, patterns of human settlement are studied hence, a settlement could be very small (e.g. A cluster of dwellings of any type and size where human beings live is known as human settlement.

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