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Settlements - Migrations

Telangana Board · Class 10 · Social Studies

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1. Settlement, Early Life, and the Beginning of Settlements

  • A settlement is the geographic space where people live and work.
  • Settlements include different activities such as educational, medical, religious, and commercial activities.
  • Early humans lived in bands as hunter-gatherers for about 1.8 lakh years.
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2. Site, Situation, and Settlement Growth

  • Site refers to the physical characteristics of a place such as topography, altitude, water bodies, soil, security, and shelter from natural forces.
  • Situation describes the connections of a place with other places.
  • Pratapgadh Fort was built by Chhatrapati Shivaji in Maharashtra because its altitude gave military security and allowed surveillance of surrounding areas.
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3. Settlement Hierarchy in India

  • The Census of India organises settlements into a hierarchy based on population and other criteria.
  • Mega Cities have more than 10 million people.
  • Metropolitan Cities or Million Plus Cities have population between 1 million and 10 million.
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4. Urbanisation in India

  • Urbanisation is the process in which people increasingly take up non-agricultural work and live in cities and towns.
  • In India, nearly 350 million people, i.e. one-third of the population, live in cities and towns.
  • In the 1950s there were only 5 cities with more than 1 million population and about 40 cities with 1 lakh population.

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A settlement is the way peopleEarly humans lived for about 1Settlements change because of migrationSite refers to the physical characteristicsSituation describes the connections of

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