Q Define the Term settlement in Geography?

Ans In Geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated

place is a community in which people live. Human Settlement means cluster of
dwellings of any type or size where human beings live. For this purpose, people
may erect houses and other structures and command some area or territory as
their economic support-base
Q What do you mean by Settlement Hierarchy?
Ans.A settlement hierarchy is found by putting settlements in a region or country
into a rank order either by population or type and range of services. A settlement
hierarchy is when settlements are put in an order and classified based on their
size and/or the range of services that they provide for people. The higher up the
hierarchy you go, there are fewer settlements but they increase in their size in
terms of population and the number of services provided
Q Write the hierarchical order of settlement?
Ans The generally accepted order of the hierarchy is:
 Isolated dwelling (>10 people)
 Hamlet (>100 people)
 Village (100-1,000 people)
 Small town (1,000-20,000 people)
 Large town (20,000-100,000 people)
 City (100,000-one million people)
 Large city or conurbation (<1,000,000 people)