VILLAGES, THEIR TYPES & REGULATING

AUTHORITY

Dr. Zaffar Iqbal

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 TYPES OF VILLAGES

 Historically these are categories:

 LAND OWENERSHIP/ NATURE OF RREVENUE
COLLECTION:
 Landlord Villages
 Ryotwari Villages
 NATURE OF VILLAGE ORGANISATION:
 Co-operative Villages
 Semi-Collective Villages
 Canal Colonies/ Villages/ Settlement
 Collective Village
TYPES OF VILLAGES (Continue)

ON THE BASIS OF RESIDENCE:

Migratory Village
Semi-permanent - Agricultural Village
Permanent - Agricultural Village
 Types of Villages (Continue)

 TYPE BASED ON STRUCTURE:

 The Nucleated Village
 The Linear Village
 The Dispersed Village.
 Isolated Villages
 NUCLEATED VILLAGES

Nucleated village is a type of

settlement pattern which has
homesteads clustered around a central
point called a nucleus. The focal point
depends on location and culture and
may include a shrine, rural market,
etc.
 LINEAR VILLAGE

Linear village, a small to medium-sized

settlement that is formed around a transport
route, such as a mountain ridge, road, river,
stream or canal or . Initially the houses were
all built on one side of the route. 
In the linear villages, the main road is
generally the main connecting road joining
the houses or settlements.
 DISPERSED VILLAGES

Dispersed villages are ones where the houses are

spread out over a wide area. They are often
the homes of farmers. These clusters/ tiny
villages are owned by family head, and
inhabited by sons and relatives. These are
settled near to their farms.
 ISOLATED VILLAGES

Isolated villages are ones where the houses are

too spread and too scattered. It might be new
settlement. Or someone has settled in its
agriculture lands.
DIAGRAM - TYPES OF VILLAGES
 Sindh Board of Revenue

 REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
 Senior Member Board of Revenue / Relief
Commissioner / Chief Land Commissioner
 Member Registration Stamps and Evacuee
Property
 Member / Secretary, Land Utilization
 Member / Secretary, Gothabad
 Member Reforms Wing & Special Cell
 Member Judicial I. Member Judicial II. Member
Judicial III.
Land Use Agriculture
 MEMBER LAND UTILIZATION
 Policies for disposal of state land for the
following:
  Agriculture purpose in Rural Areas
  Residential purpose in Rural and Urban Areas
  Commercial purpose
   Industrial purpose
   Charitable purpose
   Religious purpose
 MEMBER GOTHABAD

The Sindh Gothabad (Housing Scheme) Act 1987

was introduced in 1987. Its purpose was the
regularization of villages and to confer
proprietary/ ownership rights to the existing
occupants as well as to the shelter less people
in the rural areas of Sindh province. The
scheme was prepared to enable the poor
occupants to enjoy the fruit of ownership of
land that too free of cost.
Sindh’s Administrative Structure (Revenue)

Division
Districts
Talukas
Circles
Tapa
Deh
Villages
Task

Draw maps/ free hand drawings of types of

villages.
Search Number of divisions, districts and
taluaks, dehs in Sind
Weekend Task

Districts in Sindh
1847 – 1867
1867 – 1887
1887-1900
1900-1920
1920-1940
1940-1960
1960-1980
1980-2000
2020-2020
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