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Dispersed villages

In dispersed type of villages the farmers live separately on their respective farms. The dwellings of the people are scattered according to the farm areas owned or cultivated by each farmer.

Dispersed villages are found on the Western Ghats of India, in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra states. In Karnataka in Malnad areas such as Shimoga, Chikmagalur and Kodagu, farms and estates are normally scattered. Here often five-ten houses constitute a village.

In dispersed villages, the dwelling houses are connected with the country service road. Adjacent to the dwelling houses the farmer keeps his livestock and farm equipments. In this type of village families are forced to find services such as markets, stores, hostels, shops, schools, primary health centres and such other things in nearby towns. Since people are scattered over the area their social life may assume different forms. The dispersed villages are such that one often finds it difficult to make out where one village ends and another starts.

The people of dispersed villages have their own difficulty in defending their common interests against odds or external dangers. Each family has to do it by itself. The nucleated village in this respect has a greater advantage for it can defend its common interests collectively. The problem of self-defence of the dispersed villages has made some communities such as Nayars of Malabar and Coorgs of Kodagu to grow into martial races.