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MEANING AND CHARTACTERSTICS
RURAL SOCIETY
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• The term „rural society‟ is used almost
interchangeable with terms like „villages‟,
„countryside‟ ,or „folk society‟.
• In sociological literature most commonly used
term is the village.
• In India , a community having a population of less
than 5oo persons per square kilometer , 3/4th
population is engaged in primary occupation ,namely
agriculture , has a village panchayat , is classified as
village for administrative purposes.
INTRODUCTION
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• For sociologists , the term „rural society‟ implies the
following:
• It is a small society , meaning thereby that it has a
small population and extends over a shorter physical
area.
• Density of rural population is very low and it may be
clustered according to the criteria of social status
• It is an agrarian society
• It is marked by traditional moral customs(mores) and
folkways. It preserves the traditional culture.
MEANING
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• DUBE , LEWIS . SRINIVAS ,MARROIT
,BAILEY , GOUGH , BERREMAN
,EPSTEIN ,ANDRE BETEILLE , T.K.
OOMEN , K.L. SHARMA etc ARE SOME
SOCIOLOGISTS AND
ANTHROPOLOGISTS WHO HAVE
STUDIED INDIAN VILLAGES.
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• Closely associated with nature
• Agricultre dominated economy
• Small size of community
• Greater homogeneity of population
• Social differentiation /social stratification
• Social mobility
• Social control
• Leadership pattern
• Social solidarity
CHARACTERISTICS
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FAMILY
INSTITUTIONAL FEATURES
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• Family is the oldest ,most prevalent and
enduring social institution everywhere in the
world.
• It plays a decisive role in the material and
cultural life of the rural aggregate
• Rural society is marked by patriarchal joint
family where the grandfather is the
patriarch.The grandmother is his deputy.
RURAL FAMILY
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• It is the old and universal institution of india.
• According to Mandelbaum “it consists typically of a
set of men , related as fathers and sons or brothers ,
together with their wives and children. It is generally a
unit of consumption and a unit of production.The
property is held in common under the trusteeship of
the eldest male member.All the members of the joint
family are fed from the common kitchen and have a
single purse.”
• It include four or more generations
JOINT FAMILY
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• Greater homogeneity
• Based on peasant household
• Greater discipline
• Greater interdependence
• Dominance of family ego
• Authority of father
• Filial ana fraternal solidarity
• Hierarchy in family roles
• Close participation in various activities.
CHARACTERISTICS
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• According to burgess and locke ,”by familism is
meant, in general ,accecptance of welfare of the
family group as the central value to which the interests
of the individual members are subordinated.”
FAMILISM
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• Marriage at earlier age and its higher rate.
• Family as a unit of social responsibility
• Family as a basis of norms of societies
• Family, its impress in political form
• Co-operative rather than contractual relations
• Family as a unit of production , consumption and
exchange.
• Dominance of family cult and ancestor worship
• Less mobility
TRAITS OF FAMILISM
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• SOCIAL
• POLITICAL
• ECONOMIC
• RELIGIOUS
• CULTURAL
• EDUCATIONAL
FUNCTIONS OF RURAL FAMILY
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• There is a change in both structure and functions of
the rural family.
• Traditional joint families are giving way to nuclear
households.
• Position of women in rural family has improved
• The cementing bond of family is being changed from
consanguinity to conjugality.
• The basis of rural family relationship is shifting from
status to contract.
CHANGING TRENDS IN RURAL
FAMILY
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• The family is being transformed from a unit of
production into a unit of consumption
• Familism ,too, is gradually dropping off.
CHANGING TRENDS IN RURAL
FAMILY (CONT…)
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MARRIAGE
INSTITUTIONAL FEATURE
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• Marriage is a socially recognised assumption by man
and woman of the kinship status of husband and
wife.
• The marriage has never been individual affair.
• It is a family affair and brings two families together.
• In rural india ,because of village exogamy, marriage
has been viewed as a village affair where two villages
are involved.
MARRIAGE INSTITUTION
(RURAL MARRIAGE)
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• A marriage is inevitable in a rural society.
• Unmarried daughters are disgrace to the family and it
shows the neglect of duty on the part of the parents.
• A marriage mobilizes family resources.
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• Marriage is absolutely essential
• Marriage at an early age.
• Forms of marriage (monogamy, polygyny)
• Marriage with relatives prohibited
• Arranged marriages
• Matching of horoscope
MAIN FEATURES OF RURAL
FAMILY INSTITUTIONS
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• Mate selection mean the process of the selection of
marriage partners by the prospective mates
themselves or by their kinsmen.
• K.M.Kapadia discuss it under the following three sub-
heads:
1. The parties to selection
2. The field of selection
3. The criteria of selection
RULES OF MATE SELECTION
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• Marriage partners themselves select their life partners
based on mutual volition
• Marriage partners are selected by the kinsmen
• Marriage partners are selected by the partners and the
kinsmen in mutual consultation.
THE PARTIES TO SELECTION
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• In rural areas, elders , kinsmen and sometimes
professinal intermedaries (nai)plays an important role
in initiating the marriage proposals.
• Eldest male have the final authority in such decisions.
THE PARTIES TO SELECTION
(CONT.)
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• It is governed, controlled and regulated by three
procedures i.e.
• Proscription (restrictions by society)
• Prescription(possible field within which one has to
choose)
• Preferences (importance to certain kinmen for being
selected)
THE FIELD OF SELECTION
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• The field of selection is determined by the interplay
of the rules of exogamy and endogamy.
• The rules of exogamy determine the inner field within
which one cannot marry.
• The rules of endogamy determine the outer
boundaries beyond which one cannot marry
THE FIELD OF SELECTION
(CONT…)
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INCEST TABOO
CLAN EXOGAMY
SAPINDA EXOGAMY
VILLAGE EXOGAMY
CASTE ENDOGAMY
CLASS ENDOGAMY
RACIAL ENDOGAMY
RELIGIOUS ENDOGAMY
LINGUISTIC ENDOGAMY
EXOGAMY ENDOGAMY
THE FIELD OF SELECTION
(CONT…)
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• In southern india , cross –cousin marriages are
preferred.
• Among muslims , marriage with father‟s brother‟s
daughter is obligatory.She is treated as bint-aam (chief
wife)
PREFERENTIAL MATES
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1. Familial attributes
2. Family background
3. Family reputation
4. Size of family
5. Educational level of family
6. Socio-economic status
7. Kinship alliance
1. Individual attributes
2. Age
3. Physical appearance
4. Health
5. Character
6. Conduct
7. Temperament
8. Education
9. Occupation
10. Income
11. Knowledge of household work
THE CRITERIA OF SELECTION
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• In some castes in south india, the family of the groom
pays bride-wealth at marriage to the family of the
bride
• Inmost of north india,it is the family of the bride that
gives dowry to the groom and his family.
BRIDE PRICE AND DOWRY
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• Dowries are usually givenwhen the status of the
bridegroom‟s family is superior to the bride‟s family.
• Bride-wealth is given where women are strong
economic assests to a family
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• Late marriges are becoming common
• Arranged marriges are not generally looked upon with
favour
• Non kindered marriages for the girls has become
preferential
• Changes in marriage ceremonies also noticed
CHANGING MARRIAGE PATTERNS
IN RURAL SOCIETY
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RURAL ECONOMY
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• In the Indian rural economy , land occupies the key
position
• Social life (power and prestige)in a village is based on
the economy of land and grain.
ECONOMIC INSTITUTION IN
RURAL SOCIETY
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• The indian rural economy is at different stages of
development with regard to the techniques of
production.
• Hoe level
• Plough level
• Tractors and fertilizers level
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF
RURAL ECONOMY
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• It is an important institution of rural economy.
• The term‟jajman‟ is in practice, used for any person
standing in the relationship of the employer.
• Kamin is one who performs service.
• The term jajman refers to the whole relationship.
• These relations are durable and they continue over
generations
JAJMANI SYSTEM
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• The jajmani system assures a stable labour supply to
the dominant castes.
• The kamins are paid in terms of cash,kind and
prerequisites on daily,monthly or yearly basis.
• Acc to wiser jajmani links are between families rather
than between castes
• A jajmani patron cannot abruptly discharge av
superflous or nefficient worker or quickly hires a new.
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• Kamin runs into indebtednessof the
jajmans.
• This system further gave rise to bonded
labour.
DISADVANTAGES
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1. Zamindari system
2. Mahalwari system
3. Ryotwari system
4. Various land reforms after independence.
LAND TENURE SYSTEM IN INDIA
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• New class structures are emerging in the agrarian
scene where economic and political power overpower
the ritual base i.e. Caste basis of stratification
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VILLAGE PANCHAYAT
RURAL POLITY
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• It is a system of local government at the village level.
• The panchayati raj system normally envisages a three-
tier arrangement:
• First at the village level
• Second at the block level
• Third at the district level
VILLAGE PANCHAYAT
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• The first comprehensive village panchayat act was
passed in 1947.
• Rajasthan was the first state to implement the
panchayati raj.
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• Development functions
• Civil functions
• Law and order functions
• Welfare functions
• Administrative functions
FUNCTIONS OF VILLAGE
PANCHAYAT
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• A step to revive the old institutions with a
presumption that power to the people can
• Lead to the third stratum of government
• Help panchayat retain the image of institution
• Translate the dream of grassroot democracy into
reality
73RD AMENDMENT ACT
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• It is obligatory for all the statesto establish a three-tier
system of panchayat at the village,intermediate and
district levels
• All seats in all the three-tiers will be filled in by direct
elections on the basis of adult franchise.
• Reservation of seats for the sc‟s,st,s and women in the
panchyats at all levels.
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS
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• Tenure of panchayats at all levels shall be five years
• Conduct of the elections to the panchayats shall be
the duty of state election commission.
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• Panchayati raj is becoming a political institution and
not merely a development institution.
• It opens tremendous possibilities for rapid social
change in india‟s villages.
• It helped in improving the status of sc‟s and st‟s in
highly stratified rural society.
• Decentralization of powers,
RESULTS
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• The reluctance of state level politicians to recognize
the importance of the lower levels of goverance---
their autonomy, their powers and their area of
functioning
• Low level of political consciousness.
• Low level of literacyespecially of women
• Patriarchal system
• Non coperative attitude of government officials .
GROUND REALITIES