A) Definitions:
- It may be defined as a larger group of individual living together from a long time in a locality having common interest goals and way of life.
- It is an aggregate of mutually related individual in a given location.
- There are two conditions for a group to be a community.
- The group of members lives together territory.
- They fulfill the needs of there life.
B) Examples of community:
- Village.
- Chak
- Mohallah.
- Basti.
- Tribe.
c) Difference Between Community And Society
| SR. NO# | COMMUNITY | SOCIETY |
| Smaller group of people. | Large group of people | |
| People have close interaction. | People have no close interaction | |
| People have sentiments with one another and towards locality. | People have no sentiments with one another and towards locality. | |
| There is sense of belonging to one another. | There is no feeling of belonging. | |
| Social life people are influenced. By local culture. | Social lives of people are influenced by general culture | |
| The number of institution are limited | The numbers of institution are unlimited. | |
| Co-operations with one another is more effective. | Co-operations with one another are less effective. |
There are two type of community:
- Rural.
- Urban.
d) DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RURAL & URBAN COMMUNITY
| SR. NO# | RURAL | URBAN |
| 1 | Number of professions is limited. | Number of professions is un-limited. |
| 2 | Sparsely populated. | Thickly populated. |
| 3 | Informal relations. | Formal relations. |
| 4 | Rate of social mobility is lower. | Rate of social mobility is high. |
| 5 | Social life is simple. | Social life is complex. |
| 6 | Economy depends upon agriculture. | Economy depends upon different profession and business activities. |
| 7 | Means are communications are very slow. | Means are communications are very fast. |
| 8 | No modern facilities. | Modern facilities are present. |
| 9 | There is endogamy. | Exogamy is present. |
| 10 | Culture life is influenced. | Culture life is less influenced. |
| 11 | Peoples are superstitious. | Peoples are less superstitious. |