Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-403 (iii) (elective) Course Name: Social Geography with Special Reference to India |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Nature and scope of social geography, its development and place among social sciences. 2. Sources and problems of data for study in social geography of India. 3. Social differentiation and region formation, social evolution, social space, social and spatial justice. |
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| 2 | 4. Tribes: social formations, rural-urban and spatial distribution and impacts of development. 5. Castes: origin, caste and morphology of settlements, caste and clan territories and distribution of scheduled castes. |
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| 3 | 6. Languages: classification, historical processes of diffusion and geographical distribution, linguistic regions 7. Religions: origin, historical background and spatial distribution of religious groups, minority and segregation in space, communalism. |
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| 4 | 8. Social change and transformation in India, Modernization and Sanskritization 9. Rural-urban interaction and social change. 10. Social wellbeing: overview of the concept. |
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