Difference between Rural and Urban Life:
Difference between Rural and Urban Life:
SR .NO | Rural Life | Urban life |
1 | Environment: Close / direct contact with nature. Preliminaries influenced by natural environmental elements like rain, heat, drought, frost, sow etc. over which there is no control. | Greater isolation from nature. Predominance of manmade (artificial environment). |
2 | Occupation: Agricultural is the fundamental occupation. Majority of population is engaged in agriculture. Neighbors of Agriculturist are also agriculturist | No fundamental occupation. Most of people engaged in principally in manufacturing, mechanical pursuits, trade commerce, professions and other non-agricultural occupations. |
3 | Size of Community: Size of community is very small in size. Agriculturalism and size of community are negatively co-related. | Size of community is large in size. Urbanity and size of community are positively co-related. |
4 | Density of Population: Density of population is lower. Density and rurality are negatively co-related. | Size of community is large in size. Urbanity and size of community are positively co-related. |
5 | Homogeneity and heterogeneity of population: More homogenous in social, racial and psychological traits. Negative co0-relation with heterogeneity. (Most are agriculturists are directly connected with agriculture). | More heterogeneous than rural. Urbanity and heterogeneity are positively co-related (Different type of population is seen in cities, different places, religions, caste, class race, community, economic and cultural differences, occupations and behavioral pattern also different). |
6 | Social Differentiations: Low degree of social differentiation | High degree of social differentiation |
7 | Social Stratification: More rigid Fewer economic, occupational, and sociopolitical classes. Less social stratification than urban. | Less rigid Urban community is much more strategic than the rural with having much more economic, occupational and social political classes. |
8 | Social Mobility: Mobility is less intensive. Territorial, occupational and other forms of social mobility of the population are less intensive. They follows same occupation, stay in the same village | Social mobility is more intensive. People change occupation and even leave places in search of new and better occupation |
9 | Social Interaction: Less numerous contacts. The area of interaction system is narrower. More professional, simple, face to face. Informal, sincere relations. | More numerous contacts. Area of interactions is wider, the relation are superficial and short-lived. The popular are more formal and showy. |
10 | Social Solidarity: Social solidarity or cohesiveness and unity are more stronger / greater than urban. Common traits, similarity of experiences, common aims and purposes, common customs and traditions are the basis of unity in village. Strong sense of belonging and unity. | Social solidarity is less stronger than rural, dissimilarities, division of labour, interdependence, specialization, impersonal, strictly formal relationships results comparatively less sense of belonging and unity. |
11 | Social Control: Social pressure by community is strong. Conformity of norms is more by informal social pressure. | Control is more by formal impersonal means of laws, prescribed rules and regulations. |
12 | Social Change: Rural social life is relatively static and stable. | Urban social life is under constant and rapid social change |
13 | Culture: Sacred (Religious) culture. | Secular (Non-religious) culture. |
14 | Leadership Pattern: Choice of leadership more on the basis of known personal qualities of individual, due to greater face to face contacts and more intimate knowledge of individual. | Choices of leadership is comparatively less on the basis of know personal qualities of individual |
15 | Group: Rural society is simple Unit-group society | Urban society is complex multi-group society. |
16 | Social Institutions: Most of the institutions are natural outgrowth of rural social life. Less enacted institutions. | Numerous enacted institutions. |
17 | Standard of Living: Home conveniences, public utilities, educational recreational religious, medical, communication and other facilities for living can be provided if supported by sufficient population base | In urban areas such conveniences and facilities are provided due to greater density of population |
18 | Standard of living is low. | Standard of living is high. |