THIS IS THE SLIDE TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY

1. ORGANIZING SOCIAL LIFE
COMMUNITY

2. Background
• Community is a small homogenous territorial
group with strong ‘we-feelings.’
• it is the total organization of social life within a
limited area.
• The things make the community are:
- Human population,
- Limited geographical area,
- Common interdependent life,
- Specific mother tongue, wearing, skill, locality
and distinct way of life…….

3. - Same sentiments and goals,
- Similar attitude,
- information etc.
Example: Newar community of Khokana is
celebrating Si:kali Jatra.

4. Difinitions
E.S. Bogardus- Community is a social group with
some degree of ‘we-feelings’ and living in a
given area.
It advocates that community is a
collection of people in terms of caste, class,
ethnicity and religion.
It is the territorial group with common interests,
sentiments and activities.

5. MAJOR TYPES OF COMMUNITY
1. Rural community:
- It lives in a rural area with distinct way of life.
- It exhibits the common features of mode of
production, natural behavior, high social
solidarity, reciprocity, altruism, similar way of life
and trust to each other.
- Major occupation: agriculture, animal husbandry,
cottage industry etc.
- It gradually changing into urban nature because
of education, transportation, mass media and
migration etc.

6. 2. Urban community:
- It is larger section of the people living
together for their collective good.
- Features: Heterogeneity, complexity, infra-
structural development, advance trade,
commerce, business and industry.
- It has similar way of life patterns despite of
heterogeneity.

7. Characteristics of Community
1. Community is a small territorial group
2. It has fixed geographical location with locality
3. Specific name and distinct cultural identity
4. Strong ‘we-feeling’ among the members
5. Spontaneous growth
6. No legal status
7. Wider ends with permanency
8. Small size of society.