Spatial properties of village-shapes in Dandakaranya, India.

Abstract

The results of the spatial properties of village-shapes reveal that more than half of the percentage of sample villages record their shape between 0.3 to 0.6 shape index, indicating a triangular shape; while hexagonal and circular shapes are not very common. The comparison of population density with shape attributes does not show any association. Village-shape is more closely related with physical environment than population and areal coverage. -Authors