Hamleted Settlements: 

(i)Sometimes settlement is fragmented into several units physically separated from each other bearing a common name.

(ii)These units are locally called panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani, etc. in various parts of the country.

(iii)This segmentation of a large village is often motivated by social and ethnic factors.

(iv)Such villages are more frequently found in the middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh and lower valleys of the Himalayas.