Exploring Rural Sociology of Punjab, Pakistan
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https://doi.org/10.62843/jssr.v5i1.494Keywords:
Social, Rural, Punjab, Government, Provincial, Industrialization, Social Design, Provincial HumanismAbstract
Rural sociology in Punjab, Pakistan, is a basic field of study that looks at the social designs, social elements, and financial states of rustic networks. This research paper expects to investigate the provincial humanism of Punjab, Pakistan remembering the vital parts of rustic life for Punjab, including conventional rural practices, connection frameworks, social definition, and the effect of modernization. The rustic areas of Punjab address a huge part of the populace and assume a critical part in the nation's economy and social texture. This paper will break down different perspectives like social designs, social practices, monetary exercises, and local area elements inside country Punjab. By looking at these elements, this study tries to give an extensive comprehension of the country human science of Punjab and its suggestions for the locale's turn of events. For the examination, contextual investigation has been finished after correlation with the provincial areas of France city to get the difficulties tackled and feature what could be what's in store possibilities in building the rustic culture in a superior way like non-industrial nations. The research features how factors like movement, industrialization, and government approaches impact provincial occupations. Also, it digs into difficulties like destitution, ignorance, orientation aberrations, and admittance to medical services and schooling. By understanding these elements, the review gives bits of knowledge into manageable provincial turn of events and strategy proposals for working on the financial states of Punjab's country populace.
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