Pakistani village life ( ) is the traditional

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life of the people of

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. People in village usually live in houses made of bricks, clay or mud. These typically have two or three rooms which house extended families. Although now they prefer living by making separate home for each family (nuclear units) but they don't live far away from their relatives, and they are extending their villages by making more homes. Due to geographical and other socioeconomic diversity, different regions have slightly different physical and social layout. For example, in Gongrani,

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, people live in homes built within cliff-side caves that are connected by walkways. Most of the villagers are farmers but other rural occupations include

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, hairdressers and tailorers, shepherds. Rural social organization in Pakistan is marked by kinship and exchange relations. Socioeconomic status among rural Pakistani villagers is often based upon the ownership of

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, which also may provide

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in village cultures. The majority of rural Pakistani inhabitants livelihoods is based upon the rearing of livestock, which also comprises a significant part of Pakistan's gross domestic product. Some livestock raised by rural Pakistanis include cattle and goats. The traditional culture of the village is now subject to change due to the effects upon village society due to rural urbanization, and from the introduction of modern technology, such as pumps and

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s for irrigation.Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). page 104. Resistance to social and cultural changes exists among Pakistani village inhabitants, and varying methods of managing these changes have been tried.

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* * {{cite journal , title=Review: The Village Culture in Transition: A Study of East Pakistan Rural Society by S. M. Hafeez Zaidi; Change and Continuity in India's Villages by K. Ishwaran, journal=American Anthropologist , volume=74 , issue = 1/2, date=February–April 1972 , author=Opler, Morris E. , pages=63–65, jstor = 672024, doi=10.1525/aa.1972.74.1-2.02a00540 , doi-access=free Society of Pakistan Rural society Villages in Pakistan