Give geographical reason: In rural settlements, land use is related to agriculture.

Answer: Because the main occupation of people in rural settlements is agriculture and related primary activities.

• Rural settlements are located close to farmland, water sources and grazing grounds.
• Most land around a village is used for fields, orchards, pastures, threshing floors, cattle sheds and storage of grain and fodder.
• Houses themselves are built to suit farming needs (space for animals, implements and produce).
• Hence rural land use is mainly agricultural, unlike urban land use which is commercial, industrial and residential.