Series NoteForeword - Prof. Yogendra SinghPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction - K L SharmaI: RURAL SOCIETY AND RURAL-URBAN RELATIONSRural Sociology: Its Need in India - A R DesaiA Research Focus for Rural Sociology - Harold F KaufmanSymposium on Rural Urban-Relations: The Industrialization and Urbanization of Rural Areas - M N SrinivasThe Rural-Urban Continuum: A Critical Evaluation - C RajagopalanModernization and the Urban-Rural Gap In India: An Analysis - N R Sheth'Fringe' Society and the Folk-Urban Continuum - M S A RaoRural Family Patterns: A Study In Urban-Rural Relations - K M KapadiaIndustrial Workers in Rural India - S D PatelII: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN RURAL INDIAMeasurement of Rigidity - Fluidity Dimension of Social Stratification in Six Indian Villages - Victor S D'souzaBhadralok and Chhotolok in a Rural Area of West Bengal - Surajit Sinha and Ranjit BhattacharyaCaste System in Contemporary Rural Bihar: A Study of Selected Villages - Gaurang Ranjan SahayPower Elite in Rural India: Some Questions and Clarifications - K L SharmaSocial Stratification and Institutional Change in a Gujarat Village - K C Panchanadikar and J PanchanadikarIII: VILLAGE PROFILESChokhala - An Intervillage Organization of a Caste in Rajasthan - Brij Raj ChauhanModernization and Changing Fertility Behaviour: A Study in a Rajasthan Village - Tulsi PatelIdeology, Power and Resistance in a South Indian Village - N Sudhakar RaoVoices from the Earth: Work and Food Production in a Punjabi Village - Radhika ChopraIV: RELIGION AND RITUALSPublic Shrines and Private Interests: The Symbolism of the Village Temple - Ursula SharmaA Study of Customs in Rural Mysore - K N VenkatarayappaRitual Circles in a Mysore Village - Gurumurthy K GowdraV: SOCIAL CHANGE IN RURAL INDIAStudy of Social Change in Independent Rural India: Critical Issues for Analyses in the Fourth Decade of Independence - H S VermaIndian Rural Society under the Impact of Planned Development - A Sociological Analysis - J M PanchanadikarDownward Social Mobility: Some Observations - K L SharmaDimensions of Agrarian Structure and Change: Issues in Theory - Pradip Kumar BoseIndexAppendix of Sources.