Rural population | Urban Population |
a. People in rural areas are involved in primary activities like farming and fishing. | People in urban areas are involved activities which are based upon secondary and tertiary activities like manufacturing and services. |
b. People generally inherit jobs in rural areas like carpenter, blacksmith , weavers, washermen | Urban is city based living and involve a range of activities like IT, jobs in the government or private sector, clerical and professional jobs |
c. People from rural areas migrate in large numbers to urban areas. Rural areas sparsely populated characterized by simple living. | Cities are densely populated with complex way of living. |