He was interested to meet people in other villages, so we took him to a settlement called Basti Mochiwali, which is a satellite hamlet next to Alipur village.

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The coastal village of Bamburgh is an "unspoilt hamlet dwarfed by the romantic profile of an intimidating castle" and Lindisfarne is a magical, two-mile square island.

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He was twice recognized as best village headman of his province and even honored by royal visits to observe his efforts to develop his hamlet and keep it drug-free.

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In 2007 the BBC visited the small hamlet of Shangba in southern China where one scientist was studying the cause and effects of pollution on the village.

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