A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF WEEKLY MARKET CENTRES IN PANDHARPUR TAHSIL

Market Centres are economically most important and represent the region pattern of
development. They provide trade and commerce to the region and also help in increasing social contact,
serve as centers of diffusion and become focus for political and other activities. Hence the market centres
have predominant economic important in any region. For the convenience of study, based on duration,
market centres are divided in two daily and weekly market centres. In the rural economy weekly market
centers plays an important role in exchanging the local produce through certain norms where 'system of
rural markets serve as the nodal points for the collection and distribution of large range of goods and
services of both local and external origin'.

市场中心（Market Centres）在经济维度占据核心地位，同时也是区域发展格局的具象表征。它们为区域提供商贸支撑，助力社会交往扩容，承担着传播扩散的枢纽职能，并成为政治及其他各类活动的聚焦核心。故此，市场中心在任一区域均具备举足轻重的经济价值。为便于研究，依据运营周期维度，市场中心可划分为每日型与每周型两类。在农村经济体系中，每周型市场中心依托既定规范开展本地物产交换活动，发挥着关键作用——正如表述所言，"农村市场体系是集散本地及外来全品类商品与服务的核心节点"。