Spatial analysis of hierarchy of periodic market centres: A case study of uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal

As the hierarchical system is an integral part of spatial model of periodic market places so it is imperative to derive the hierarchical levels of some periodic market centres. Uttar Dinajpur district has 210 periodic markets with numerous sizes in its magnitude of trade and others functional parameters. The main purpose of this study is to asses the importance of some selected Periodic Market centres in terms of marketing functions. The implications of hierarchical models impinge upon grading of market places in placing them into their one or other subsets. Each subset or order exhibits specific groups of market functions. High order market places are relatively complex and possess almost all groups of function of low order market places.