Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status. Besides being important in social theory, the concept of class as a collection of individuals sharing similar economic circumstances has been widely used in censuses and in studies of social mobility.
In the urban areas social classes comprise principally. (i) Capitalists (commercial and industrial), (ii) Professional classes, (iii) Petty traders and shopkeepers and (iv) Working.
