The characteristics of society are given below:Society consists of people. Without people there is no society. There is no social life and social relationships at all.Mutual awareness and mutual interaction – Society is the group of persons by continuous communication between each other. Society refers to mutual contact with more two persons. Society is the process by men interpenetrates the minds of one another. The limitations of the society are marked by the social interactions limits. Social interaction is only made possible because of the mutual awareness. Society exists where social beings behave towards each other in ways determined by their recognition with each other. Without mutual awareness there is no society. Social relationship therefore involves mutual awareness.

It satisfies the needs of its members.

One of the characteristic of society is having sense of belonging and cooperation. It is more or less permanent association

It is abstract (Because social relationships can be felt and imagined and cannot be seen).

Theorigin of sociology in Indiaas a distinct discipline can be traced back to the period around 1920s. Teaching ofsociologystarted in Bombay University as early as 1914 but the birth of current academicsociologytook place only with the establishment of departments ofsociologyin Bombay and Lucknow.