Human Habitation
Village
noun
A person's hometown is a human habitation, or a village. This word has a slightly old-fashioned feel, and it's usually used for small villages in the countryside.
It's often combined with はなれた (separated) to talk about how far away from the nearest human habitation something is.
This jukugo uses the kun'yomi of the kanji instead of the more usual on'yomi. You learned both of these readings when you learned the vocabulary 人 and 里. Just notice that さと becomes ざと, because of rendaku.
人里に来る
to come to the village
人里に下りる
to go down to the village
人里に出る
to go out to the village
この町は、人里に近い。
This town is close to human habitation.
人里からはなれた山に家が有ります。
There is a house in the mountain far from the village.
人里にクマが出てくることがある。
Sometimes, bears show up in villages.