human habitation; village; settlement
Refers to a place where people live, often used in contrast to wilderness or uninhabited areas. Common in expressions like 人里離れた (remote, far from human habitation).
There is no human habitation at all deep in those mountains.
I want to live quietly in a place far from human habitation.
remote; isolated; far from human habitation
Compound of 人 (ひと, 'person') and 里 (さと, 'village, countryside'). The reading ひとざと is a standard kun'yomi combination.