Author: Ramaswami, K.V.; Rajaram, T.S.; Nandagopal, N. Sukumar & Narayanan, A.R.
Title: Town Survey Report Neyveli [Tamil Nadu]
Description: Coimbatore, Government of India Press, (1991). orig. wrappers. xii,149,(31)pp, 29x21cm. Series: Census of India 1981. Series 20 - Tamil Nadu; Part X - B.. 31pp photoplates; 2 maps. Corner bumps. Spine chips & tears. Some wear. Good. ¶ Study of one of the most important industrial towns of India, located in the South Arcot district of Tamil Nadu,home to Asia's largest opencast mine (Neyveli Lignite Mine). Details topography & physical environment; history of growth of the town; amenities & services; economic life; ethnic & selected social-demographic characteristics, migration & settlement of families; neighbourhood pattern; family life; housing & material culture; slums, blighted and other areas of sub-standard living conditions; organization of power & prestige; leisure & recreation, social participation,religion, crime, etc. Includes 2 folding maps + 31pp photoplates.Textual graphs & tables. Publisher's colophon at bottom of last text page reads: "MGIPCBE- S1 - 19 RGI/NA/90 - 30-8-91 - 300." [ie: published in an edition of 300 copies]

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Industrialization, Urbanization, Urban sociology, Urban geography, Census South Asia, Tamil Nadu, Demography, Population India, Neyveli Arcot