Author: Patel, J.K.
Title: Survey Report on Selected Town Vadnagar
Description: Delhi, Controller of Publications, (1990). orig.wrappers. 28x22cm, xxvi,329 pp, Series: Census of India 1981, Series 5 - Gujarat. Part X - B. 20pp photos, 2 maps. Corners bumped,rear cover heavily rubbed,cover edge chips,Good ¶ Includes textual tables,graphs, 2 large folding maps and 20pp photo illustrations. Study of a medium-sized town on the bank of Sarmistha Tank in the northeast corner of Mahesana district, Gujarat state (102 km from Ahmadabad), inhabirted mainly by Kadva Patidar , Thakarda & Bhavsar communities, center of the Kohlapuri "Gur" trade. Details topography, 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 areas of sub-standard living conditions; organization of power & prestige; leisure & recreation, social participation, religion, crime, etc. Publisher's colophon on rear cover reads: " PRG 17.81 (Gujarat)- 300 - 1990 (DSK II)" [ie: published in an edition of 300 copies]

Keywords: Gujarat, Social geography, Social statistics, Social anthropology, Demography, Census of India, Population, South Asia, Urbanization, Vadnagar