Author: Patel, J.K.
Title: Survey Report on Select Town: Tharad
Description: Delhi, Controller of Publications, (1989). orig.boards. 28x22cm, xxiv,364 pp. Orig.cloth-backed boards. Census of India 1981, Series 5 - Gujarat, Pt. X - B. 11pp photos, folding map. Corner bumps,cover stains & soil,rubbed,one page corner torn,VG ¶ Includes textual tables, large folding map + 11pp photo illustrations. Study of a town in the Banas Kantha district of Gujarat state (bordering Rajasthan state & Pakistan), formerly an independent Princely State. A center of Jain worship (16 Jain temples) believed to have been established by Jain Saint Thirpal Dharu. 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 & other areas with sub-standard living conditions;organization of power & prestige; leisure & recreation, social participation, religion, crime, etc. Publisher's colophon on rear cover reads: "PRG 16.81 (Gujarat) - 300 - 1989 (DSK II)" [ie: published in an edition of 300 copies]

Keywords: Gujarat, Census of India, Urban sociology, Social geography, Social anthropology, Demography, Population, South Asia, Social statistics, Tharad Banas Kantha