Author: Swain, S.K. & Das, J.K.
Title: Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns: Paradip
Description: Delhi, Controller of Publications, (1988). orig.boards. 29x20cm, vii,(19),336pp, Includes textual tables, 4 maps (1 large,folding), + 16pp photos.Census of India 1971 ; Series 16.. 4 maps, 16pp photo illus.. Orig.cloth-backed boards,corners rubbed,some bumps & stains,Good ¶ Study of a port town adjacent to the Bay of Bengal & delta of the river Mahandi in the Cuttack district of Orissa state. 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 of sub-standard living conditions; organization of power & prestige; leisure & recreation; religion; crime, etc. Publisher's colophon on rear cover reads: "PRG 12.81 Orissa - 300 - 1988 (DSK II)" [ie: published in an edition of 300 copies]

Keywords: Orissa, Census of India, Urban geography, Urban sociology, Social anthropology, Social statistics, South Asia, Demography, Population, Cuttack Paradip