Author: Ram, R.K. ; Gopal, Chandan ; & Singh, R.K.
Title: Survey Report on Village Chapnu [Uttar Pradesh]
Description: Faridibad, Government of India Press, (1989). orig. wrappers. viii,74,(16)pp, 29x22cm, Series: Census of India 1981, Series 22 - Uttar Pradesh, part X - C. 3 maps, 16pp photoplates. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Study of a small uniethnic tribal village (inhabited by Juansari- Kolta tribe) siruated in the Juansar Bawar area of the Himalayan foothills in Chakrati tahsil, Dehria Dun district, Uttar Pradesh state. "Owing to its peculiar location, it has been isolated for quite a long time and has developed its own social system, traditions & culture. Prevalence of polyandry system of marriage is a well-known peculiarity...". Details physical characteristics of the village, social demographic & vital statistics; economy, social & cultural life. Publisher's colophon at bottom of last page reads: "MGIPF - 658 RGI/88 - 300 - 24-8-89" [ie: published in an edition of 300 copies]

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Uttar Pradesh, Census of India, Social anthropology, Social statistics, Tribal villages, Polyandry, Demography, Population, Chapnu Chakrati