Town Survey Report Mapusa, Part XB, Series-29
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CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 PART-XB SERIES- 29 GOA, DAMAN & DIU TO"WN SURVEY REPORT MAPUSA s. RA..JENDRAN Deputy Director of Cenaus Operation.!! Goa, Daman & Diu f 0 M~ T .<1 L a; L U () k c .f! " 1,/- ' ~ I ) (, ) __ \ ,../\ r" ",' \ ~, ,,; ,I /' 33~ R. O. Jndia/ND/88 The Mapu5a Municipal Building is one of the oldest buildings constructed in 1854 and renovated during 1942-45. Before the construction of the present building. the Municipality was functioning in the present Iudicial Court building. The municipali ties in the Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu have their origin in the 16th Century. However. the civic administration in Bardez taluka was introduced in 1774 with the establishment of ' Senado de Camara' in Mapusa with its jurisdiction of entire taluka. It was discontinued in 1178 hut was reestablished in 1783. It was substituted by 'Camara' Municipality under the Constitution of 1822. As per the system existing then, the President of a "Camara' Municipality was a Government appointed person and the members though elected, represented the limited sections of the community. The Portugue~ legislation called the 'Reforma Administrative Ultra Marino' regulated the working and functioning of the Municipalities during the preliberation period and also in the post liberation period till the enforcement of the Goa, Daman & Diu Municipalities Act, 1968. The Municipal building also houses the Athaide Municipal Library (Est. ISS) and the Sub-Registrar's Office. iii 1981 OENSUS PUBLICATIONS OF GOA, DAMAN It DIU (All tlte C8n1tt8 Publication" of this Union Territory will bear series No. 29) Part Central Go'f'erDlllent Publications I-A • Administration Report-Enumeration (for officia.l use only) I-B • • Admini&tration Report-Tabulation (for official use only) II-A and II-B General Population Tables and Primary Census Abstract III-A & B & IV-A General Economic Tables and Social and Cultural Tables V-A & B Migration Tables VI-A & B . Fertility Tables vn • Tables a.nd ,i,Houses & Diiabled Population. VIU-A & B • Household Tables IX Special Tablelil fOf Scheduled Castes a.nd!.Scheduled Tribes K-B Survey Reports on selected towns K-G Survey Reports on selected villages XII • Cencll& A.tlas PabIl catioas of the Government of Goa, Daman & Diu xnr-A & B -ViUag~ and Town Directory and Village and Town-wise Primary Census Absrtact ·Iv ApArt from the decenaial enu.meration of population, the Indian Census is steeped in the tradition of undertaking a variety or studies of topical intere-st. In fact, the publication& brought out in connection with the earlier censuses contained varitable mines of information on racial, cul tural, linguistic and a number of other aspects of life of the people of this country. With the advent of freedom. however, the scope and dimension of these special studies had to be restructured in a manner that would provide the basic feedbacb on the processes of development taking place in different spherei of lire of the people especially under planned development. Thus. in connection .... ith the 1961 Census, a massive programme was launched inter- alia to conduct socio-economic .uney of about 500 villages selected from diffelent parts of the country. The main objective of this ltudy 'la, to know the way of life of the people living in Indian villages which accounted for 8:2 per cent of the total population as per the 1961 Census. There was, however, an imperative need to extend the area of the study to urban centres as well, to provide a complete coverage of the people living in diverse socio-economic conditions. It was with this objective in view ancillary studies on tOWIli were la.unched ali part of the social studies programme in connection with the 1971 Census. The programme of social studie:o taken up in connection with the 1971 Census, was continued without any major change at the 1981 Census as well. A study on traditional rural based handicrafts was, how~vc:r, addeda5a new item under the social study projects of the 1981 Censu~. For the conduct of urban study, 64 bmall and medium towns were sekcted from different parts of the country follow ing the criteria such as (a) size, (b) demographic features, (c) functional characteristics, (d) specific industry or occupa.tion dominating the economy, (e) location, (f) concentration of different castell and communities, and (g) other social and cultural phenomenon like temple town, health resort etc. The r~search design, toob for data collection and formats for data tabulation and report writing required for urban studies were originally formulated by Dr. B.K. Roy Burman, the then D~puty Registrar General, Social Studies Division. His successor, Dr. N.G. Nag took considerable paios to r~vise all the formats to make them more comprehensive. Dr. K.P. Ittaman. the present D~puty R~gistrar General heading Social Studies Division, coordinated these studies at different lev~ls a5 w.::ll as r~ndered necessary guidance to the Directorates of Census Operations for their succe's ful consummation. Shri M.K. Jain. Senior R.esearch Officer with the able assistance of Investigators Shri R. K. Mehta and Shri Ganesh Das did a commendable job in scrutinising the reports and commu nicating the comments thereon to the Directorates. I am grateful to all of them. The present report is the out-come of a study on Mapusa town undertaken by the Directorat¢ of Census Op~rations, Goa. I am indebted to Shri S. Rajendran, Deputy Director and his collcajues in the Census Directorate for their painstakin,a; efforts in bringing out this report. Naw Dm.Hi, THE lsI of Juu, 1911 V.s. VERMA b6ll"ar 0""'111, llUiM v PREFACE Mapusa is one of the towns selected for intensive study as ancilJary to the 1981 Census. This study is intended to assess the intensity and direction of the Socio-economic fcrces generated by the process of urbanisation. Mapusa, the ht.-adquarters of the Bardez Taluka ()f Goa district is a muni cipal town. This report is based on the data collected in the town schedule canvassed for th(O town as a whole and the household schedules canvassed in five localities of the town which were purposively selected on the basis of some socio-economic attributes. The households in the selected localities were identified on random sample basis. A large mass of data have also gone into this report from the 1981 Census and other sources in order to give a complete picuture of the town. The field investigation and tabulation were done by SjSlni M.R. Naik, K. R. Lotlikar and P.R. Gaonkar, Statistical Assistants under the supervision of Shri D.V. Nagappanavar, Investigator. S/Shri V. V. Kamble, Alvaro do Rego, R. K. Pednekar, Statistical Assistants also assisted in the tabu lation work. The drafting of the leport was done by S/Shri S.P. Desai, Assistant Director, D.V. Nagappanavar and Smt. M.D. Kamat, Investigators. The maps and cover page were prepared by Shri V.S. Pereira, Draftsman. I acknowledge the hard labour put in by the above officials and I lincerely thank all of them for the same. r am also thankful to Dr. K.P. Ittaman, Dy. Registrar Genelal (SS), Shri M. K. Jain, Senior Research Officer and his colleagues S/Shri Ganesh Das and R.K. Mehta, who offered valuf&ble sugges tions/comments in drafting and finalising the report. I am extremely grateful to Shri V.S. Verma, lA.S., Registrar General, India, for his constant encouragement and guidance in the smooth comple tion of this report. Shri S. R. Arlekar, Lower Division Clerk ably typed out the manuscriptlt. I am also thankful to the Manager and the staff of ~he Govt. of Inoi::, Pnss, N~ s}lik {OJ printing this volume. s. RAJbNDRAN J»~AJI, THE 10th November, 1988 Dy. Director of Census Operations Goa, Danum & D44. vii 1-339 R. O. I: CONTENTS FOREWORD V PREFACE VI CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTION 1-9 Location-Important characteristics of the town-Population of the town-Ward-wise popu lation-Density of population-Topography and Physical environment-Flora and fauna Climate-Rain fall-Communication with other places-Functional areas-Administrative area-Industrial area-Commercial area-Residential area-Important public places Residential pattern with reference to ethnic groups-Selection of representative localities for the purpose of intensive study of the town. CHAPTER U-HlSTORY OF GROWTH OF THE .TOWN 11-14 Myths and legends-History of the legion with palticular reference to Mapusa-Pre-urbanisation history and population characteristics of the town-Inmigration and outmigration-Births and Deaths. CHAPTER m-AMENI11ES AND SERVICES 15-28 Mamlatdar Office-Block Development Office-Public Health Engineering Office-Agricultural Office-Sales Tax Office-Zonal Educational Office-Office of the Assistant Engineer, Electricity City survey office-Office of the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies-Polic~ Station Civil-Cum-Sub Registrar Office-Posts and Telegraphs-Customs and Centr21 Excise Municipal Office-Conservancy-Water supply-Fire Fighting service-Electricity-Tramport and Communication-Posts and Telegraphs-Educational institutions-St. Xavier College New Goa High School-St. Britto's High School-St. Mary's Convent High School-Janata Night High School-Government Primary School, Duler-Medical facilities and medical institutions-Asilo Hospital-T.B. hospital-Urban Health Centre-Dharmanand hospital Veterinary dispensary. CHAPTER IV-ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE~TOWN 29-56 Economy of the Town-Work Force-Industrial classification of workers-Non-workers Work force as revealed through survey data-Work force in selected localities-Work force by Religion-Industrial classification of workers-Distribution of workers by type of industry Employment status of workers-Employment ~tatus of workers by locality-Occupational diversity-Employment Depth-Non-workers-Non-workers by age, sex and broad categories Unemployment-Establishments-Industrial Establishments-Commercial and trading estab lishments-Banking Institutions-Land : Legislative and executive measures relating to land Land tenure system before Liberation-Hisotry of Communidades-Communidades in Bardez Livestock.