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CENSUS OF IND,IA 1981 SERIES-6 HARYANA PARTX-B TOWN SURVEY REPORT GURGAON (DISTRICT GURGAON) Drafted by J. R. Vashistha Assistant Director and S.A. Pur; Research Officer Edited by R.K. Aggarwal Deputy Director DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, HARYANA, CHANDIGARH lCONTENTS ~ages Foreword v-vi Preface vii-viii, Chapter I Introduction 1-\1 Chapter,1I History of Growth of the Town ,,8;2,,4 Chapter III Amenities and Services - HistorY of Growth and the Present'Positlon 2~§8 Chapter IV Economic Life of the Town 59-t&:4 ChapterV Ethnic and Selected Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Population 155-2,5 Chapter VI' Migration and Settlement of Families 2,16-317 Chapter VII.: Neighbourhood Pattern 3,18-3,22 ChaPter VIII FamHy Life in the Town 323-352. - Chapter IX Housing and Material Culture 353-4~~ Chapter X Slums, Blighted and Other Areas with Sub-StandarQ Living Conditions ,429-438 ChapterXI Organisation of Power and Prestige 4~9;446 Chapter XII Leisure and Recreation, Social PartiCipation, Social Awareness, Religion and Crim.e 447-q09 Chapter XIII Linkages and Continua ,~'Q-034l ,,' Ch~pter XIV : Conclusion 5p5.~~O Appendix I Particulars of State and Central Government Offices ~1'-~3 Appendix II : Places cOllnected by Haryana Roadway~ Gurgaon Depot,bu_ses with Gurgaoll town MAPS F:~cing page 1. Public Utility Services 4 2. Urban Land Use 4 3, Average Land Value by Wards 22 4, Density of Residential Houses py Wards 22 5. Density of PopL\lation by Wards 22 6. Location of Slum Areas ~~O 7.. Peri-Urban Area S24 iii FOREWORD Apart from the decennial enumeration of population, the Indian Census is steeped In the tradi­ tion of undertaking a variety of studies of topical interest. In fact, the publications brought out in connection with the earlier censuses contained veritable mines of information on ·raclal, cultural, 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 pr!Jvide the basic feedbacks on the processes of development taking pI~ce In different spheres of life of the people especially under planned development: Thus, in connection with the 1961 Census, a massive programme was launched Inter-alia to conduct socio-economic survey of about 500 villages selected from different parts of the country. The main objective of this study was to know the way pf life of the people living In Indian villages . I which accounted for 82 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 witt:! this ob­ jective in view, an~illary studies on towns were launched as part of the social studies programm~ in connection with the 1971 Census. The programme of social studies taken, up in connection with the 1971 Census, was con­ tinued without any major change at the 1981 Census as well. A study on. traditional rural based handicrafts was, however, added as a new item under the social study projects of the 1981 Cen­ sus. For the conduct of urban study, 64 small and medium towne were selected from different parts of the country following the ~riteria such as (a). size, (b) demographic fe~tures, (c) functional characteristics, (d) specific industry or occupation dominating the economy~ (e) location, (f) concentration of different castes and communities, and (g) other social and cultural phenomenon like temple town, health resort etc. The research design, tools· for data collection and tormats for data tabulation and report writ­ ing required for urban studies were originally formulated by Dr. B.K. Roy Burman. the then Deputy Registrar G~neral, Social Studies Division. His successor. Dr. N.G. Nag took cQnsiderable pains to revise all the formats to make them more comprehensive. Dr. K:P. Ittaman, the present Deputy Registrar General heading Social Studies Division, coordinated these studies at different levels jis well as rendered necessary guidance to the Directorates of Census Operations for their successful v consummation. Shrl M.K. Jain, Senior, Research Officer with the a~ assistance of Shri Ganesh Dass, Investigator. did a commendable Job in scrutinising the report and communicating the com~ mer:'ts thereon to tt:!e Directorate. I am grateful to all of them. The present report Is the out-com,e of a study on Gurgaon town undertaken by the Directorate of Census Operations, Haryana. I am. indebted to Shri R.K. Aggarwal, Deputy Director and his col­ leagues In the Census Directorate for their painstaking efforts in bringing out this report. New Deihl, V.S. VERMA June 1.1988 Registrar General. India vi PREFA~E The Indian Census enjoys the reputation of befng the richest stngle source for giving Informa­ tion about the people of the country. Census aims at presenting as complete a picture of man as may be attainable In his social, cultural and economic setting. With this target in view, we collect socio-economic data at the time of Census and in addition undertake some selected special studies of towns and villages to formulate an assessment of tren9s of soc'al. cuttural and economic changes in the society. During 1961 Census. the socio-economjc surveys of villages were undertaken to study "the rural characteristics. It was, however, felt during 1971 Census that the rural studies should be supplemented by town stud~es to know the in'lpatt of soclo-economlc processes generated by ur;­ banisation on the rural set-up. The programme of social studies. taken up In connection with the 1971 Census, was continued "ithout any major change at the 1981 Census as well. A brief account of the social studies programme has been given in the foreword of this publication. In addition to detailed observations about the growth history of the town, amenities and serv­ k\es, economic life. slums. morphology Including street pattern.' perl-urban villages, prganlsatlon of power and prestige and places of worship, on.e town schedule. 250 household schedules and 50 neighbourhood and community life schedules were canvassed to gain insighfinto the meanlng,of the statistical data in terms C!f real life situations. hi Haryana State. one town. namely. Gurgaon In Gurgaon distoct was selected for intensive,study during 1,981 Census. Field investigations for this town study were undertaken by this Directorate during March, 1986~. Although Gurgaon has been serying as the civil headquarters of the Gurgaon dl§trictr since . \ 1816 and a Notified Area Committee for the Hidayatpur Chhaoni was set up here In 1899-1900. the development of Gurgaon 'town remained neglected throughout the British regime as compa~ed to other district headquarters town~. It is only in the post Independence period w~en the tQwn has experienced tremendous growth due to rehabilitation of displaced persons from Pakistan. plaoned sectoral development by Haryana Urban Development Authority and r~pid ;ncrease In the in­ dustrial activities along the Delhi-Jaipur road where infrastructural network a~ovislon of attrac­ tive incentives including large flow of institutional credit to entrepreneurs are' available. The fastest growing electronic complex, in northern India which has substantial export potential, is taking shape at lJdyog Vihar in Dundahera (8 kilometres from' Gurgaon) near the outskirts of Delhi. It is vJi. one of the rich centres producing agricultural equipments and transport vehicles. Being located at a distance of 32 kilometres from Deihl. the National Capital. it is fastly developing as a satellite town or a ring town to' reduce the pressure of population in Deihl where the sky-;touchlng land values and high rental demand have gone beyond the reach of a common man. I must record my deepest sense of gratitude to Shri V.S. Verma. Registrar General. India. for his continuous inspiration and encouragement to bring out this report. I am ~Iso grateful to Dr. KP. Ittaman. Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies), Dr. B.K. Roy. Deputy Registrar General (Map). Sh. M.K. Jain, 'Senior Res~arch Officer, Shrimati Suman Prashar, Assistant Director and Shri Ganesh Dass, Investigator for their direction and guidance in connection with this report~ I am also thankful to Shri B.P. Jain. Deputy Director (Printing) who arranged the printing of this report expeditiously. Though this report may have certain limitations, yet it has brought out valuable information about the town lite and the processes involved in urbanisation. The data were collected and com­ piled oy the staff in the Social Studies Section headed by Shri Amarjit Singh, Investigator under the ( supervision of Shri J.R. Vashistha, Assistant Director and the maps, sketches and diagrams in- cluded in this report and cover design were prepared in the Map S'ection headed by Shri Panna Lal, Senior Geographer under the supervision of Shri S.R. Puri, Research Officer (Map). The report was drafted by Shri J.R. Vashistha, Assistant Director and Shri S.R. Puri, Research Officer (Map). I a'!l indebted to all these officers/officials in my office for their p~ir1staking efforts in the preparation of this report. R.K. AGGARWAL Chandigarh, Deputy Director of Census Operations May 9, 1989 Haryana viii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The old name of this town Gurgaon, it is said, was because of inter-action and dependence of Guru Gram and that means the village belonging to the socio-economic conditions. Nearness of Gurgaon town teacher or the spiritual guide. Yudhishthira, the eldest of to Delhi is the main factor towards.

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