CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 PART-XB SERlES-27 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI TOWN SURVEY REPORT SILVASSA s. RAJENDRAN Deputy Director of Census Operatio1U Datlra &: Nagar Havill; , A R .111 0 I , , IOIIIIIot.ftY, STAIr . ..•,_il_,' .. VILLAGE/URIAN Am .. ~. ____ /_ ~.oGIJA1'EI!S· DISTRICT I TAlllKA .. 110 _I.NT METALlfD ROAO ,,,. III'U .ND 5TI£AM _ .......... '" ~ t. tJlUlI \ 5 a.uIO U'IIII SlJAvn OF INOlA MAP ~I"~ !WE PERMISSION 0' lfIvnOA GEICUt OP .... @6QvtUII£Nl Of INDI~ ~"Hl,.I"I. I buring tho f'reodom movomon~ tho local nationalist workers used to pther and shout slogans (or fraodom with tho national Bags in thoir hands at this place. Immodiatoly aftor tho liboration of Dadra & Nagar Havc1i, tho nationalists un­ furled tho National Flag at this place to mark tho liberation from tho colonial rulo ot tho Portuguoao. Asmall monumont has boon orocted in this chowk in memory of _ who laid don ahoit tiv. ia tho ItruulO tor tr.Jom. - 1981 CENSUS PUBLIOATIONS OF DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI (All the Census Publications of this Union Territory will bear series No. 27) CeatraI Govenuoeat PubUcatI_ PtI1't I-A Administration Report-Enumeration (for official \ISO only) I-B Administration Report-Tabulation (for official usc only) ll-A & ll-B General Population Tables and Primary Census Abstract m-A & B Goneral Economic Tables and Social and Cultural Tables. & IV-A Y-A&B Migration Tabl. VI-A&B Fertility Tablos VII Tables and Ho\lS08 & Disablad Population. Vm-A&B Housohold Tablos IX Special Tables for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes XB Survey Reports on selected towns XC Survey Reports on selected villages XU Census Atlas Publications of the Administratioll of Dado & Nagar Hayeli Xlll-A~B Villa.$c and Town Directory and Village and Town-wise Primary Omsus Abstract, (I) 1-338 It. O. JadWND/88 FOREWORD Apart from the decennial enumeration of population, the Indian Census is steeped In the tradition 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 racial, cuI· tural, linguistic and a number of other aspects of life of the people of this country. With the advent of freedom, however, the scope arLd dimension of these special studies had to be restructured in a manner that would provide the basic feedbacks on the processes of development taking place 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 of life of the people living in Indian viJIages 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 with this objective in view ancillary studies on towns were launched as part of the social studies programme in connection with the 1971 Census. The programme of social studies 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, however, added as a new item under the social study projects of the 1981 Census. For the conduct of urban study, 64 small and medium towns were selected from different parts of the country follow­ ing the criteria such as (a) size, (b) demographic features, (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 formats for data tabulation and report writing required for urban studies were originally formulated by Dr. B. K. Roy Burman, the then Deputy Registrar General, Social Studies Division. His successor, Dr. N. G. Nag took considerable 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 as well as rendered necessary guidance to the Directorates of Census Operations for their successful consummation. Shri M. K. Jain, Senior Research Officer with the able assistance of Investigators Shri R. K. Mehta and Shri Ganesh Das did a commendable job in scrutinising the reports and com: municating the comments thereon to the Directorates. I am grateful to all of them. The present report is the out-come of a study on Silvassa town undertaken by the Directorate of Census Operations, Dadra & Nagar Haveli. I am indebted to Shri S. Rajendran, Deputy Director and his colleagues in the Census Directorate for their painstaking efforts in bringing out this report. NEW DBLID, THE V. S. VERMA 1st of June, 1988 Registrar General, India (iii) 2-338 R. O. India/ND/88 PREFACE Silvassa is one of the towns selected for intensive study as ancillary to the 1981 Census. This study is an attempt to assess the intensity and direction of the socio-economic forces generated by the process of urbanisation. The selection of the town was done by the Office of the Registrar General. India. Silvassa, the headquarters of the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, is a small Census town. This report is based on the data collected in the town schedule canvassed for the 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 selected 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 picture or the town. The field investigation and tabulation were done by SjShri M. R. Naik, K. R. Lotlikar and P. R. Gaonkar, Statistical Assistants under the supervision of Shri D. V. Nagappanavar, Investigator. SjShri V. V. Kamble, Alvaro do Rego, R. K. Pednekar, Statistical Assistants and Smt. C. R. Naik, Computor also assisted in the tabulation work. The drafting of the report 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 Victor S. Pereira, Draftsman. I acknowledge the hard labour put in by the above officials and I sincerely thank all of them for the same. I thank Dr. K. P. Ittaman, Dy. Registrar General (SS), Shri M. K. Jain, Senior Research Officer and his colleagues SjShri Ganesh Das and R. K. Mehta, who offered valuable suggestions/ comments in drafting and finalising the report. I am also extremely grateful to Shri V. S. Verma, I.A.S., Registrar General, India, for his constant encouragement and guidance in the smooth comple­ tion of this report. I also gratefully acknowledge the generous help and co-operaton received from Shri Rajnikant Verma, I.A.S., the Collector and SjShri Faquir Chand, Statistical Officer, M. C. Solanki, Assistant Research Officer and N. V. Bhole, Assistant Survey Officer of the Dadra & Nagar Haveli Administra. tion during the course of the study of the town. Shri S. R. Arlekar, Lower Division Clerk, ably typed out the manuscripts. I am also thankful to the Manager and the staff of the Govt. of India Press, Nashik for printing this volume. PANAJI, THE S. RAJENDRAN 24th October, 1988 Dy. Director of Census Operations, Dadra & Nagar Haveli (v) CONTENTS Pages FOREWORD iii PREFACE v CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTION 1-5 Location-I~portant characteristics of the town-Population and dtlUsity-Topography, physic~ environment and climatic condition--Flora and Fauna-Communication with other placos-Fl,1nctional areas-Administrative area-Commercial area-Industrial area-Residen­ tial area-Agricu1t~ral area-Important public places--Lalld use pattern-Residential Pattern with reference to Ethnic group-Selection of representative localities for the purpose of intensive study of the town. CHAPTER n-HlSTORY OF GROWTH OF THE TOWN . 7-11 Nationalist movement in Dadra & Nagar Haveli---The fall of Dadra-The fall of Nagar Haveli­ Summary of proclamation read by Senhor Gama on 15th August, 1954-Integration with IndIa-Structure of the New Administration-Present set-up-Pre-Urbanisation History and Population Characteristics of town Silvassa-Inmigration and Outmigration­ Birtl:\s a,~d Deaths. cftAfTER HI-AMENITIES AND SERVIC~.S HISTORY OF GROWTH AND PRESENT POSITION 12-20 Office of the Collector-Mamlatdar office-Judicial Department-Office of the Chief of Police-Pub~ic Works Department-Education Department-Social Welfare Department­ Agri~1,1lture Office-Animal husbandry and veterinary services office --Office of the Deputy Conservator of forests-Office of the Chief Medical Officer ---Child Development Project Office~Sales Tax Office-Labour Enforecement Office -Office of the Soil Conservation­ Rural Development Agency-Survey and settlement Office -- Office of the Purchase and supply Officer--The District Industries Centre-Excise Office- Telephone Exchange-Silvassa Group Gram Panchayat-Varishtha Panchayat-Conservancy-Water supply-Power­ Transport-Post and Telegraph-Fire fighting services-Educational Institutions-Govern­ ment Primary Schools- Government middle school-Lion's English Middle School-Father AgJ;l.elo English Middle School-The Government High