Encyclopaedia of Cities and Towns in India (Volume 1 to 14)

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‘Encyclopaedia of Cities of Towns in India’ is a voluminous work giving authentic urban information about all 28 States and 7 Union Territories covering 5161 Cities and Towns. All facts and figures have been carefully and authoritatively collected. While approaching the subject objectively, we have rigidly applied documentary and professional standards. The relevant information about each town is given under the following Heads and sub-heads: Brief History, Ranking with respect to Area, Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy Rate, Density, working Population, etc., Physical Features, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Sun Rise and Sun Set, Administration, State, Distt., Tehsil H.Q., Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies, Civic and Other Amenities like Electricity, Water Supply, Roads among others, Demographic Profile including Number of Households, Population, Percent Population with respect to Language/Dialect and Religion, Medical Facilities, Education including Schools, Colleges, Polytechnics and Professional Training, information on 279 Indian Universities including 62 Deemed to be Universities, Media, Newspapers, TV Stations, Radio Station, Important Events, Important Personality, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Agriculture including Commodities Produced, Agri-products, Seed Farms, Feed Mills, Natural Disaster, Economic Profile including Work Force, Revenue, Finance, Trade, Export, Import, and Industry, Tourist Places, Fairs and Festivals; Important NGO;Slum Statistics among others. All twenty Seven Volumes would prove to be of immense help and become an invaluable companion not only to Researchers and Analysts, Administrators and Planners, Scholars and Writers, but also to the Libraries, the NGOs, the Tourism Industry, the Retails Chains and Malls, Points of Presence of Expanding Enterprises among numerous other categories of users.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR N. Seshagiri

Dr. N. Seshagiri did his Doctorate in Computers and Telecom from the Indian Institute of Science in 1964. He was a scientist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research from 1966 to 1971. In 1971 he joined as Director in the Government of India. He founded the National Informatics Centre (NIC) in 1975 and was its Director-General till 2000, while simultaneously holding the post of Additional Secretary since 1984, Special Secretary in the Planning Commission since 1993 and in the Ministry of Information Technology up to 2000. Currently he is Emeritus Scientist in CMMACS of CSIR and Advisor to HCL Infosystems Ltd. He set up NiCNET, the first nationwide computer network in India and a PSU: NIC Services Inc. Under his guidance computer centres were set up in every Ministry/ Department of the Central Government, State/UT Governments, and over 500 District Administrations. Under his sustained initiative NIC developed over 6000 databases and associated software packages including several Nagar Palika and Rural databases as well as Urban and Rural Planning software. He coordinated the formation and implementation of liberalized Computer and IT Policies of GOI in 1984, 1986, and 1998 and contributed to the liberalized Telecom Policy. Some of the awards and honours to his credit are: 'Asiad Jyothi' awarded by the President of India; Udyog Jyothi Award; Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Telecom; Vikram Sarabhai Research Award; Dataquest Award for Lifetime Contribution to IT; Elcina Lifetime Award; Nafen IT Excellence Award; and Systems Society Gold Medal. He was an elected Governor of the International Council for Computer-Communication at Geneva, a nominated Governor of UNESCO Institute for IT in Education at Moscow, and a Director of IT pour la Development Internationale at Paris. He is Fellow of several scientific and technical Academies and Institutions. He has authored 8 books, edited 8 other books and authored over 85 research papers. The President of India awarded to him 'Padma Bhushan' in 2005.