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  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Preface: On the Road to Anand
  8. Map 1. Gujarat and surroundings, with the Charotar region highlighted.
  9. Map 2. Anand town and surroundings.
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction: Reorientation in a Post-Violence Landscape
  12. Chapter 1: Regional Orientations: The Charotar Sunni Vohras
  13. Chapter 2: Rural-Urban Transitions: From the Village to the Segregated Town
  14. Chapter 3: Uprooted and at Home: Transnational Routes of (No) Return
  15. Chapter 4: Getting Around: Middle-Class Muslims in a Regional Town
  16. Conclusion: New Lives, New Concepts
  17. Appendix: Tables
  18. List of Characters
  19. Glossary
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Series List

Appendix: Tables

Table A.1. Rural and urban population by religious community, Anand district, 2001–2011

Hindus: total district population

Hindus: rural

Hindus: urban

Muslims: total district population

Muslims: rural

Muslim: urban

2001

1,616,127

1,228,924

387,203

199,263

102,688

96,575

2011

1,798,794

1,328,863

469,931

250,919

111,199

139,720

Source: Census 2001 and 2011, Table C-01, State 24 (Gujarat).

Table A.2. Population by religious community, Anand town and urban outgrowth, 2001–2011

Anand (M+OG) *

Hindus

Muslims

Christians

Jains

Total persons

2001

118,355

25,099

9,963

1,972

156,050

2011

151,400

45,932

8,487

2,161

209,410

Source: Census of India 2001 and 2011, table C-01. Buddhists, Sikhs, “other religions,” and “religion not stated” each represent less than 1% of the total population.

* Town and outgrowth

Table A.3. Population by religious community, Gujarat and Anand, 2001

Place

Total population

Hindu

Muslim

Christian

Sikh

Buddhist

Jain

Other religions and persuasions

Religion not stated

Gujarat

50,671,017

45,143,074

4,592,854

284,092

45,587

17,829

525,305

28,698

33,578

Anand (district, total)

1,856,872

1,616,127

199,263

29,461

1,004

81

10,151

60

725

Anand (district, rural)

1,348,901

1,228,924

102,688

14,311

175

3

2,208

18

574

Anand (district, urban)

507,971

387,203

96,575

15,150

829

78

7,943

42

151

Anand (town and outgrowths M+OG)

156,050

118,355

25,099

9,963

579

18

1,972

15

49

Vallabh Vidyanagar (M)

29,378

28,026

628

346

86

6

261

8

17

Source: Census 2001, Table C-0101, State 24 (Gujarat).

Table A.4. Population by religious community, Gujarat and Anand, 2011

Place

Total population

Hindu

Muslim

Christian

Sikh

Buddhist

Jain

Other religions and persuasions

Religion not stated

Gujarat

60,439,692

53,533,988

5,846,761

316,178

58,246

30,483

579,654

16,480

57,902

Anand (district, total)

2,092,745

1,798,794

250,919

29,789

1,524

267

8,591

142

2,719

Anand (district, rural)

1,457,758

1,328,863

111,199

14,197

291

116

1,453

72

1,567

Anand (district, urban)

634,987

469,931

139,720

15,592

1,233

151

7,138

70

1,152

Anand (town and outgrowths, M+OG)

209,410

151,400

45,932

8,487

866

39

2,161

22

503

Vallabh Vidyanagar (M)

23,783

22,786

331

287

61

21

202

5

90

Gamdi (CT)

14,582

10,797

1,222

2,447

29

4

19

0

64

Source: Census 2001, Table C-0101, State 24 (Gujarat).

Table A.5. Incidents of the 2002 riots reported in the Times of India for Anand district

Subdistrict

Town/village

Date of incident

Killed

Cause of incident, as reported in newspaper

Clash between police and attackers?

Clash between Hindus and Muslims?

Anand

Ode

March 1

27

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Anand/Vasad

March 2

3

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Anand

March 3

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Anand

March 27

1

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Adas

March 29

Protest against police action

Yes

Yes

Anklav

Umeta

March 30

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Borsad

Borsad

March 24

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Borsad

April 3

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Borsad

April 8

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Borsad

September 16

2

Other (accident)

Yes

Khambhat

Khambhat

March 30

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

No

Khambhat

March 30

1

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Petlad

Petlad

March 2

1

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Petlad

March 30

3

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Petlad

July 12

Public ritual

Yes

Petlad

December 15

Political elections

Yes

Sojitra

Sojitra

March 2

1

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Umreth

Umreth

April 2

1

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

Bhadran

March 24

Prev violence (communal)

Yes

No

Source: Times of India. Courtesy Raheel Dhattiwala, who acquired a dataset of violent events mentioned in news reports in the Times of India (Dhattiwala 2013; 2019). Notes recorded in the dataset: March 1, Ode: “Using figures as on May 15, 2008, in TOI Ahmedabad”; March 2, Anand/Vasad: The incident is recorded as having occurred “near Vasad.” Vasad is located 20 kilometers from Anand town; March 3, Anand: The incident is recorded as “mob violence in Akhbarpura”; March 27, Anand: The incident was recorded: “Two stabbed nr Gujarati chowk, dies on Mar 28 (rept mar 29)”; March 29, Adas: The incident was recorded: “Police attacked by mobs being prevented from attacking Adas.”

Table A.6. Growth of Anand’s total population since 1991

Anand town*

Anand(town and outgrowths)**

Anand(urban agglomerate)***

1991

110,266

131,104

174,480

2001

130,685

156,050

218,486

2011

198,282

209,410

288,095

Source: Census of India 1991, 2001, 2011.

* Anand town (M).

** Anand and outgrowths (M & OG), including Mogri and a part of Jitodiya (Census 2011).

*** Urban Agglomerate (UA). Included in Anand’s urban conglomerate are Gamdi, part of Jitodiya, Karamsad, Mogri, Vallabh Vidyanagar, and Vithal Udyognagar (Census 2011).

Table A.7. Shop owners in Anand’s central market area (“supermarket”), 2012

Classification of shop owners

Total

Subtotal

Muslim

65

Vohra

48

Nadiadi Vohra

14

Other Muslims

3

Hindu

35

Sindhi

22

Punjabi

13

Total respondents

100

100

Source: This record was established by research assistant Sajid Vahora, in 2012, who did a survey of 100 shops on the ground floor of “supermarket,” the central marketplace in Anand town.

Table A.8. Occupation of heads of household in “Majestic Housing Society,” Anand, 2011–2012

Occupation

Heads of household

White collar *

6

Business **

6

Transport/driver

2

Engineer

2

Mechanic/electrician

2

Housewife

1

Unclear ***

2

Farmer

1

Total

22

Source: Household survey Anand, 2011–2012. The table is based one of the housing societies included in Survey A, with the pseudonym “Majestic Housing Society.” There were two “closed houses,” where the residents were absent at the time of the survey, bringing the total number of houses in the society to 24.

* In the category “white collar” are included a tax officer, clerk, advocate, bank employee, teacher and professor.

** The category “business” is a common umbrella term, which was not further explained by most of the respondents. It includes owners of large corporations and small-scale entrepreneurs.

*** One stated only “retired”; the other, “working.”

Table A.9. International migration in six housing societies in Anand

Six housing societies

One selected housing society (“Majestic”)

Total houses

147

24

Houses with a link to abroad:

42

10

Total residing families with a member abroad

36

8

Families with one or more children abroad

26

8

Closed houses; family (probably) abroad

4

2

Return migrant (temporary or permanent)

4

1

Source: Survey A (conducted by the author and research assistants), in 147 houses in 6 housing societies in Anand town, 2011–2012.

Table A.10. Characteristics of survey participants in the United Kingdom and United States

UK

USA

Total number of participants

35

15

Surname

Vohra/Vahora/Vhora/Vora/Bora

34

15

Other

1

Duration of stay

5 years or fewer

9

1

6 to 10 years

2

4

11 years or more

21

9

Born in the UK/USA or arrived as a young child

3

1

Legal status

Temporary visa

9

0

Citizenship or permanent residence (“indefinite leave to remain” in the UK)

24

12

Not discussed in the interview

2

3

Source: In the UK: Survey B (conducted by the author), among Muslims from Charotar in the UK, 2012. In the USA: interviews recorded on video by the author during a social gathering, the Vohra Families Reunion, in 2015 and 2018.

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