Vagad definition
Vagad in the vagadi language means jungle. This region was rich in forests and natural resources. But, over the years - firstly the british and later other laws and policies of the Government, these resources were destroyed and this became one of the reasons for people to migrate to Gujarat or neighboring states for their livelihoods. This condition led to a livelihood pattern of small marginal farming, collection and sale of minor forest produce and daily wage labor. This balance requires wages from each of the three areas. (On further discussion with Ashis, here is a note on this topic - The process of migration started much earlier, when the adivasis were driven to the hills (which had forests) by the dominant castes from the plains (which had the best fertile land for agriculture and income). Even if their forest resources remained intact, in time this would give way to agriculture, as needs of food and money from forest cannot match agriculture and two, because of the inherent poor productivity of these hilly slopes for agriculture (high erosion, poor soil depth, lower water availability etc) returns of these forest / hill dwelling families is lower compared to farmers in fertile plains. The plundering of forest wealth by British and the Forest department