Hi Justin, This is in reference to the state district and taluk shapefiles you mention. I've been trying to get my hands on these, and wondering if you sourced these from WRIS or GADM and for which year? The latter, I believe, corresponds to 2001 and is freely available.
Thanks, Esha On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Justin Meyers <justinelliotmey...@gmail.com > wrote: > Dilip, Nisha, and Rajesh, > Thanks for the update. I signed up for the WRIS website a few weeks ago > and have downloaded some data. It has a extreme limit set on the amount > you can download per day. I have contacted their agency, but they have not > responded (in well over two weeks). Rajesh, you said you downloaded data > for Gujarat. Do you have village polygon/ point shapefile data? > > Thank you all for your help. > > Any other additional ideas where to find latitude/ longitude information > for villages? > > I just found state, district, and taluk shapefiles yesterday from the > Indian Government if anyone is interested. > > Thanks! > Justin > > > On Friday, June 13, 2014 2:23:32 AM UTC-4, rajesh wrote: >> >> Thanks. >> >> I downloaded Gujarat data and got 18,513 villages. >> Any ideas of translating district codes to names and sub-district (taluk) >> to names? >> >> Has anyone seen this: >> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=d73dcfa0-a3ad-43c9-acad-65ff5a98637f&cm_destination=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-gujarat.php> >> http://www.citypopulation.de/ >> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=1f123abe-bb5f-4642-8c0e-38bc2ce62bc8&cm_destination=http://www.citypopulation.de/> >> php/india-gujarat.php >> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=f553f45c-af39-46c6-8768-c8c94d978475&cm_destination=http://india-gujarat.php> >> ? >> It has boundaries for all districts and GPS for all cities/towns. Some >> villages also can be found (appear as towns, i guess). >> >> Anyway of scraping LatLon from here? >> >> On Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:21:39 PM UTC+5:30, Dilip Damle wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I think Lat Lon For every village is difficult >>> However this is where you can get all codes >>> >>> >>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=789458d1-4346-406a-9db2-16c4321b366d&cm_destination=https://egovstandards.gov.in/village_details> >>> https://egovstandards.gov.in/ >>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=4d09a044-61e9-4cf5-baff-220e4d817d00&cm_destination=https://egovstandards.gov.in/> >>> village_details >>> >>> This is where higher divisions are listed >>> >>> >>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=3617aee1-c1f0-4126-8454-f4274c5ed342&cm_destination=https://egovstandards.gov.in/code-dirctory-land-region-codification> >>> https://egovstandards.gov.in/ >>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=9864871b-be79-4eed-aa7c-db44df959647&cm_destination=https://egovstandards.gov.in/> >>> code-dirctory-land-region-codification >>> >>> They are as per a standard named MDDS >>> >>> Rgds >>> Dilip Damle >>> (New Delhi) >>> >>> On Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:43:19 AM UTC+5:30, Justin Meyers wrote: >>>> >>>> Shafeeq, >>>> Thank you for the information and help. I am beginning to find >>>> government sources of villages with gps coordinates (latitude and >>>> longitude), but the amounts aren't on a national level (there should be >>>> roughly 600,000 villages total in India as per the 2011 census and a few >>>> other official data sources). Do you know where I can find a gis dataset >>>> or a government website that has a list of all the villages, village codes, >>>> and their latitude/ longitude? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Justin >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:45:35 PM UTC-5, Shafeeq Rahman wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear Justin Meyers >>>>> >>>>> Standard classification of India is based on census which is: >>>>> >>>>> For Rural Area: Village/Sub District (also called Tehsil, Talluka and >>>>> Mandal etc)/District/State/India >>>>> For Urban Areas: Ward/Town/Sub District (also called Tehsil, Talluka >>>>> and Mandal etc)/District/State/India >>>>> >>>>> For village-wise maps, you may check >>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=c4ff6dac-2092-41b4-809d-c8649098dbcb&cm_destination=http://gisserver.nic.in/cen/default.asp> >>>>> http://gisserver.nic.in/cen/ >>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=ef19817b-adec-49a2-93c7-3e8500e8762c&cm_destination=http://gisserver.nic.in/cen/> >>>>> default.asp >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Shafeeq >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, 11 June 2014 08:09:32 UTC+5:30, Justin Meyers wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. i have found a list of what I believe is all villages here: >>>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=251a36f5-7877-4b05-9e72-4136a24cd5de&cm_destination=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/Listofvillagesandtowns.aspx> >>>>>> http://censusindia.gov. >>>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=f56dea96-fdfb-4126-8601-2a97a2e70d40&cm_destination=http://censusindia.gov.> >>>>>> in/2011census/Listofvillagesandtowns.aspx and have downloaded them >>>>>> in csv format. Where can i find latitudes and longitudes for the >>>>>> villages? >>>>>> Also, where may i find gis data for taluk boundaries? >>>>>> Cheers! >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:15:31 PM UTC-4, Thejesh GN wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I generally use >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Village - taluk - district - state. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have seen many using the same in government documents and in sales >>>>>>> papers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=4ac91866-3a0b-4261-82d2-efaaa3267dd0&cm_destination=http://thejeshgn.com> >>>>>>> http://thejeshgn.com >>>>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=87276528-db4a-4cb2-96b5-5f17756d7350&cm_destination=http://thejeshgn.com> >>>>>>> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >>>>>>> On Jun 11, 2014 3:14 AM, "Justin Meyers" <justinell...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> hello, >>>>>>>> I am finding conflicting information when it comes to >>>>>>>> administrative divisions within India. It seems different parts of the >>>>>>>> nation have different boundaries. I have found this wiki: >>>>>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=a913453a-367f-4120-8370-a366059df96f&cm_destination=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India> >>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >>>>>>>> <https://contactmonkey.com/api/tracker?cm_session=ec9e3a0b-d074-4bb9-85e8-4437c57bfb5a&cm_type=link&cm_link=8e7a5e8b-e6fd-4e5c-a75c-61c144840340&cm_destination=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/> >>>>>>>> Administrative_divisions_of_India That lists them as: >>>>>>>> 1)zone (**Not sure if people refer to these) >>>>>>>> 2)states and union territories >>>>>>>> 3)regions (**Not sure if people refer to these) >>>>>>>> 4)divisions >>>>>>>> 5)districts >>>>>>>> 6)subdistricts >>>>>>>> 7)blocks, hobils, villages, etc >>>>>>>> 8)potentially neighborhoods >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So my question is this, if you are from India, how do you refer to >>>>>>>> location? Do you say "I am from this village, this sub-district,this >>>>>>>> district,and this state/ union territories"? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> or is it more common for people to refer to sub-district, district, >>>>>>>> and state? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I would think people would say they are from a specific village, >>>>>>>> then build up the name with sub-district, district, and state. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But I am not sure. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Could anyone help? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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