Is this 2001 census, by the way? Is it valid to juxtapose to 2014 constituencies? Thanks!
Gilles Le mardi 13 mai 2014 15:44:19 UTC+5:30, Raphael Susewind a écrit : > > Hi Ravi, > > I did the matching against MODIS data, but don't have electorate count > at hand, so no percentages of urban electorate population yet. But I am > sure you can take it further from the CSV here: > > http://www.raphael-susewind.de/ruralurban.csv.tgz > > This table shows rural/urban as well as "urban rank" (an indicator MODIS > uses for "how urban is it?") across India on booth level. Be aware that > not all booths are covered by the matching though (and some states, > notably Uttarakhand, are terribly inaccurate), so you have to aggregate > wisely. > > For fun, I have also added a list of "urban booth count share" for > parliamentary constituencies, which should give you a very rough idea of > electorate share as well, since all booths are supposed to have a > similar number of electors in them. > > Hope it is useful, > Raphael > > On 13.05.2014 10:53, Ravi Krishnan wrote: > > Hi Raphael, > > > > Thanks for your prompt answer. While there is not any official list, I > > am told that the EC gives the percentage of urban population in each > > constituency. I couldn't find it in their web site though. > > > > As for the method you suggest, I just don't have the technical skills to > > pull that off. > > > > Thanks and regards > > > > Ravi > > > > > > On 13 May 2014 14:04, Raphael Susewind > > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>>> wrote: > > > > Hi Ravi, > > > > there are various options here, depending on what you want. > > > > I am not aware of an official list of rural/urban constituencies as > > such. But booths are classified as either urban or rural, at least > on > > the electoral rolls, and probably elsewhere, too. This could be used > in > > a simple counting game to see where more than a certain threshold of > the > > electorate votes in urban areas according to the official ECI > > definition. > > > > If you are less interested in the official definition, you could try > a > > GIS-based alternative and overlay the polling booth point layer > > (http://dx.doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2674065) with the MODIS > rural/urban > > polygon by NaturalEarth, which is quite accurate in terms of > habitation > > pattern irrespective of their official designation > > ( > http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/50m-cultural-vectors/50m-urban-areas/). > > > > > > Best, > > Raphael > > > > On 13.05.2014 10:08, Ravi Krishnan wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Does anyone have a list of urban constituencies - defined here as > > those > > > with over 75% urban population? > > > > > > Thanks and regards > > > > > > -- > > > Ravi Krishnan > > > > > > Mint > > > Tower 3, 9th Floor, India Bulls Finance Centre, > > > Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road (W), > > > Mumbai - 400 013 > > > Ph:+91-22-6613 4000/4001 > > > Mob: +91-97691-72938 > > > > > > -- > > > For more details about this list > > > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "datameet" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > > > an email to [email protected] <javascript:> > > <mailto:datameet%[email protected] <javascript:>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:> > > <mailto:datameet%[email protected] <javascript:>>>. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > Raphael Susewind | BGHS Bielefeld University, CSASP University of > Oxford > > Snail Mail | Melanchthonstr. 4a, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany > > Papers & Blog | http://www.raphael-susewind.de > > > > Please do consider http://www.gnupg.org for encryption (key id > A5ED49AE) > > > > -- > > For more details about this list > > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "datameet" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send an email to [email protected] <javascript:> > > <mailto:datameet%[email protected] <javascript:>>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ravi Krishnan > > > > Mint > > Tower 3, 9th Floor, India Bulls Finance Centre, > > Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road (W), > > Mumbai - 400 013 > > Ph:+91-22-6613 4000/4001 > > Mob: +91-97691-72938 > > > > -- > > For more details about this list > > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "datameet" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected] <javascript:> > > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Raphael Susewind | BGHS Bielefeld University, CSASP University of Oxford > Snail Mail | Melanchthonstr. 4a, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany > Papers & Blog | http://www.raphael-susewind.de > > Please do consider http://www.gnupg.org for encryption (key id A5ED49AE) > > > -- > Raphael Susewind | BGHS Bielefeld University, CSASP University of Oxford > Snail Mail | Melanchthonstr. 4a, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany > Papers & Blog | http://www.raphael-susewind.de > > Please do consider http://www.gnupg.org for encryption (key id A5ED49AE) > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tous les courriers électroniques émis depuis la messagerie de Sciences Po doivent respecter les conditions d'usage. 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