Hi Raphael, Thanks for this. One tiny mistake in the cdv file: Ton Sawai Madhopur is one constituency, not two, it would seem. You have two values for it (10 for Tonk Sawai, and 26 for Madhopur). Would you by any chance have the number for the "united" constituency?
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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