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: http://www.citypopulation.de/php/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://egovstandards.gov.in/village_details >> >> This is where higher divisions are listed >> >> 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 >>>> 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: >>>>> 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 >>>>>> 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: >>>>>>> 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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