A followup query to the group: I saw in this thread references to village boundary shapefiles on Bhuvan website. Did anyone actually manage to download those? Nisha had mentioned that ISRO policies prevent full data sharing. So what dataset HAVE people been able to download regarding village boundaries in particular?
Sharad On Monday, September 29, 2014 5:36:31 PM UTC+5:30, Sharad Lele wrote: > > Regarding the discussion on what sub-district codes stand for (something > that had also popped up in another thread (Sumit Mishra's dataset), here is > what I have from Census as a explanation/index for sub-district codes. > > Sharad > > On Friday, September 5, 2014 5:06:50 PM UTC+5:30, rajesh wrote: >> >> Hi again, >> >> I could not find the translation for district and sub-district codes on >> the same site. >> >> On vlist.in i can manually click on each district, subdistrict to get >> code and then village codes. >> There seems to be several new village codes on http://vlist.in (t has >> 18676 villages for Gujarat) which are not there in >> https://egovstandards.gov.in/village_details >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fegovstandards.gov.in%2Fvillage_details&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFegN93FLw5hlRk2gYoD_XhYhMDgw> >> >> (18513 villages0 >> >> Can we trust vlist.in ? To be the latest? Some have new codes like >> 80xxxx. >> >> Any ideas of automating the scraping of data? >> >> Thanks, >> Rajesh >> >> On Friday, June 13, 2014 11:53:32 AM UTC+5:30, 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" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> 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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