As Sharad said, the typologies of the settlement change every census - in fact, the definition of what constitutes a census 'town' for example is determined at the end of current round. e.g. 2001 census determined which settlement would be listed as what *and *how it would be studied in 2011. > > the census agency has the links for the data, they sell it > Yup, they do. I have all of Maharashtra and all of Bihar, and I can acquire the rest too. I can gather it all and upload it (approx 6-8 GB) if something comes out of it.
On Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:32:55 UTC+5:30, Justin Meyers wrote: > > Sharad, > thanks for your help. I am at a point where I have come to accpet the > data as is. The 1991, 2001, and 2011 census codes are a great thing, but > they will never line up 100%. The data here: > https://egovstandards.gov.in/code-dirctory-land-region-codification is > missing locations as if they never existed. villages split into new > villages, or join larger towns, and the codes are missing. new villages > appear, but it doesn't tell you where they came from or how to split > existing towns. The http://lgdirectory.gov.in/ website is missing data > as well. I have also found out the the census agency has the links for the > data, they sell it. But I believe the data they ship has missing data and > corrupt files that do not function 100% for some districts/ states. The > last little problem with the census data is that it is missing hundreds, if > not thousands of locations. In looking at some village level data, there > are clearly two or more different villages/ settlements in some of their > village polygons. although OSM and wikimapia are crowd projects, I believe > some of the data there is correct. Also, if you can find a good district/ > tehsil map and it shows many more locations than what the census has, it > makes you wonder what is going on... > > thanks for all of your help with this everyone! > > Justin > > On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 8:17:13 AM UTC-4, Sharad Lele wrote: >> >> This dataset from Sumit matches what we got from Census. >> >> I can add to this the dataset linking 1991 codes to 2001 codes (down to >> village level), if there is interest. But it will take time. >> >> And like Sumit found, I also find some errors here and there: some >> villages are missed out, or something is wrongly coded. But hard to >> pinpoint any patterns. >> >> Sharad >> >> On 14-Sep-14 4:04 PM, Sumit Mishra wrote: >> >> Justin/Sharad, >> >> Please follow this link to get the files (both in Stata format named - >> rdir/udir). >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t7d3sy9sage8hoz/AABogZUrrWj-6uyFFy2T8mcna?dl=0 >> Use this dataset with caution. I had only worked on a subset of this- >> Maharashtra- and found some coding errors. >> Let me know if you have any other question. >> >> Thanks, >> Sumit >> >> On Sunday, 14 September 2014 00:26:47 UTC+5:30, Justin Meyers wrote: >>> >>> Sharad, >>> Could you send it? Do you have the links to the Web pages? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Justin >>> On Sep 13, 2014 1:23 PM, Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले] < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Census, but not on their website. >>>> >>>> S. >>>> On 13-Sep-14 10:27 PM, Justin Meyers wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, this is what I am looking for. What is the source? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Justin >>>> On Sep 13, 2014 11:42 AM, "Sharad Lele" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Are you looking for something like this? Sumit, is this what you have? >>>>> >>>>> STC 2001 DTC 2001 Sub-DT 2001 PLCN 2001 NAME OF STATE, DISTRICTS, >>>>> SUB-DISTTS. & VILLAGES 2001 2011 MDDS STC 2011 MDDS DTC 2011 MDDS >>>>> Sub_DT 2011 MDDS PLCN 2011 MDDS NAME OF STATE, DISTRICT, SUB-DISTTS. >>>>> & VILLAGES 29 00 0000 00000000 KARNATAKA 29 000 00000 000000 >>>>> KARNATAKA 29 01 0000 00000000 Belgaum 29 555 00000 000000 Belgaum 29 >>>>> 01 0001 00000000 Chikodi 29 555 05433 000000 Chikodi 29 01 0001 >>>>> 00000100 Hadnal 29 555 05433 597114 Hadnal 29 01 0001 00000200 >>>>> Sulagaon 29 555 05433 597115 Sulagaon 29 01 0001 00000300 Mattiwade >>>>> 29 555 05433 597116 Mattiwade 29 01 0001 00000400 Bhatnaganur 29 555 >>>>> 05433 597117 Bhatnaganur 29 01 0001 00000500 Kurli 29 555 05433 >>>>> 597118 Kurli 29 01 0001 00000600 Appachiwadi 29 555 05433 597119 >>>>> Appachiwadi >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, September 13, 2014 9:39:30 PM UTC+5:30, Justin Meyers >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Is it from the ODS website? Could you send it? >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Justin >>>>>> On Sep 13, 2014 1:47 AM, "Sumit Mishra" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I do have one. However, i would forewarn you to use this information >>>>>>> with caution; there are too many coding errors. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, 13 September 2014 00:21:56 UTC+5:30, Justin Meyers >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Does anyone have a 2001 subdistrict code that relates to a 2011 >>>>>>>> subdistrict code table? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>>> Justin >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:42:07 PM UTC-4, Justin Meyers >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d2VXra94frA/VBJnm76I9xI/AAAAAAAAALw/QQMWlb4rsvA/s1600/indiapolyvillageconvexhull.jpg> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VVYOTbkPe-Y/VBJnZGAB7rI/AAAAAAAAALo/eU3DFP1pQ7w/s1600/indiapointvillageconvexhull.jpg> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-miwMpS2ktlQ/VBJolPkDDsI/AAAAAAAAAL8/S2_eGmWBrPg/s1600/convex_overlayed_districts2011.jpg> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> putting together couple hundred datasets for india looks like >>>>>>>>> this... based on 2001 data, but i found a translation table to 2011; >>>>>>>>> pretty sure it has a bunch of errors. People who work in the >>>>>>>>> agencies who >>>>>>>>> publish any data really do not respond to e-mails for some mysterious >>>>>>>>> reason... you would think they would want help improving their data >>>>>>>>> (maybe >>>>>>>>> looking good in front of their boss ;) ) but nope!? India is a >>>>>>>>> tough >>>>>>>>> cookie to crack; glad i found everyone on this forum - you have all >>>>>>>>> been >>>>>>>>> beyond kind (especially when I have been somewhat rude). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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