Sarath,
I believe the data you posted is actually historical OSM data! When osm 
first came out, several websites hosted it and split it up based on 
country.  I haven't looked at this data in a few years, but believe it is 
very very old OSM data.

Cheers,
Justin

On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 11:08:18 AM UTC-5, Sarath Guttikunda 
wrote:
>
> Here is another open resource
>
> http://www.mapcruzin.com/free-india-country-city-place-gis-shapefiles.htm
>
> With regards,
> Sarath
>
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> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:47 PM, Arun Ganesh <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Justin, absolutely right that data imports create huge issues. Even the 
>> latest TIGER data for the US has flaws and is a reminder of the dangers of 
>> trusting any data source blindly.
>>
>> I just checked the Bhandara sample overlayed with OSM and satellite 
>> imagery and its clearly not as accurate as the existing OSM roads. Many of 
>> the village roads seem completely off from where they should be.
>>
>> https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/126868/11376252/a9180be0-9305-11e5-8978-48360238ff2e.png
>>  
>> (red=sample, white=OSM)
>>
>> This is not very useful to import, but could be a useful reference layer 
>> to find missing roads and add road classifications and names. You think 
>> this would be ok?
>>
>> Also if its ok, I can share the interactive visualization on the list.
>>
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