Thanks! On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 8:07 PM Naraina aka Dilip Damle <[email protected]> wrote:
> hello, > > Update : I stand corrected. The areas of 2011 census villages are > available from Village_Amenities tables from Data.gov.in > <http://data.gov.in/> > > and from DCHB tables from census site. > > On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 7:52:29 PM UTC+5:30, Naraina aka Dilip > Damle wrote: >> >> Hello, >> From first principles >> >> Population density means Population Divided Geographical Area. >> >> To compute area we need boundaries or the areas directly. >> >> I feel the Area or the boundary of a Pincode number is not available. May >> not be reliable. >> >> Population is also not available Pincodewise. >> >> But you have Population and area of villages Precisely in census Data. >> >> >> There are about 6.5 lakh Villages and Data for them is available. >> >> >> >> Latest Pincode directory has about 1.5 Lakh entries containing about >> 19000 Pincodes from Data.gov.in >> >> >> If you really want to work at Pincode Level then you will need to figure >> out how to link these to Data sets. >> >> >> I am not mentioning any specific source because it is confusing. >> >> ------------- >> >> If you are going by District Data then you are not going at Pincode >> level. My guess ... >> >> ------------- >> >> To the Best of my knowledge Census of India Villagewise areas are >> available only for 2001 census. Same data for 2011 is not released yet. >> >> >> On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 1:15:34 PM UTC+5:30, Pradeep wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Has anyone worked on computing population density per pincode ? Does >>> post department maintain this data in any form ? >>> >>> We were planning to compute this from census data and our approach was >>> >>> Density per Pincode = ( Pop of district containing the pincode ) / ( >>> Number of pincodes in that district ) >>> >>> *Source* : Census data and List of All Pincodes >>> >>> What is your opinion on this approach ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Pradeep >>> >>> >>> -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
