Thanks a lot! This is helpful - especially because I couldn't find the town/village directories 5 states/UTs on the census site.
The town amenities directories in your folder look complete. But I think the village file is missing for Gujarat (state 24) On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 at 11:31, Sharad Lele (शरच्चंद्र लेले) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shwetha: > > I have uploaded the rural and urban 'directories' (amenities directories) > for all states here > <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zWcKbL9tVXk0nLD-bbl5TIhJ8u3gkoY9?usp=sharing>. > Please check and see if this is what you want.And if any state is missing. > > I don't think I have PCA data for all states already downloaded but will > check. Am sure there are others in datameet who are better at scraping the > current (totally messed up and user un-friendly Census website). But i > thought we can make a start here. > > Sharad > > On 27-01-2025 11:03, Swetha S wrote: > > Hi Shiv and Sharad, > > Thanks for your responses. > > - I was hoping someone might have already consolidated the town and > village amenities tables from the states into one dataset. > > - Shiv, the links to the tables on the page you shared do not work from > India either. So far the best way to locate the files seems to be to search > for "district census handbook" on > https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/. The title is at odds > with the content - the district census handbooks bring up the village and > town amenities Excel files for that state. > > A public repository of all the files would be a much-needed public good. > I'm surprised there isn't one already. > > Best, > > Swetha > > On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 at 17:06, 'Shiv Hastawala' via datameet < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Shwetha >> >> If I correctly understand what you need, then I believe you should be >> able to find it somewhere on this link: >> >> https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/tables >> >> Now, since I am not physically in India, the link doesn't open for me. >> Funnily enough, it doesn't work with an Indian VPN server either. But I'm >> pretty sure you will be able to access it if you are in India. However, a >> caveat is that I last accessed it (using help from a friend in India) >> around May 2024; so I'm not sure if the link is actually broken right now. >> If that is the case, then I apologize in advance. >> >> Anyway, if it does work for you, a little word of caution: each census >> year on this link consists of hundreds (or maybe a little over 1000) of >> data files, and the search tool sucks quite a bit, with only 10 or so >> results showing up on each page (I think they deliberately make it >> difficult for some reason). So you may have to do a lot of manual work to >> find the right files. Unless you know how to automate the process using >> python or something. >> >> *By the way, this just gave me an idea: does anyone want to voluntarily >> create a dump of all these files on GitHub so that they are easily >> accessible to anyone who needs them? I would urge some of the senior >> members of the group to volunteer for this effort. I think it would be >> extremely useful for all of us.* >> >> Thanks and regards. >> >> >> Yours sincerely >> >> *Shiv Hastawala* >> >> (He/His/Him) >> Doctoral Graduate >> Department of Economics >> Binghamton University (State University of New York) >> >> Email ID: shastaw1[at]binghamton[dot]edu >> >> Zoom ID: 201 717 2613 >> >> www.shivhastawala.com >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Does anyone have the consolidated Census 2011 villages amenities dataset? >>> >>> SHRUG is fantastic, but does not work for my purpose since I need the >>> unit of observation to be exactly per the Census 2011 and not at the level >>> of the shrug ID (which is the lowest common denominator across the 1991, >>> 2001 and 2011 censuses). >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> Swetha >>> >>> On Friday, 2 February 2024 at 1:59:54 pm UTC+5:30 Shiv Hastawala wrote: >>> >>>> My pleasure! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards. >>>> >>>> >>>> Yours sincerely >>>> >>>> *Shiv Hastawala* >>>> >>>> (He/His/Him) >>>> Doctoral Student >>>> Department of Economics >>>> Binghamton University (State University of New York) >>>> >>>> Zoom ID: 201 717 2613 <%28201%29%20717-2613> >>>> >>>> www.shivhastawala.com >>>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 at 3:28 am, Nadine K.J. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Shiv!! >>>>> >>>>> Yes I had read the documentation/user manual but was unable to locate >>>>> it (I didn't think it would be written in the FAQ ;) ). >>>>> >>>>> If anyone wonders the same: go to "Core Keys" on the download page. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your help and patience :) >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> Nadine >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday 1 February 2024 at 20:13:35 UTC+1 Shiv Hastawala wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Actually all place names are available in the file 'shrid_loc_names'. >>>>>> Please go through their documentation to understand how they define a >>>>>> SHRID. It is basically a village, but you will get the nuances from their >>>>>> docs. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks and regards. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yours sincerely >>>>>> >>>>>> *Shiv Hastawala* >>>>>> >>>>>> (He/His/Him) >>>>>> Doctoral Student >>>>>> Department of Economics >>>>>> Binghamton University (State University of New York) >>>>>> >>>>>> Zoom ID: 201 717 2613 <%28201%29%20717-2613> >>>>>> >>>>>> www.shivhastawala.com >>>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 2:02 pm, Nadine K.J. <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Shiv, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks again! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In the SHRUG data there are no village names in the Census village >>>>>>> files. It appears that the numbers are a collection of the total >>>>>>> villages >>>>>>> in that State,District combination. I require those for matching, how >>>>>>> can I >>>>>>> get the names? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>>> Nadine >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thursday 1 February 2024 at 12:40:03 UTC+1 Shiv Hastawala wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Nadine >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You can find that in Table A01 of both the 2001 and 2011 Censuses. >>>>>>>> You can access those tables here: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables# >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You will need to select the census year on the left to get the >>>>>>>> tables from that year. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks and regards. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yours sincerely >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Shiv Hastawala* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (He/His/Him) >>>>>>>> Doctoral Student >>>>>>>> Department of Economics >>>>>>>> Binghamton University (State University of New York) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Zoom ID: 201 717 2613 <%28201%29%20717-2613> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> www.shivhastawala.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 at 4:00 pm, Nadine K.J. <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Shiv, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you so much! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is it also possible to obtain the rural_population per district? >>>>>>>>> (I recall that Census displays also the breakdown of urban/rural >>>>>>>>> population) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>>>>> Nadine >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday 30 January 2024 at 00:24:55 UTC+1 Shiv Hastawala wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Nadine >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It is available here: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://www.devdatalab.org/shrug_download/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks and regards. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Yours sincerely >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> *Shiv Hastawala* >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> (He/His/Him) >>>>>>>>>> Doctoral Student >>>>>>>>>> Department of Economics >>>>>>>>>> Binghamton University (State University of New York) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Zoom ID: 201 717 2613 <%28201%29%20717-2613> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> www.shivhastawala.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 at 6:22 pm, Nadine K.J. <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I am looking for the population for each village according to >>>>>>>>>>> 2001 census and 2011 census. The links here above in this thread >>>>>>>>>>> are no >>>>>>>>>>> longer working. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I looked at: >>>>>>>>>>> https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/?page=1&sk=village%20directory&tag%5B%5D=Census-2001&sort_by=popularity&sort_order=desc&ps=15 >>>>>>>>>>> and there you can search for each STATE + DISTRICT separately to >>>>>>>>>>> obtain a VILLAGE DIRECTORY. >>>>>>>>>>> However, I wonder if someone has the village population data in >>>>>>>>>>> one excel sheet of India 2001 and 2011 census. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much! >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Nadine >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday 31 January 2017 at 11:29:13 UTC+1 AVANI DARE wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The Census Data Village Directory for 2001 of all States is >>>>>>>>>>>> provided in Census Digital Library. Data which you will download >>>>>>>>>>>> is in >>>>>>>>>>>> Excel Format only. 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