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Spatial Data from the 2011 India Census, v1 (2011)

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Recommended Citation(s)*:

Balk, D., M. R. Montgomery, H. Engin, N. Lin, E. Major and B. Jones. 2020. Spatial Data from the 2011 India Census. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/gya1-wp91. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR.

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Balk, D., M. R. Montgomery, H. Engin, N. Lin, E. Major and B. Jones. 2019. Urbanization in India: Population and Urban Classification Grids for 2011. Data 4 (1): 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/data4010035.

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Download the Spatial Data from the India Census, v1 (2011):

Variable definitions and state codes are available in the Data Dictionary [23 KB XLSX file]

THEME	FILE DESCRIPTION


Population	India Population Count Grid [15.6 MB zipped Grid file]
	India States Population Count [9 MB zipped GeoTIFF file]


Area	India Land Area Grid [3.6 MB zipped Grid file]
	India States Area [17.5 MB zipped GeoTIFF file]


Urban Classification	Census Designations of Settlement Type [333 KB zipped GeoTIFF file]
	Census Designations of Settlement Type Combined with Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) Built-up Area Threshold of 50% [130 MB zipped Shapefile]
	Census Designations of Settlement Type Combined with Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) Built-up Area Threshold of 1% [331 MB zipped Shapefile]