census_1981: Census 1981 Primary Census Abstract
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Census 1981 Primary Census Abstract
Description
State and district data from the 1981 Census with literacy and worker
classification.
Usage
census_1981
Format
A tibble with 2,364 rows and 39 columns including:
- year
Census year (1981)
- geo_id
Unique geographic identifier
- geo_name
Name of the geographic unit
- level
Geographic level (india, state, district)
- state
Name of the state
- state_name_harmonized
Harmonized state name for joining across datasets
- district
Name of the district (if applicable)
- sector
Sector: "total", "rural", or "urban"
- area_km2
Area in square kilometers
- total_persons
Total population
- total_males
Male population
- total_females
Female population
- literate_persons
Total literate population
- main_workers_persons
Total main workers
- cultivators_persons
Total cultivators
- agri_labour_persons
Total agricultural labourers
- hh_industry_persons
Household industry workers
- other_workers_persons
Other workers
- non_workers_persons
Non-workers
Known defects
The source is OCR'd and carries transcription errors. Of 420 rows with a
rural and urban counterpart, 83 fail rural + urban == total; the largest
gap is 101,809,324 in Himachal Pradesh non_workers_males, a powers-of-ten
slip rather than rounding. District sums disagree with the state row in 19 of
30 states. Check any column you rely on before trusting it.
Source
Jolad, Shivakumar and Singh, Madhav (2026). "Indian Census Data
Collection, 1901-2026: Digitised Subnational Population and Administrative
Datasets." Harvard Dataverse. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.7910/DVN/ON8CP8")}.
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Census 1981 Primary Census Abstract
Description
State and district data from the 1981 Census with literacy and worker classification.
Usage
census_1981
Format
A tibble with 2,364 rows and 39 columns including:
- year
Census year (1981)
- geo_id
Unique geographic identifier
- geo_name
Name of the geographic unit
- level
Geographic level (india, state, district)
- state
Name of the state
- state_name_harmonized
Harmonized state name for joining across datasets
- district
Name of the district (if applicable)
- sector
Sector: "total", "rural", or "urban"
- area_km2
Area in square kilometers
- total_persons
Total population
- total_males
Male population
- total_females
Female population
- literate_persons
Total literate population
- main_workers_persons
Total main workers
- cultivators_persons
Total cultivators
- agri_labour_persons
Total agricultural labourers
- hh_industry_persons
Household industry workers
- other_workers_persons
Other workers
- non_workers_persons
Non-workers
Known defects
The source is OCR'd and carries transcription errors. Of 420 rows with a
rural and urban counterpart, 83 fail rural + urban == total; the largest
gap is 101,809,324 in Himachal Pradesh non_workers_males, a powers-of-ten
slip rather than rounding. District sums disagree with the state row in 19 of
30 states. Check any column you rely on before trusting it.
Source
Jolad, Shivakumar and Singh, Madhav (2026). "Indian Census Data Collection, 1901-2026: Digitised Subnational Population and Administrative Datasets." Harvard Dataverse. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.7910/DVN/ON8CP8")}.
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