census_2001_pca: Census 2001 Primary Census Abstract (PCA)

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Census 2001 Primary Census Abstract (PCA)

Description

District-level population, SC/ST, literacy, and worker statistics from the 2001 Census. Covers 593 districts; population_total sums to 1,028,610,328, the 2001 India total.

Usage

census_2001_pca

Format

A tibble with 593 rows and 19 columns:

year

Census year (2001)

geography

Geographic level ("district")

state_code

Numeric state code

state_name

Name of the state

state_name_harmonized

Harmonized state name for joining across datasets

district_code

Numeric district code

name

Name of the district

households

Number of households

population_total

Total population

population_male

Male population

population_female

Female population

population_0_6

Population aged 0-6 years

sc_population

Scheduled Caste population

st_population

Scheduled Tribe population

literate_total

Total literate population

workers_total

Total workers

main_workers

Main workers

marginal_workers

Marginal workers

non_workers

Non-workers

Details

Use 2001 boundaries with attach_geometry(). Districts are 2001 vintage, so the 2011 boundary file has no polygon for several of them and will mismatch others: ⁠North Cachar Hills⁠ (renamed Dima Hasao in 2010) and an undivided Medinipur (split into Purba and Paschim in 2002) both resolve to the wrong 2011 district. See census_2011_pca for the 2011 round.

Until version 0.0.0.9000 this table shipped as census_2011_pca with a hard-coded year of 2011.

Source

Census of India 2001, Primary Census Abstract.

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