census_2011_demographics: Census 2011 demographics (PCA)

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Census 2011 demographics (PCA)

Description

Population, SC/ST, and literacy counts from the 2011 Primary Census Abstract at all geographic levels (India, state, district, subdistrict, town/village, ward), split by total/rural/urban sector. Downloaded on first use; see census_cache_dir(). Use at_level() before summing.

Usage

census_2011_demographics()

Value

A tibble with 751,594 rows and 28 columns:

state_code

Numeric state code

district_code

Numeric district code

subdistrict_code

Numeric subdistrict code

town_village_code

Town or village code

ward_code

Ward code

level

Geographic level (india, state, district, subdistrict, town, village, ward)

name

Name of the geographic unit

state_name_harmonized

Harmonized state name for joining across datasets

sector

Sector: "total", "rural", or "urban"

households

Number of households

population_total,population_male,population_female

Total, male, and female population

pop_0_6_total,pop_0_6_male,pop_0_6_female

Population aged 0-6 years

sc_total,sc_male,sc_female

Scheduled Caste population

st_total,st_male,st_female

Scheduled Tribe population

literate_total,literate_male,literate_female

Literate population

illiterate_total,illiterate_male,illiterate_female

Illiterate population

Source

Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract.

Examples

census_2011_demographics() |> at_level("state")

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