census_2011_pca: Census 2011 Primary Census Abstract (PCA)

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Census 2011 Primary Census Abstract (PCA)

Description

District-level population, SC/ST, literacy, and worker statistics from the 2011 Census. Covers all 640 districts; population_total sums to 1,210,854,977, the 2011 India total.

Usage

census_2011_pca

Format

A tibble with 640 rows and 19 columns:

year

Census year (2011)

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

Aggregated at district level from the village-level 2011 PCA that also backs census_2011_demographics(), census_2011_workers() and census_2011_marginal_detail(). For the 2001 round see census_2001_pca.

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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