census_subdistricts_2011: Subdistrict directory (2011)

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Subdistrict directory (2011)

Description

Subdistrict (tehsil/taluka) population from the 2011 Census.

Usage

census_subdistricts_2011

Format

A tibble with 7,074 rows and 15 columns:

year

Census year for population data (2011)

geography

Geographic level ("subdistrict")

state

Name of the state

state_name_harmonized

Harmonized state name for joining across datasets

district

Name of the district

subdistrict

Name of the subdistrict (tehsil/taluka)

population

Total population

males

Male population

females

Female population

households

Number of households

inhabited_villages

Number of inhabited villages

uninhabited_villages

Number of uninhabited villages

towns

Number of towns

area_km2

Area in square kilometers

density

Population density per square kilometer

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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