get_census_boundaries: Get census boundaries

In censusindia: Census of India Data, 1901-2011, with Boundaries and Projections

Get census boundaries

Description

State or district boundaries for a given census year.

Usage

get_census_boundaries(year, geography = c("state", "district"))

Arguments

year	Census year. Available: 1941, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011.
geography	Geographic level: "state" or "district".

Value

An sf object containing the geographic boundaries with harmonized state names.

Boundary files are downloaded on first use; see census_cache_dir().

Examples

boundaries <- get_census_boundaries(1971, "district")
ggplot2::ggplot(boundaries) +
  ggplot2::geom_sf()

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