Pop Estimates 2020

Population Estimates for Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies in India, 2020

These estimates are used for 2020 district and parliamentary-constituency population denominators.

Open downloadCore referenceMetadata incompleteMediumGood starting datasetStrong district source

Weiyu Wang; Rockli Kim; S. V. Subramanian · 2021 · Harvard Dataverse

Host / institution

Harvard Dataverse · Harvard Dataverse

Geography

India, district, parliamentary constituency

Time coverage

2020

Update frequency

One-time estimates (2020)

What this is best for

District and parliamentary constituency population estimates aligned to contemporary geography

Main limitations

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Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is District & PC Pop. 2020 used for?
District and parliamentary constituency population estimates aligned to contemporary geography
How do you access District & PC Pop. 2020 data?
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What geography and time does District & PC Pop. 2020 cover?
Geography: India, district, parliamentary constituency. Time coverage: 2020.
What are the main limitations of District & PC Pop. 2020?
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Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

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Name / codeDescription
District populationEstimated district population 2020
PC populationParliamentary constituency population 2020
District IDDistrict geography key
PC IDParliamentary constituency key
Formats

tabular

Technical tags
referencedistrict-level
Example uses
Typical research and analysis uses for this dataset

Per-capita rates and electoral denominators

Academic identifiers

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.