Historical District Boundaries of India, 1971

Description:

This layer is a polygon theme representing district boundaries of India for 1971 and includes district socio-demographic Census attribute data such as total population, population by sex, and rural/urban populations. This data layer is sourced from secondary government sources (Survey of India, Census of India, Election Commission, etc.) and includes data for 357 districts, 23 states and 7 union territories. This layer is part of the Historical Boundaries of India dataset showing decadal change in district boundaries of India since 1951. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for district-level demographic analysis within basic applications to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.

Publisher:

ML InfoMap (Firm)

Provider:

NYU

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Sex ratio, Literacy, Population, Statistics, Administrative and political divisions, Boundaries, and Society

Temporal Coverage:

1971

Spatial Coverage:

India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), Andhra Pradesh (India), Assam (India), Bihar (India), Chhattisgarh (India : Union Territory), Daman and Diu (India), Delhi (India : Union Territory), Goa (India : State), Gujarat (India), Haryana (India), Himachal Pradesh (India), Jammu and Kashmir (India), Lakshadweep (India), Kerala (India), Madhya Pradesh (India), Maharashtra (India), Manipur (India), Mysore (India : District), Nagaland(India), Orissa (India), Pondicherry (India), Punjab (India), Rajasthan (India), Tamil Nadu (India), Uttar Pradesh (India), and West Bengal (India)

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

Shapefile

More details at:

http://hdl.handle.net/2451/60205