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District-level linguistic diversity metrics derived from the 2011 Census C-16 mother tongue tables.

Usage

data(census_2011_linguistic_diversity)

Format

A tibble with 640 rows and 10 columns:

state_name_harmonized

Harmonized state name for joining across datasets

state_code

Numeric state code

district_code

Numeric district code

n_languages

Number of distinct languages spoken

total_speakers

Total speakers across all languages

shannon_entropy

Shannon entropy of the language distribution

effective_languages

Effective number of languages (exp of Shannon entropy)

dominant_language

Most-spoken language

dominant_share

Share of speakers of the dominant language

district_name

Name of the district

Source

Census of India 2011, C-16 Mother Tongue Tables (derived).