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District-level mother tongue data from the 2011 Census of India C-16 tables. Contains population counts for each language at state and district levels, with breakdown by rural/urban and male/female.

Usage

census_2011_mother_tongue

Format

A tibble with 350,157 rows and 18 columns:

state_code

Numeric state code

state_name

Name of the state

state_name_harmonized

Harmonized state name for joining across datasets

district_code

District code ("000" for state total)

area_name

Name of the state or district

language_code

Census language code

language_name

Name of the language or dialect

language_level

L1 for main languages, L2 for dialects

language_group

Numeric language group code

total_persons

Total speakers

total_males

Male speakers

total_females

Female speakers

rural_persons

Rural speakers

rural_males

Rural male speakers

rural_females

Rural female speakers

urban_persons

Urban speakers

urban_males

Urban male speakers

urban_females

Urban female speakers

Source

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