District-level data from the 2011 Census of India Primary Census Abstract. Contains population, SC/ST populations, literacy, and worker statistics.
Format
A tibble with 593 rows and 19 columns:
- year
Census year (2011)
- geography
Geographic level ("district")
- state_code
Numeric state code
- state_name
Name of the state
- state_name_harmonized
Harmonized state name for joining across datasets
- district_code
Numeric district code
- name
Name of the district
- households
Number of households
- population_total
Total population
- population_male
Male population
- population_female
Female population
- population_0_6
Population aged 0-6 years
- sc_population
Scheduled Caste population
- st_population
Scheduled Tribe population
- literate_total
Total literate population
- workers_total
Total workers
- main_workers
Main workers
- marginal_workers
Marginal workers
- non_workers
Non-workers
Source
Jolad, Shivakumar and Singh, Madhav (2026). "Indian Census Data Collection, 1901-2026: Digitised Subnational Population and Administrative Datasets." Harvard Dataverse. doi:10.7910/DVN/ON8CP8 .