State and District Boundary Changes in India: 1961-2001
Published By: CDE on eSS | Published Date: November, 01 , 2015For a large variety of data recorded by the Census of India, such as those
on language, age structure, religion, and on individual Scheduled Castes and
Tribes, the district is the lowest level of aggregation at which these data are
published. Between 1961, when the first comprehensive census of independent
India was conducted, and the Census of 2001, which is the last census
for which complete data have been published, the number of districts in
India increased from 339 to 593. The changes in the boundaries are described
and a set of 232 regions are constructed with consistent boundaries
between 1961–2001, that span the entire country.
Author(s): Hemanshu Kumar, Rohini Somanathan | Posted on: Nov 17, 2015 | Views() | Download (752)