README file Title: India 2001 Census Files EDS Study Number: 1109 These files match official final India Census 2001 counts as per their website # of households # of persons Official count 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 in data subdirectory: file name (.xls) # of hshlds # of persons # of entries state_total 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 35 state_urban 55,722,140 286,119,689 35 state_rural 137,204,390 742,490,639 35 hh count no urb-rur* 653,424 (# of hshlds with missing urb-rur data except total population. ----------- ------------- Read the Description of Files documentation for details.) TOTAL 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 districts_total 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 593 districts_urban 55,722,140 286,119,689 593 districts_rural 137,204,390 742,490,639 593 hh count no urb-rur 653,424 (# of hshlds with missing urb-rur data except total population. ----------- ------------- Read the Description of Files documentation for details.) TOTAL 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 admin_level3 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 5610 admin_level3_urban 55,722,140 286,119,689 5610 admin_level3_rural 137,204,390 742,490,639 5610 data missing 653,424 (# of hshlds with missing urb-rur data except total population. ----------- ----------- Read the Description of Files documentation for details.) TOTAL 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 (When mapping the data, admin_level3_bound files are an alternative to using the admin_level3 files. Read the Description of Files documentation carefully before using.) admin_level3_bound 189,605,883 1,009,603,757 5469 admin-level3_no_bound 3,974,071 19,006,571 142 ------------ ------------- TOTAL 193,579,954 1,028,610,328 in doc subdirectory: Document name File Name File Type Description of Files with 2001 Census counts file-formats.txt ASCII text metadata_for_census_tables (about variables) metadata_for_cenus_tables.doc WORD in program subdirectory: