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India Census 2011 — District Level Clean, versioned district-level data from India's 2011 Census. 640 districts. 29 columns. Zero missing values. Ready for pandas. Quick Start import pandas as pd from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download path = hf_hub_download( repo_id="indiaset/census-2011", filename="census_2011_districts_final.parquet", repo_type="dataset" ) df = pd.read_parquet(path) print(df.shape) # (640, 29) What's In This… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/indiaset/census-2011.

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India Census 2011 — District Level

Clean, versioned district-level data from India's 2011 Census. 640 districts. 29 columns. Zero missing values. Ready for pandas.

Quick Start

python
import pandas as pd
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download

path = hf_hub_download(
    repo_id="indiaset/census-2011",
    filename="census_2011_districts_final.parquet",
    repo_type="dataset"
)
df = pd.read_parquet(path)
print(df.shape)  # (640, 29)

What's In This Dataset

One row per district. All 640 districts of India as they existed on Census night — midnight of February 28, 2011.

ColumnDescription
state_codeCensus 2011 state code
state_nameOfficial state/UT name
district_codeCensus 2011 district code
district_nameDistrict name as per Census
lgd_codeLGD permanent district code
districtnamelgdDistrict name as per LGD
pop_totalTotal population
pop_maleMale population
pop_femaleFemale population
popunder6totalChildren under 6 years
pop_scScheduled Caste population
pop_stScheduled Tribe population
literate_totalLiterate persons
literate_maleLiterate males
literate_femaleLiterate females
illiterate_totalIlliterate persons
workers_totalTotal workers
workers_maleMale workers
workers_femaleFemale workers
nonworkerstotalNon workers
literacy_rateLiterate / Total × 100
sex_ratioFemales per 1000 males
workforce_participationWorkers / Total × 100

Validation

District populations sum to exactly 1,210,854,977 — the official Census 2011 total for India. Zero discrepancy.

Key Insights

  • —Most literate district: Pathanamthitta, Kerala — 88.74%
  • —Least literate district: Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh — 28.77%
  • —Literacy gap across India: 60 percentage points
  • —National sex ratio: 943 females per 1000 males

Known Limitations

⚠️ This data reflects 2011 boundaries. Key things to know:

  • —Telangana does not exist — it was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. All Telangana districts appear under Andhra Pradesh here.
  • —New districts created after 2011 are not present — India had 640 districts in 2011, now has 800+.
  • —Population figures are from 2011 — use for structural comparisons, not current headcounts.
  • —Yanam and Mahe (Puducherry enclaves) LGD codes were manually verified and patched — not in the LGD export.

Source & License

  • —Maintainer: Ansuman Jaiswal (github.com/iam-ansuman)
  • —Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (censusindia.gov.in)
  • —LGD Codes: Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India (lgdirectory.gov.in)
  • —Original license: GODL-India
  • —This dataset: CC-BY-4.0

If you use this dataset, please cite:

Jaiswal, Ansuman. (2026). India Census 2011 - District Level [Dataset]. indiaset. Hugging Face. https://huggingface.co/datasets/indiaset/census-2011

Cleaning Pipeline

Full reproducible pipeline available at: github.com/indiaset/census-2011-pipeline