lildosa/tamil-nadu-government-health-facilities

Tamil Nadu Government Health Facilities

A cleaned and structured dataset of government healthcare facilities across Tamil Nadu, India.

Dataset Description

This dataset contains 2,398 healthcare facility records across Tamil Nadu, including government hospitals, Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs), maternity facilities, dental facilities, and other government healthcare facilities.

Each record includes information such as:

• —Facility name
• —Facility type
• —Healthcare service/referral tier
• —District
• —PIN code
• —Latitude and longitude
• —Operator
• —Opening hours

Purpose

The dataset is designed to support:

• —Healthcare facility discovery
• —Rural and urban healthcare accessibility analysis
• —Geospatial healthcare applications
• —Healthcare routing and referral systems
• —Public-health research
• —AI-assisted healthcare applications
• —Rural healthcare and triage projects

Data Source

The dataset contains healthcare facility information associated with OpenStreetMap geographic data.

Limitations

The information may not always reflect the current status, services, or operating hours of a facility. Users should verify important healthcare information with official sources before making medical, emergency, or referral decisions.

The dataset does not contain patient records, diagnoses, medical histories, or individual-level health information.

License

This dataset is released under the Open Database License (ODbL). Where applicable, users should follow the attribution and share-alike requirements of the underlying OpenStreetMap data.