State and District Boundary Changes in India: 1961-2001

Hemanshu Kumar and Rohini Somanathan

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Abstract: For 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.

Keywords: State; District Boundary Changes; districts; country; census; language; age structure; religion; India; Scheduled Castes and Tribes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-11
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