District-level historical census data

[Eduardo Campillo Betancourt]

Hi all,

I am aware that the last three censuses are availiable online even at the village/town level for most questions but what about for the previous censuses? Are you aware of census data being digitized at least at the district level? Most important to me is get the distribution by religion and whatever categorization of caste is available (whether it be SC/ST/OBC or specific jatis for the earlier censuses). 

Alternatively, do you know of a repository with the census data perhaps for the earlier ones. I have found some here and there with varying degrees of completeness and I was wondering if any of you have come across a more comprehensive collection.

Thank you very much in advance!

Best,

Eduardo

[pmay...@gmail.com]

Hi Eduardo,

Reeve Vanneman at the University of Maryland maintains the India District database.  "The Indian district database combines district-level data from census and agricultural sources between 1961 and 1991". http://vanneman.umd.edu/districts/index.html

As far as I am aware, the last Census to ascertain caste before the most recent one was that of 1931. For an example of mapping some of that data see Joseph E. Schwartzberg   The Distribution of Selected Castes in the North Indian Plain Geographical review, 1965-10-01, Vol.55 (4), p.477-495.

best wishes,

Peter

[purnima...@gmail.com]

Hi, 

My apologies for jumping on the topic. I had seen these files sometime back. Just wondering if anyone have a these files available in any other format? I do not have access to SAS. I am looking for csv or STATA format

Regards,

Purnima

[Dr Mahesh Gaur]

Thanks but downloaded files are compatible to SAS software only.

b/rgds,

 

- mahesh gaur

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[pmay...@gmail.com]

Hi Mahesh,

While it is correct that the data are formatted for SAS, they are in an ASCII format, so they are quite readable. I've once used Python to extract the figures I needed. Alternatively, it is possible to import SAS files into R (e.g. https://www.marsja.se/how-to-import-data-reading-sas-files-in-r/) from which you can export them in another format. Or: you may be eligible for free academic access to SAS (https://www.sas.com/en_au/learn/academic-programs/software.html).

best wishes,

Peter

[pmay...@gmail.com]

Another option is to import the SAS file into Excel:

From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27738034/how-to-open-sas-files-using-excel:

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I help develop the Colectica for Excel addin, which opens SAS data files in Excel. No SAS software or ODBC configurations are required. The addin directly reads the SAS file and then inserts the data and metadata into your worksheet.

• Imports SAS .sas7bdat data and column names
• Imports SAS .sas7bcat formats and value labels when avalaible

The Excel addin is downloadable from http://www.colectica.com/software/colecticaforexcel

Documentation is available in the user manual.

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best wishes,

Peter

[Dr Mahesh Gaur]

Thanks a lot.

b/rgds,

 

- mahesh gaur

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[Eduardo Campillo Betancourt]

Hi Peter,

This is awesome, thank you!! Also thank you for the notes on using R for SAS, I had previously gone the very painful route of doing it through Stata for US survey files.