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Field	Value
Data last updated	October 8, 2023
Metadata last updated	August 22, 2024
Created	October 8, 2023
Format	CSV
License	Open Data Commons Attribution License
Data extraction page	H-01: Census houses and the uses to which they are put
Data insights	Data Insights that can be drawn:State-wise distribution of vacant houses in both rural and urban areas.State-wise breakdown of houses based on their primary use in both urban and rural settings.Analysis of houses that are locked and potentially not in use.Comparative analysis of the number of houses used for commercial purposes versus those used for residential purposes.Insights into infrastructure development, e.g., the number of houses used as schools or hospitals, which can give an idea about the educational and health infrastructure of a region.Patterns of house utilization across different states and years, potentially revealing urbanization trends or migration patterns.
Data last updated	2,011
Data retreival date	6/23/2022
Datastore active	True
Frequency	Decadal
Granularity	State
Has views	True
Id	d7f13f0d-dc00-4250-bde0-4f91bec4d536
Idp ready	True
Lgd mapping	yes
Methodology	The data is collected as a part of the official Census process, which is carried out once every decade. Enumerators visit every house in their designated area and collect data through a predefined questionnaire. This information is then aggregated at the state and national levels. The data is segmented between urban and rural areas to understand the varying patterns of housing utilization across different environments.
No indicators	22
Package id	04ca228f-0b3f-45f9-8bce-d16371d5aa17
Position	3
Size	7.7 KiB
Sku	moha-census_houses_by_uses-st-dc-aaa
State	active
States uts no	35
Url type	upload
Years covered	2,011
Methodology	The data is collected as a part of the official Census process, which is carried out once every decade. Enumerators visit every house in their designated area and collect data through a predefined questionnaire. This information is then aggregated at the state and national levels. The data is segmented between urban and rural areas to understand the varying patterns of housing utilization across different environments.
Indicators
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Granularity Level	State
Data Extraction Page	H-01: Census houses and the uses to which they are put
Data Retreival Date	6/23/2022
Data Last Updated	2011
Sku	moha-census_houses_by_uses-st-dc-aaa
Dataset Frequency	Decadal
Years Covered	2011
No of States/UT(s)	35
No of Districts
No of Tehsils/blocks
No of Gram Panchayats
Additional Information
Number of Indicators	22
Insights from the dataset	Data Insights that can be drawn:State-wise distribution of vacant houses in both rural and urban areas.State-wise breakdown of houses based on their primary use in both urban and rural settings.Analysis of houses that are locked and potentially not in use.Comparative analysis of the number of houses used for commercial purposes versus those used for residential purposes.Insights into infrastructure development, e.g., the number of houses used as schools or hospitals, which can give an idea about the educational and health infrastructure of a region.Patterns of house utilization across different states and years, potentially revealing urbanization trends or migration patterns.
IDP Ready	Yes
LGD Mapping	Yes