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title: 'censusindia: Census of India Data, 1901-2011, with Boundaries and Projections'
version: 0.2.1
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.censusindia
abstract: 'Tables from every decennial Census of India from 1901 to 2011: population
  time series, Primary Census Abstracts at state, district and sub-district level,
  mother tongue tables, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe populations, and the 1931
  caste tables by religion, together with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare population
  projections to 2036. Historical series are drawn from Jolad and Singh (2026) <https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ON8CP8>.
  Census variables can be returned with state or district boundaries of the matching
  census year attached for mapping. Boundary files and the largest village-level tables
  are downloaded on first use and cached locally.'
authors:
- family-names: Choudhary
  given-names: Saket
  email: saketc@iitb.ac.in
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-7633
repository: https://saketlab.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/saketlab/censusindia
commit: ddbe044e5d39c9fd596b82607e382c5405decff3
url: https://censusindia.saketlab.org/
date-released: '2026-10-11'
contact:
- family-names: Choudhary
  given-names: Saket
  email: saketc@iitb.ac.in
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-7633