Population Estimates for Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies in India, 2020

This dataset presents the estimated population for 736 districts and 543 parliamentary constituencies (PCs) in India in 2020. Population estimates were calculated by summing the population count across 100m × 100m pixels over the shapefile boundaries using the WorldPop raster data (https://www.worldpop.org/geodata/summary?id=6527). Both PC and District shapefiles were downloaded from the Community Created Maps of India (CCMA) project published by Data {Meet}. The district shapefile was edited in alignment with the latest district boundary of 2020. Districts of Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban were both reported under Mumbai