Kerala Tuberculosis Unit Boundaries: A GIS Dataset of 77 Administrative Units for Public Health Surveillance and Spatial Research in India

Kerala Tuberculosis Unit Boundaries — v1.0.1 We are pleased to release the first publicly available geospatial boundary dataset for all 77 Tuberculosis Units (TUs) across all 14 districts of Kerala, India. What is included in this release 77 TU boundary polygons covering the complete state of Kerala Provided in Shapefile (.shp + associated files), RDS (.rds), and GeoPackage (.gpkg) formats Georeferenced to WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) Attribute table includes TU name, district, and unique identifier for each unit Data dictionary and methodology notes included in the folder Background Tuberculosis Units are administrative subdivisions under India's National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP, formerly RNTCP) responsible for TB case detection, treatment supervision, and programme monitoring. Prior to this release, no publicly available GIS boundary dataset existed for Kerala's TUs, limiting sub-district spatial analysis of TB burden and programmatic performance. Producing institution Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala, India Authors Mathew J Valamparampil (PhD Scholar, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum & Civil Surgeon, Kerala Health Services, Govt. of Kerala — ORCID: 0000-0003-2855-5166 Biju Soman (Professor & Former Head, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum) — ORCID: 0000-0003-0748-0839 Mathew Alson Titus (Research Associate, Project: Niskhay, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum) Sanjeev Nair (Additional Professor, Respiratory Medicine, Government Medical College, Trivandrum) — ORCID: 0000-0003-4048-0478 Funding This work was supported by the Central Tuberculosis Division, Government of India, under Operational Research Grant No. CTD-68/2020, awarded to Biju Soman, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum. Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge: the Central Tuberculosis Division (GoI) for funding; the Department of Health Services, Government of Kerala; National and State NTEP officials; District TB Officers of all 14 districts of Kerala; Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre (KSREC) for geospatial data support; the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India; and SCTIMST for institutional support. How to cite Valamparampil MJ, Soman B, Titus MA, Nair S (2026). Kerala Tuberculosis Unit Boundaries: A GIS Dataset of 77 Administrative Units for Public Health Surveillance and Spatial Research in India. AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20320275 License Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share and adapt, provided appropriate credit is given.