Re: [Talk-in] Classification of Indian places

2016-08-26 Thread Arun Ganesh
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: > This link gives the criteria: > > http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_ > files/kerala/13-concept-34.pdf > > For a town, the population criteria is quite small. To be called a town, > it should meet all the following cr

Re: [Talk-in] Classification of Indian places

2016-08-26 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
This link gives the criteria: http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/kerala/13-concept-34.pdf For a town, the population criteria is quite small. To be called a town, it should meet all the following criteria: 1)Population exceeds 5,000 2)At least 75% of male working popula

Re: [Talk-in] Classification of Indian places

2016-08-26 Thread Arun Ganesh
The 2001 census defined a city as a place with over 100,000 persons [1]. Any idea if there is a more updated definition, or what would be the difference between a village and town? [1] http://censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm#2c ___ Talk-in mailing

Re: [Talk-in] Classification of Indian places

2016-08-26 Thread Warin
I too, have raised this same subject on the Australian list and I have seen it raised on the UK list with regards to Scotland. I think the population being used to determine the OSM place classification works well as a first iteration. What is being determined here is not the official, legal de