785 districts · 36 states & UTs

India, mapped down
to every district.

A live choropleth of population, density and census data, layered with highways and transit — explore the country one district at a time.

Any data layer, one map

Population and density from Census 2011, health and nutrition from NFHS-5 (2019-21) — pick a layer and every one of 785 districts recolors live.

  • Population & density — Census 2011
  • Health & nutrition — NFHS-5 (2019-21)
  • Instant layer switching
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DistrictsStates
Population (2011)
1.34 M
12.5 K
Population (2011)
62%

The saving

An afternoon of GIS work, already done. Every layer, every district, every time.

Old way

~2.8h

Shapefiles + GIS · per layer

  1. 01Download district shapefiles25 min
  2. 02Reconcile district name mismatches40 min
  3. 03Join Census, NFHS-5 & highway tables45 min
  4. 04Re-project & simplify geometry30 min
  5. 05Style and QA the choropleth30 min
52steps

Explore India

Under a minute

Every layer, every time

  1. 01Pick a state or district
  2. 02Pick a data layer

Steps 01–05 already done, once, for every layer.

~2.8 hours saved, every layer you open.

No shapefiles, no joins, no QA — done once, for all 785 districts.

Skip the shapefiles

What you can build

Multiple sources, one geography. Every one of them on the same 785 districts.

The data

Official sources, one geography, every layer dated.

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Census

2011

Population, literacy & amenities

NFHS-5

2019–21

Health, nutrition & lifestyle

WorldPop

2020

Modelled population grid

Highways

Live

Highways & expressways

Boundaries

Current

District geometry, reconciled

Joined on district boundaries so every layer lines up on the same geography, regardless of source — 785 districts across 36 states & UTs, every one traceable back to a named source and year.