Wikidata:Property proposal/Indian census area code (1991)

Indian census area code (1991) edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control

Descriptioncode used for an area for calculations in the 1991 census of India
Data typeExternal identifier
Domainadministrative territorial entity (Q56061) in India (Q668)
Allowed values\d{2}(\.(\d{2}(\d{4}((\d{4}(\d{4}(\d{4})?)?)|(\d{6}(\d{4})?))?)?)?)?
Example 1West Bengal (Q1356) → 19
Example 2Murshidabad district (Q1546240) → 19.06
Example 3Farakka community development block (Q5434787) → 19.060010
Example 4Arazi Jot Sundar (Q60435727) → 19.060010021002100001
Example 5Dhulian (Q1265617) → 19.060020101000
Example 6Ward No 1., Dhulian municipality → 19.0600201010000001
Example 7(a block in Varanasi district) → 09.6100100020
Example 8(a nyay panchayat in the aforementioned block) → 09.61001000200019
Sourcehttp://censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx#
Planned useadd to existing items for Indian administrative divisions
Number of IDs in sourcesomewhere in the hundreds of thousands
Expected completenesseventually complete (Q21873974)
See alsoIndian census area code (2001) (P3213), Indian census area code (2011) (P5578), MDWS place ID (P6335), LGD local body code (P6425)

Motivation edit

This code scheme for Indian administrative divisions differs enough from those for 2001 and 2011 that a separate property will be necessary. Mahir256 (talk) 19:45, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit

@Bodhisattwa, Kaaro01, Jinoytommanjaly, Mahir256:   Done: Indian census area code (1991) (P6503). − Pintoch (talk) 16:47, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]