Dataset · Infrastructure
Whether each Kerala village had power for domestic, agricultural, commercial and all uses, and daily hours in summer and winter
The first 5 of 4,072 rows
| period | period_type | geo_level | geo_code | geo_name | district_code | district | subdistrict_code | subdistrict | block | gram_panchayat | reference_year | user_type | available | hours_per_day_summer | hours_per_day_winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | year | census_village | 627057 | Pavoor | 592 | Kasaragod | 5630 | Kasaragod | Manjeshwar | Vorkady | 2009 | agriculture | yes | 23.0 | 24.0 |
| 2011 | year | census_village | 627057 |
For every census village of Kerala, whether electricity was supplied for domestic, agricultural, commercial and all uses, and the hours of supply per day in the summer months (April to September) and the winter months (October to March). The hours are as reported by the village to the Census directory and describe the position around the reference year, not today. Use it to see how far villages had round-the-clock power before 2011.
| Column | Label | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
period | Release period | Period of the source release this row comes from (edition year, academic year, month or capture year) | |
period_type | Release period type | year, academic_year, quarter or month | |
geo_level | Geography level | census_village: every row is one village of the 2011 Census | |
geo_code | Census village code | Six-digit Census 2011 location code of the village |
Please cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). Village-wise hours of electricity supply by type of use in Kerala, Census 2011 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Original data: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. /data/village-power-supply-kerala
| Pavoor |
| 592 |
| Kasaragod |
| 5630 |
| Kasaragod |
| Manjeshwar |
| Vorkady |
| 2009 |
| all_users |
| yes |
| 23.0 |
| 24.0 |
| 2011 | year | census_village | 627057 | Pavoor | 592 | Kasaragod | 5630 | Kasaragod | Manjeshwar | Vorkady | 2009 | commercial | yes | 23.0 | 24.0 |
| 2011 | year | census_village | 627057 | Pavoor | 592 | Kasaragod | 5630 | Kasaragod | Manjeshwar | Vorkady | 2009 | domestic | yes | 23.0 | 24.0 |
| 2011 | year | census_village | 627058 | Vorkady | 592 | Kasaragod | 5630 | Kasaragod | Manjeshwar | Vorkady | 2009 | agriculture | yes | 23.0 | 24.0 |
geo_name | Village | Name of the village as printed in the Census village directory |
district_code | District LGD code | Local Government Directory code of the district the village is in |
district | District | District of the village in LGD spelling |
subdistrict_code | Taluk code | Census 2011 code of the sub-district (taluk) without leading zeros |
subdistrict | Taluk | Name of the Census sub-district (taluk) the village is in |
block | Community development block | Name of the community development block the village belongs to |
gram_panchayat | Gram panchayat | Name of the gram panchayat the village belongs to, as printed in the directory |
reference_year | Reference year | Year for which the village's facilities were reported to the Census |
user_type | Type of use | domestic, agriculture, commercial or all_users |
available | Power supplied | yes if power is supplied for this use, no if not, blank if not recorded |
hours_per_day_summer | Hours per day, summer | Hours of supply per day in April to September |
hours_per_day_winter | Hours per day, winter | Hours of supply per day in October to March |
