How do we distinguish towns from villages?
In the Indian wiki page we have a proposal : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Places
There has been a talk-IN discussion in 2012 and 2016:
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-in/2012-May/thread.html
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-in/2016-August/thread.html#2654
Most mappers opposed the wiki proposal but there was no clear result.
I think this proposal is not practicable and I do not see that India needs a special definition of towns and villages.
Then census data make the following definition :
To be called a town, a place should meet all the following criteria:
1)Population exceeds 5,000
2)At least 75% of male working population is employed outside the
agricultural sector
3)Minimum population density of 400 persons per km
My question : How does a normal mapper get the information for 2) and 3)??
So we should look for the common mapping worldwide.
The the opinions is as follows:
- „Use place=town to identify an important urban centre that is larger than a place=village, smaller than a place=city, and not a place=suburb. Towns normally have a good range of shops and facilities which are used by people from nearby villages. „
- towns : population= 10 000 to 100 000
- towns : population = 5 000 to 10 000 and important center for the region
Where can we find the population data of towns?
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Complete documents of census 2011 : http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB.html
It is nearly impossile to find here the population data of the towns. -
population list of census 2011 :
a) http://censusindia.gov.in/towns/town.aspx (data out of date!)
b) http://www.census2011.co.in/towns.php (newer data but uncomplete)
Does anybody know a better data source?
**So I make the following proposal :
- towns : population= 10 000 to 100 000
- towns : population = about 5 000 to 10 000 and the place is a district or subdistrict headquarter.
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All districts are mapped with the headquarter and nearly all subdistricts.
What is your opinion?