Dataset Overview

The dataset contains the annual trend in the number of deaths that have happened in India due to heatwave as recorded by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and compiled by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in Environmental Statistics publication. To IMD follows the following classification to determine a death as caused by heat waves: 1. The maximum temperature of ...

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Yearly, Country

Time Saved

2 hours

Number of rows

Number of Columns

Sources

Envistats 2022

Archive Link

Link 1

Time Period

1970 to 2021

Units

value in absolute number

Data Preview

year	state	heat_wave_detahs	unit
2021	All India	0	heat_wave_deaths in absolute number
2020	All India	27	heat_wave_deaths in absolute number
2019	All India	505	heat_wave_deaths in absolute number
2018	All India	33	heat_wave_deaths in absolute number
2017	All India	375	heat_wave_deaths in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	52	52	Number	52
state	1	0	Text	52
heat_wave_detahs	46	42	Number	52
unit	1	0	Text	52

Citation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Heat Waves: Year-wise Number of Deaths in India due to Heatwaves, as compiled by MoSPI [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/1132

Heat Waves: Year-wise Number of Deaths in India due to Heatwaves, as compiled by MoSPI