First Water Bodies Census: Basin wise Distribution of Water Bodies by type

Dataset Overview

The dataset consists of the distribution of water bodies by type across different basins in the country as enumerated in the first Census on Water Bodies in India. ater bodies have been defined as ‘all natural or man-made units bounded on all sides with some or no masonry work used for storing water for irrigation or other purposes like industrial, pisciculture, domestic/drinking, recreation, reli...

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fiscal_yearbasin_nametypes_of_water_bodiesno_of_water_bodiesunitnote
2017-18Area of North Ladakh not draining into Indus BasinLakes711no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Area of North Ladakh not draining into Indus BasinOthers1152no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Area of North Ladakh not draining into Indus BasinPonds19516no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Area of North Ladakh not draining into Indus BasinReservoirs607no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Area of North Ladakh not draining into Indus BasinTanks25815no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Area of North Ladakh not draining into Indus BasinTotal49870no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Area of North Ladakh not draining into Indus BasinWater Conservation Schemes/percolation tanks/check dams2069no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Barak and others BasinLakes527no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Barak and others BasinOthers1057no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers
2017-18Barak and others BasinPonds62517no_of_water_bodies in absolute numbers

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
fiscal_year10Text196
basin_name280Text196
types_of_water_bodies70Text196
no_of_water_bodies187178Number196
unit10Text196
note00Unsupported0

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Ministry of Jal Shakti. First Water Bodies Census: Basin wise Distribution of Water Bodies by type [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/18665