Cities covered: Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.

Folder contains data on: Built-up, Population,Ward Boundaries,Nightlights (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) and Infrastructure (Highways, Metro, Mono and Local rail line) layers

Temporal resolution: Built-up: 1975, 1990, 2000 and 2014; Population: 1975, 1990, 2000 and 2015 and VIIRS: 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015

Spatial resolution: Built-up: 38 meter; Population: 250 meter and VIIRS: 463.05 meter

Dataset sources:

1. GHSL - The Global Human Settlement (GHS) framework produces global spatial information about the human presence on the planet over time. The spatial data here shows the distribution of built-up area and population for four time periods: 1975, 1990, 2000 and 2014. The built-up and population layer data has been extracted from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL), see link for more information.

2. VIIRS - Earth Observations Group (EOG) at NOAA/NGDC is producing a version 1 VIIRS suite of average radiance composite images using nighttime data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB). See link for more information.

File format: The zip file contains Built-up, Population, Infrastructure, Municipal boundary and Ward Boundaries in Shapefile, KML and Geojson formats and VIIRS in Geotiff format.

* Data processed and created by Urban Expansion Observatory and IDFC Institute.

If you have any query, please feel free to contact Mr.Kshitij Batra (Email ID: [email protected])