Cultural Diversity Analysis of India

Overview

This project focuses on analyzing the cultural diversity of India using data from the 2011 Indian Census. The aim was to compute diversity indices for various aspects such as occupational classification, religious communities, language groups, and migration patterns across different states in India. By applying Simpson’s and Shannon’s diversity indices, we quantified and visualized the diversity across these dimensions, providing a comprehensive view of India's cultural richness.

Key Highlights

• Objective: To compute diversity indices that reflect the occupational, linguistic, religious, and migration diversity across Indian states, helping to understand the cultural fabric of the country.
• Data: Analysis was based on publicly available datasets from the 2011 Indian Census.
• Methodology: The project utilized Simpson’s and Shannon’s diversity indices to quantify diversity, followed by exploratory data analysis and visualization techniques.
• Findings: States like Manipur, Nagaland, and Jammu & Kashmir emerged as highly diverse across various indices, highlighting their unique cultural compositions.

For detailed analysis, methodology, and results, please refer to the full report.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Problem Statement
3. Methodology
   • Data Collection
   • Data Cleaning & Preprocessing
   • Calculation of Diversity Indices
   • Modelling
4. Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
   • Occupational Diversity
   • Migration Patterns
   • Linguistic Diversity
   • Religious Distribution
5. Results
   • Diversity Indices by State
   • Cultural Diversity Heatmap
   • Top Culturally Diverse States
6. Conclusion & Inferences
7. Future Work
8. Key Learnings
9. References

Note

This README provides an overview of the project. For an in-depth analysis, detailed methodologies, and comprehensive results, please refer to the full report.