Wikidata:Property proposal/LGD Subdistrict Code

‎LGD Subdistrict Code[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control

Done: LGD Subdistrict Code (P12748) (Talk and documentation)

Description	code used for Subdistricts by the Local Government Directory, a website run by the Government of India, which maintains directory of rural and urban local governments in India and their political territorial entities.
Represents	local government in India (Q16056480)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	subdistrict of India (Q105626471)
Allowed values	\d{1,4}
Example 1	Bhadrak P.S. (Q122528001) -> 2914
Example 2	Baduria community development block (Q4841177) -> 2328
Example 3	Chirala mandal (Q18111218) -> 5123
Example 4	Gangtok subdivision (Q59915861) -> 1553
Example 5	Canacona taluk (Q861954) -> 5619
Example 6	Dhanora tehsil (Q123268346) -> 7320
Source	https://lgdirectory.gov.in
Planned use	convert existing LGD local body code (P6425) on instances of subdistrict of India (Q105626471) to this property. Current count is at 7146.
Number of IDs in source	7146
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
Formatter URL	https://lgdirectory.gov.in/globalviewSubDistrictDetail.do?globalsubdistrictId=$1
Country	India (Q668)
See also	LGD local body code (P6425), LGD Block Code (P12717), Indian census area code (2011) (P5578)
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes
Wikidata project	WikiProject India (Q11037573)

Motivation[edit]

The pre-existing "LGD local body code" property which is used for various types of Indian administrative entities like states/districts/subdistricts has a couple of problems. Firstly the collision problem, there can be collision across various entity types( a state LGD code can be the same of another district's LGD code ). Secondly, there is also a problem where any block of West Bengal has 2 LGD codes, one as subdistrict and another as a block, this breaks the single value constraint. Creation of separate LGD State or UT code, LGD District Code, LGD Subdistrict Code, LGD Block Code etc would alleviate these problems. LGD Subdistrict Code is one of the separate identifiers which is to be used only for the Subdistrict entities. --RamSeraph (talk) 11:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]