Bihar Unpacked geographic data edition 01

Source: geoBoundaries / William & Mary geoLab.
Underlying sources: Pathways Data Pvt. Ltd., lgdirectory.gov.in.
Source boundary ID: IND-ADM2-76128533; reference geography: 2021.
Build: 2023-12-12; retrieved: 2026-10-25.
Pinned source: https://github.com/wmgeolab/geoBoundaries/raw/9469f09/releaseData/gbOpen/IND/ADM2/geoBoundaries-IND-ADM2_simplified.geojson
Metadata: https://www.geoboundaries.org/api/current/gbOpen/IND/ADM2/

Licence: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL-1.0).
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/
The extracted database and derivative observations are made available under ODbL 1.0.
Preserve attribution, indicate changes and comply with the licence's share-alike provisions.

Changes by Bihar Unpacked: extracted 38 Bihar districts, added explicit naming crosswalk
and local district IDs, calculated approximate geodesic area (km²) and geographic
east-west bounding span (km) using Turf 7.4.0. Source polygon coordinates retained.
Not official administrative area, travel distance, legal boundary or current boundary certification.
Known discrepancy: national metadata reports 736 features; downloaded simplified file contains 735.
Bihar extraction contains 38 uniquely matched shapes. Shared-border topology not certified.

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