Village Information System

Abstract

Village Information System (VIS) is a Web-based retrieval system based on village level census 2001. The system enables retrieval of various analytical information relating to demography and amenities available in all inhabited villages. The amenities include education, health, drinking water, post-telegraph, telephone, communication, etc. The integration of these sets of information would aid the decision-making and development process for systematic resources utilization and also aid sustainable development of rural areas. The VIS will be a network of GIS based activities covering the entire Villages, Blocks and Districts. The system includes a query engine which enables building queries dynamically at different levels namely districts, blocks and villages and generating detailed reports. VIS has been designed to cater to information need of planning commission during decision making and plan formulation for grass root level. The system can also be of use to other Ministries, State Governments, NGO’s, Research Institutions.