Urbanisation Levels of Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal Classified by Night Light Data
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Urbanisation Levels of Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal Classified by Night Light Data

Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal were categorized into four urbanisation levels—Highly Urban, Moderately Urban, Moderately Rural, and Highly Rural—based on mean night light intensity data from the SHRUG database. The data underwent log10 transformation and Jenks Natural Breaks optimization to define state-specific thresholds, reflecting each state's luminosity range. For example, in Tamil Nadu, Moderately Urban areas show about 13% of the brightness of Highly Urban areas, with a near tenfold decrease at each step down the urbanisation scale.

Political Bias
0%100%0%
Sentiment
50%
AI analysis of 3 sources · Published under editorial oversight by The Balanced News
Analysed 29 Apr 2026· How this analysis is produced· Editorial standards· Corrections

AI Analysis

Political bias across 3 sources
● Left 0%● Center 100%● Right 0%

The articles present a data-driven analysis without evident political framing, focusing on urbanisation classification using night light intensity. They do not express partisan viewpoints or political interpretations but rather provide methodological details and state-specific urbanisation patterns. The coverage is technical and neutral, emphasizing empirical classification over political implications.

Sentiment — Neutral (50/100)

The tone across the articles is neutral and analytical, concentrating on presenting methodological approaches and data findings. There is no emotional or evaluative language, and the sentiment remains factual and objective, suitable for readers interested in electoral geography and urbanisation metrics.

How 3 sources covered this story

Each source's own headline, political lean, and sentiment — so you can see framing differences at a glance.

SourceTheir headlineBiasSentiment
thehinduWest Bengal Assembly Election Results 2021 - A data-led look at West Bengal's electoral shiftCenterNeutral
thehinduTamil Nadu Assembly Election Results - A data-led look at Tamil Nadu's electoral shiftCenterNeutral
thehinduKerala Assembly Election Results 2021 - A Data-Led Look at Kerala's Electoral ShiftCenterNeutral

Coverage timeline

thehindu broke this story on 29 Apr, 04:01 pm. Other outlets followed.

  1. 1
    thehindu29 Apr, 04:01 pm
    Kerala Assembly Election Results 2021 - A Data-Led Look at Kerala's Electoral Shift
  2. 2
    thehindu29 Apr, 04:15 pm
    Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results - A data-led look at Tamil Nadu's electoral shift
  3. 3
    thehindu29 Apr, 04:15 pm
    West Bengal Assembly Election Results 2021 - A data-led look at West Bengal's electoral shift

Lens Score breakdown

22/100
Public interest0/100
Coverage gap90%

Well-covered story — coverage matches public importance.

Story context

Category
Politics
Location
Kerala, India
Sources analysed
3
Last analysed
29 Apr 2026
Key entities
Urban areaState legislative assemblies of IndiaAlternating currentUrbanizationVarianceKeralaTamil NaduWest BengalCartographyGradient