Handwritten character image database with 46 classes (36 characters + 10 digits) of Devanagari script. Each grayscale image is 32x32 pixels. Applicable to Marathi character recognition since Marathi uses Devanagari
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset('devanagarihw/devanagari-handwritten-characters')
print(f'Training samples: {len(ds["train"])}')
print(f'Classes: {len(set(ds["train"]["label"]))}')| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| image | image | Grayscale image of handwritten Devanagari character (32x32) |
| label | int | Character class label (0-45 for vowels and consonants) |