Water Pollution: Year, State-, District- and Contaminant-wise Number of Villages with Contaminated Water Samples
The dataset contains year-, state-, district- and contaminant-wise number of villages which were found contaminated with different types of chemical and bacteriological contaminants such as pH, tds, turbidity, chloride, alkalinity, hardness, sulphate, iron,arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, residual chlorine, e. coli, coliform, etc.
Water Pollution: Year, State-, District- and Contaminant-wise Number of Villages with Contaminated Water Samples
The dataset contains year-, state-, district- and contaminant-wise number of villages which were found contaminated with different types of chemical and bacteriological contaminants such as pH, tds, turbidity, chloride, alkalinity, hardness, sulphate, iron,arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, residual chlorine, e. coli, coliform, etc.
The reference date as of which the water quality data is reported or last updated.
fiscal_year
String
6
108681
The Indian fiscal year, from April to March, to which the water quality data pertains.
state
String
37
108681
The name of the state in which the water quality affected area is located.
district_as_per_source
String
854
108591
The district name as recorded in the original data source for the affected area.
district_as_per_lgd
String
767
108309
The district name as per the Local Government Directory (LGD) for the affected area.
district_lgd_code
Float64
769
105249
The unique code assigned to the district in the Local Government Directory (LGD).
contaminant_type
String
2
108681
The broad category of contaminant affecting water quality, such as bacteriological or chemical.
contaminant_name
String
15
108681
The specific contaminant detected in the water quality affected area.
value
Int64
733
108681
The absolute number of water quality affected areas recorded for the given contaminant and location.
unit
String
1
108681
The unit of measurement for the value column, expressed as an absolute number.
note
String
1
0
A free-text field for additional remarks or annotations about the record.
Citation
Ministry of Jal Shakti. (2026). Water Pollution: Year, State-, District- and Contaminant-wise Number of Villages with Contaminated Water Samples [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19354
