MNREGA: Year-, Month-, State- and District-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work
The dataset contains year-, month-, state- and district-wise data on the total number of persondays, and number of households engaged in work, under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA)
Note:
Personday is defined as as the number of persons working per day multiplied by the number of days worked
MNREGA: Year-, Month-, State- and District-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work
The dataset contains year-, month-, state- and district-wise data on the total number of persondays, and number of households engaged in work, under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA)
Note:
Personday is defined as as the number of persons working per day multiplied by the number of days worked
The Indian fiscal year (April–March) to which the NREGS record pertains, expressed in start–end format such as 2026-27.
month
String
12
208242
The calendar month within the fiscal year for which the NREGS employment figures are reported.
state
String
34
208242
The Indian state or union territory where the NREGS employment activity took place.
district_as_per_source
String
763
208242
Name of the district exactly as it appears in the original NREGS source data.
district_as_per_lgd
String
738
207066
District name standardized according to the Local Government Directory (LGD) official nomenclature.
district_lgd_code
Float64
741
207066
Numeric code assigned to the district under the Local Government Directory (LGD) system.
scheme_name
String
1
208242
Name of the government scheme the record belongs to, i.e., MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act).
category
String
2
208242
The type of NREGS count being measured — either the number of households provided employment or the number of persondays of work generated.
value
Int64
121449
208242
Absolute count of the selected category (households or persondays) under NREGS for the given state, district, fiscal year, and month.
unit
String
1
208242
Unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute number rather than a rate or percentage.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or clarifications pertaining to the record, if any.
Citation
Ministry of Rural Development. (2026). MNREGA: Year-, Month-, State- and District-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20063