MNREGA: Month-, State-, District- and Block-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work during 2015-16
The dataset contains month-, state-, district-, and block-wise data on total number of persondays, and number of households engaged in work, under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) during 2015-16
Note:
Personday is defined as as the number of persons working per day multiplied by the number of days worked
MNREGA: Month-, State-, District- and Block-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work during 2015-16
The dataset contains month-, state-, district-, and block-wise data on total number of persondays, and number of households engaged in work, under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) during 2015-16
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 to March) to which the NREGS employment record pertains, expressed as a start-end year pair.
month
String
12
166344
The calendar month within the fiscal year to which the NREGS data pertains.
state
String
34
166344
The Indian state or union territory where the NREGS employment activity was reported.
district_as_per_source
String
654
166344
Name of the district exactly as written in the original source data, prior to standardization.
district_as_per_lgd
String
655
166344
District name standardized according to the Local Government Directory (LGD) official reference list.
district_lgd_code
Float64
655
166248
Numeric identifier assigned to the district in the Local Government Directory (LGD) coding system.
block
String
6555
166344
Name of the block, the sub-district administrative unit, within the district where the NREGS data was recorded.
category
String
2
166344
The NREGS metric being measured, indicating whether the value refers to households or persondays of employment generated.
value
Int64
43676
166344
The reported count for the given category, expressed as an absolute number of households or persondays under NREGS.
unit
String
1
166344
The unit of measurement for the reported value, given as an absolute number.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or clarifications accompanying the record, if any.
Citation
Ministry of Rural Development. (2026). MNREGA: Month-, State-, District- and Block-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work during 2015-16 [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20065
