MNREGA: Month-, State-, District- and Block-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work during 2017-18
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 2017-18
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 2017-18
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 2017-18
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 data pertains.
month
String
12
167136
The calendar month within the fiscal year for which the NREGS figures are reported.
state
String
34
167136
The Indian state or union territory where the NREGS employment activity took place.
district_as_per_source
String
696
167136
Name of the district exactly as it appears in the original NREGS source data.
district_as_per_lgd
String
697
167136
District name standardized according to the official Local Government Directory (LGD) nomenclature.
district_lgd_code
Float64
697
167040
Unique numeric code identifying the district in the Local Government Directory (LGD).
block
String
6585
167136
The administrative block within the district for which the NREGS figures are reported.
category
String
2
167136
The NREGS measurement category, indicating whether the value counts households or persondays.
value
Int64
44163
167136
The absolute number of households or persondays reported under NREGS for the given location, period, and category.
unit
String
1
167136
The unit of measurement for the reported value, expressed in absolute numbers.
note
String
1
0
Optional field intended to hold supplementary remarks or annotations about the record.
Citation
Ministry of Rural Development. (2026). MNREGA: Month-, State-, District- and Block-wise Total Persondays and Households engaged in Work during 2017-18 [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20067
