Year, District, Block, and Gram Panchayat-wise Number of SHG Members by Social Category and Number of SHGs per Village in West Bengal
The dataset provides year-wise, district-, block-, gram panchayat-, and village-level details of Self Help Group (SHG) members in the West Bengal. It includes disaggregated information on SHG membership by social category, along with the number of SHGs formed in each village.
Each record represents the number of SHG members belonging to a specific social group (e.g., Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Minority, Other, Person with Disability) for a given village and panchayat, as of the date mentioned.
Year, District, Block, and Gram Panchayat-wise Number of SHG Members by Social Category and Number of SHGs per Village in West Bengal
The dataset provides year-wise, district-, block-, gram panchayat-, and village-level details of Self Help Group (SHG) members in the West Bengal. It includes disaggregated information on SHG membership by social category, along with the number of SHGs formed in each village.
Each record represents the number of SHG members belonging to a specific social group (e.g., Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Minority, Other, Person with Disability) for a given village and panchayat, as of the date mentioned.
The calendar date as of which the SHG membership figures are reported.
state
String
1
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Name of the state in which the village and its administrative units are located.
district_as_per_source
String
23
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District name as recorded in the original data source.
district_as_per_lgd
String
23
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District name as standardized in the Local Government Directory (LGD).
district_lgd_code
Float64
23
167483
Unique numeric code for the district as per the Local Government Directory (LGD).
block
String
344
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Name of the administrative block (sub-district) within the district.
panchayat
String
3007
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Name of the gram panchayat (local self-government body) covering the village.
village_name
String
25090
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Name of the village for which the SHG data is reported.
total_shgs
Int64
641
168963
Total number of self-help groups (SHGs) in the village for the given social category.
social_category
String
6
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Social category (e.g., Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe) of the SHG members.
number_of_members
Int64
4316
168963
Total number of SHG members in the village for the specified social category.
units
String
1
168963
Unit of measurement for the member count, expressed as an absolute number.
notes
String
1
0
Any supplementary notes or remarks associated with the data record.
Citation
Ministry of Rural Development. (2026). Year, District, Block, and Gram Panchayat-wise Number of SHG Members by Social Category and Number of SHGs per Village in West Bengal [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22316
