Lok Sabha Question No. 3675 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Survey for Identification of Heritage Sites
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3675

ANSWERED ON 8.8.2022

## SURVEY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF HERITAGE SITES

## †3675. SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to identify the heritage sites in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the heritage sites where development work has been started during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the details of the development work carried out so far, heritage site-wise; and
- (d) the details of these heritage sites located in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where holistic development work has been started or proposed to be undertaken?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  regularly  conducts  Village  to  Village Survey  to  explore  and  record  the  antiquarian  remains.  The  details  are  at Annexure I.
- (b) ASI  carries  out  conservation,  preservation  and  environmental  development
- to work  in  Protected  Monuments/Sites  as  per  the  requirement.  The  details  of
- (d) Protected Monuments/Sites, including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are at Annexure II.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3675   FOR 8.8.2022.

STATE-WISE DETAILS OF VILLAGE TO VILLAGE SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY ASI DURING  2014-15 to 2021-22 :

| Sl.No.   | Name of State / U.T.   |   No. of Villages Surveyed |   No. of villages with antiquarian remains |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Bihar                  |                        584 |                                         83 |
| 2.       | Chhattisgarh           |                        690 |                                         66 |
| 3.       | Goa                    |                        187 |                                        101 |
| 4.       | Gujarat                |                        145 |                                         92 |
| 5.       | Himachal Pradesh       |                        678 |                                        243 |
| 6.       | Jammu &Kashmir (U.T.)  |                         25 |                                         25 |
| 7.       | Jharkhand              |                        354 |                                        103 |
| 8.       | Karnataka              |                        933 |                                        806 |
| 9.       | Kerala                 |                        169 |                                         37 |
| 10.      | Madhya Pradesh         |                        343 |                                        256 |
| 11.      | Maharashtra            |                        235 |                                        124 |
| 12.      | Mizoram                |                         60 |                                         46 |
| 13.      | Odisha                 |                         29 |                                         12 |
| 14.      | Punjab                 |                       1459 |                                        130 |
| 15.      | Rajasthan              |                        330 |                                        123 |
| 16.      | Telangana              |                         15 |                                         10 |
| 17.      | Tamilnadu              |                        770 |                                        329 |
| 18.      | Uttar Pradesh          |                        533 |                                        209 |
| 19.      | Uttarakhand            |                        788 |                                         55 |
| 20.      | West Bengal            |                        151 |                                         64 |
|          | TOTAL                  |                       8478 |                                       2914 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN REPLY TO PART (b) to (d) OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3675   FOR 8.8.2022.

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/SITES IN THE COUNTRY.

| Sl.No.   | Name of State / U.T.   |   Number of Monuments/Site |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         |                        135 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      |                         03 |
| 3.       | Assam                  |                         55 |
| 4.       | Bihar                  |                         70 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh           |                         46 |
| 6.       | Daman &Diu (U.T.)      |                         11 |
| 7.       | Goa                    |                         21 |
| 8.       | Gujarat                |                        203 |
| 9.       | Haryana                |                         91 |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh       |                         40 |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir (U.T.)  |                         56 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand              |                         13 |
| 13.      | Karnataka              |                        506 |
| 14.      | Kerala                 |                         29 |
| 15.      | Ladakh (U.T.)          |                         15 |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh         |                        291 |
| 17.      | Maharashtra            |                        286 |
| 18.      | Manipur                |                         01 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya              |                         08 |
| 20.      | Mizoram                |                         01 |
| 21.      | Nagaland               |                         04 |
| 22.      | N.C.T. Delhi           |                        173 |
| 23.      | Odisha                 |                         80 |
| 24.      | Puducherry (U.T.)      |                         07 |
| 25.      | Punjab                 |                         33 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan              |                        163 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                 |                         03 |
| 28.      | Telangana              |                         08 |
| 29.      | Tamilnadu              |                        412 |
| 30.      | Tripura                |                         08 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh          |                        743 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand            |                         43 |
| 33.      | West Bengal            |                        135 |
|          |                        |                       3693 |

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