Lok Sabha Question No. 3104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Identification of Villages for Cultural Mapping
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri, Chandra Sekhar Bellana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3104 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2023

## IDENTIFICATION OF VILLAGES FOR CULTURAL MAPPING

## 3104.  MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has undertaken a National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) of the country;
- (b) whether it is a fact that 75 villages have been identified for this purpose on pilot basis;
- (c) if so, the details of villages identified, State-wise, with particular reference to West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh and how this will help the artists and communities of these areas;
- (d) the details of database that Government is planning to build under the above mission;
- (e) the details of schemes and programmes of the Government going to be extended to artists in that areas; and
- (f) the efforts being made by the Government to link tourism with culture in the above village so as to achieve twin objectives of protecting culture and developing that area as tourist hub?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) Yes, Sir. Government  of  India  has initiated the National Mission  on  Cultural Mapping (NMCM).
- (b) 80 villages were initially identified for the pilot study.
- (c) The State-wise details of villages including the villages from the State of  West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh is Annexed.
- (d) The proposed database under NMCM includes following constituents:
- i. National  register  and  interactive  database  of  artists  and  art  practices  from  the villages of India.
- ii. National directories of artists and art   practices.
- iii. Unique identification code for the artists.
- iv. E-commerce platform.
- v. Single cultural service provider platform for all the welfare  schemes of Government of India for artists and artisans of the country.
- vi. Virtual museum of villages showing their arts, crafts and culture.
- (e)  &  (f)  The  formation  of  schemes  and  programmes  is  a  continuous  process.    The  data  base helps   the Government in providing benefits to the  actual  beneficiaries, protection of cultural heritage, development of area and promotion of tourism.

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## Annexure: A - List of 80 Villages

|   S. No. | Name of State    | Villages                 |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Pandrenthan              |
|        2 | Leh Ladakh       | Alchi                    |
|        3 | Leh Ladakh       | Choglamasar              |
|        4 | Himachal Pradesh | Suketi                   |
|        5 | Punjab           | Khatkar Kalan            |
|        6 | Punjab           | Ramnagar Bakshiwala      |
|        7 | Haryana          | Bhaini Marajpur          |
|        8 | Uttarakhand      | Lohana                   |
|        9 | Uttarakhand      | Raini                    |
|       10 | Uttarakhand      | Rauteli Mara             |
|       11 | Uttarakhand      | Jageshwar                |
|       12 | Uttarakhand      | Chitai Tiwari            |
|       13 | Uttarakhand      | Khunt                    |
|       14 | Delhi            | Hiranki                  |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh    | Barsana                  |
|       16 | Uttar Pradesh    | Bateshwar (not received) |
|       17 | Uttar Pradesh    | Bhojla                   |
|       18 | Uttar Pradesh    | Shringverpur             |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh    | Badlapur/ Sarokhanpur    |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh    | Lamhi                    |
|       21 | Uttar Pradesh    | Nagwa                    |
|       22 | Uttar Pradesh    | Mohammadpur              |

|   23. |                | Paina              |
|-------|----------------|--------------------|
|    24 | Madhya Pradesh | Jhiri              |
|    25 | Madhya Pradesh | Laxmani            |
|    26 | Chhattisgarh   | Kusma              |
|    27 | Chhattisgarh   | Kandel             |
|    28 | Jharkhand      | Ulihatu            |
|    29 | Jharkhand      | Chingri Nawatoli   |
|    30 | Jharkhand      | Narayanpur         |
|    31 | Jharkhand      | Kumardubi          |
|    32 | Rajasthan      | Molela             |
|    33 | Rajasthan      | Samrau             |
|    34 | Rajasthan      | Tiloniya           |
|    35 | Rajasthan      | Deo Khera          |
|    36 | Rajasthan      | Shri Kolayat       |
|    37 | Gujarat        | Sander             |
|    38 | Gujarat        | Unai               |
|    39 | Gujarat        | Khavda             |
|    40 | Gujarat        | Karshanpura        |
|    41 | Maharashtra    | Chikalgaon/Chikali |
|    42 | Maharashtra    | Shani Shingapur    |
|    43 | Maharashtra    | Achalpur           |
|    44 | Maharashtra    | Pavnar             |
|    45 | Goa            | Cuncolim           |
|    46 | Andhra Pradesh | Mogallu            |

|   47. |                   | Budnathpalli   |
|-------|-------------------|----------------|
|    48 | Telangana         | Cheriyal       |
|    49 | Telangana         | Polampally     |
|    50 | Karnataka         | Vidurashwatha  |
|    51 | Karnataka         | Mattur         |
|    52 | Karnataka         | Deshanur       |
|    53 | Karnataka         | Akkigund       |
|    54 | Kerala            | Kanjirapally   |
|    55 | Tamil Nadu        | Ettayapuram    |
|    56 | Tamil Nadu        | Thiruchigadi   |
|    57 | Bihar             | Kathautiya     |
|    58 | Odisha            | Raghurajpur    |
|    59 | Odisha            | Khinda         |
|    60 | West Bengal       | Kanmari        |
|    61 | West Bengal       | Mohabani       |
|    62 | West Bengal       | Kalagachhia    |
|    63 | Arunachal Pradesh | Daring         |
|    64 | Assam             | Asharikandi    |
|    65 | Assam             | Gormur         |
|    66 | Assam             | Balijan        |
|    67 | Assam             | Ramraikuti     |
|    68 | Assam             | Junbeel        |
|    69 | Manipur           | Puiluan        |
|    70 | Meghalaya         | Rakmanpara     |
|    71 | Meghalaya         | Naratiang      |

|   72. |             | Nongiri        |
|-------|-------------|----------------|
|    73 | Nagaland    | Khonoma        |
|    74 | Nagaland    | Kisma          |
|    75 | Sikkim      | U Mangshila    |
|    76 | Sikkim      | Tareythang     |
|    77 | Tripura     | Gandacherra    |
|    78 | Tripura     | Lankamura      |
|    79 | Lakshadweep | Minicoy Island |
|    80 | Puducherry  | Kakkyanthope   |