Lok Sabha Question No. 3951 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Cultural Mapping under MGMD
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary, Shri Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi, Shri Dulu Mahato, Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Jagdambika Pal, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Dr. Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3951

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025

## CULTURAL MAPPING UNDER MGMD

## 3951 Shri P P Chaudhary:

Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary:

Shri Dulu Mahato:

Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri:

Shri Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi:

Shri Naba Charan Majhi:

Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai:

Dr. Bhola Singh:

Shri Jagdambika Pal:

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

- (a) the  current  status  of  the  Mera  Gaon  Meri  Dharohar  (MGMD) portal including the number of villages live and documented, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Odishasince 2023;
- (b) the  details  of  the  number  of  villages  identified  specifically  for  intangible  cultural heritage under MGMD in Uttar Pradesh district-wise including Bulandshahr along with nature of culturalheritage identified;
- (c) the details of cultural assets being documented by the Government specifically the intangible  heritage  like  linguistic  diversity, oral  traditions,  folklore  and  local festival, State/UT-wiseincluding Kandhmal Lok Sabha Constituency and other tribal regions;
- (d) the  manner  in  which  mapped  heritage  data  is  being  leveraged  to  boost  rural livelihood  and  cultural  tourism  tribal  art  based  enterprises  and  cultural  tourism opportunities particularly in Odisha; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  Government  plans  and  timelines  to  expand  heritage  mapping  to more  thoroughly  cover  intangible  cultural  traditions  of  marginalized  and  tribal communities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a)  &  (b)Till date, details of nearly 4.84 lakh villages out of approximately 6.5 lakh villages across India have been identified and uploaded on the MGMD portal. The State/UTwise details are placed at Annexure-I.In Rajasthan, 39,386 out of 44,672 villages; in

Uttar Pradesh, 71,706 out of 1,07,747 villages including 780 villages of Bulandshahr; and in Odisha, 35,833 out of 51,796 villages have been mapped and uploaded on the portal since 2023. The uploaded data includes the Cultural Profile of villages, Heritage Places,  Fairs  &  Festivals,  Traditional  Arts  &  Crafts,  Traditional  Foods,  Traditional Dress,  and  Traditional  Ornaments.  District-wise  details  of  Rajasthan,  Uttar  Pradesh, and Odisha are placed at Annexure-II, III, and IV respectively.

- (c) The  MGMD  programme,  through  its  comprehensive  portal,  documents  intangible heritage such as linguistic  diversity,  oral  traditions,  folklore,  and  local  festivals. The State/UT-wise  details  are  placed  at  Annexure-I.  A  total  of  1,513  villages  in  the Kandhmal Lok Sabha Constituency have been mapped and uploaded on the MGMD portal. The portal maintains data on a village-wise basis rather than by community.

(d) & (e)No Such proposal is under consideration.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a), (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3951 asked on 18th August, 2025 regarding 'Cultural Mapping under MGMD'

| VILLAGE DATA UPLOADED : STATE-WISE   |   VILLAGE DATA UPLOADED : STATE-WISE |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands          |                                   74 |
| Andhra Pradesh                       |                                14131 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                    |                                 3884 |
| Assam                                |                                14868 |
| Bihar                                |                                36143 |
| Chandigarh                           |                                   12 |
| Chhattisgarh                         |                                17349 |
| Delhi                                |                                  170 |
| Goa                                  |                                  430 |
| Gujarat                              |                                13406 |
| Haryana                              |                                 7502 |
| Himachal Pradesh                     |                                19113 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                    |                                 6596 |
| Jharkhand                            |                                28336 |
| Karnataka                            |                                13712 |
| Kerala                               |                                  892 |
| Ladakh                               |                                  197 |
| Lakshadweep                          |                                    1 |
| Madhya Pradesh                       |                                42625 |
| Maharashtra                          |                                20307 |
| Manipur                              |                                  285 |
| Meghalaya                            |                                 6975 |
| Mizoram                              |                                 1015 |
| Nagaland                             |                                 1469 |
| Odisha                               |                                35833 |
| Puducherry                           |                                  126 |
| Punjab                               |                                10691 |
| Rajasthan                            |                                39386 |
| Sikkim                               |                                  257 |
| Tamil Nadu                           |                                14251 |
| Telangana                            |                                 4909 |
| The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and       |                                  106 |
| Tripura                              |                                  897 |
| Uttar Pradesh                        |                                71076 |
| Uttarakhand                          |                                14339 |
| West Bengal                          |                                 5917 |

## ANNEXURE-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3951 asked on 18thAugust, 2025 regarding 'Cultural Mapping under MGMD'

| District-wise data for mapped and uploaded villages in the State of Rajasthan   | District-wise data for mapped and uploaded villages in the State of Rajasthan   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Districts                                                                       | No. of villages mapped &uploaded on portal                                      |
| Ajmer                                                                           | 1123                                                                            |
| Alwar                                                                           | 1521                                                                            |
| Banswara                                                                        | 1339                                                                            |
| Baran                                                                           | 627                                                                             |
| Barmer                                                                          | 2903                                                                            |
| Bharatpur                                                                       | 1114                                                                            |
| Bhilwara                                                                        | 1899                                                                            |
| Bikaner                                                                         | 1101                                                                            |
| Bundi                                                                           | 873                                                                             |
| Chittorgarh                                                                     | 1753                                                                            |
| Churu                                                                           | 929                                                                             |
| Dausa                                                                           | 420                                                                             |
| Dholpur                                                                         | 461                                                                             |
| Dungarpur                                                                       | 515                                                                             |
| Ganganagar                                                                      | 3030                                                                            |
| Hanumangarh                                                                     | 1888                                                                            |
| Jaipur                                                                          | 2273                                                                            |
| Jaisalmer                                                                       | 808                                                                             |
| Jalore                                                                          | 803                                                                             |
| Jhalawar                                                                        | 1568                                                                            |
| Jhunjhunu                                                                       | 973                                                                             |
| Jodhpur                                                                         | 1893                                                                            |
| Karauli                                                                         | 741                                                                             |
| Kota                                                                            | 643                                                                             |
| Nagaur                                                                          | 1547                                                                            |
| Pali                                                                            | 962                                                                             |
| Pratapgarh                                                                      | 370                                                                             |
| Rajsamand                                                                       | 571                                                                             |
| Rawatbhata                                                                      | 1                                                                               |
| Sawai madhopur                                                                  | 576                                                                             |
| Sikar                                                                           | 1011                                                                            |
| Sirohi                                                                          | 304                                                                             |
| Tonk                                                                            | 1103                                                                            |
| Udaipur                                                                         | 1743                                                                            |
| TOTAL                                                                           | 39386                                                                           |

## ANNEXURE-III

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3951 asked on 18th August, 2025 regarding 'Cultural Mapping under MGMD'

| District-wise data for mapped and uploaded villages in the State of Uttar Pradesh   | District-wise data for mapped and uploaded villages in the State of Uttar Pradesh   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Districts                                                                           | No. of villages mapped &uploaded on portal                                          |
| Agra                                                                                | 586                                                                                 |
| Aligarh                                                                             | 1041                                                                                |
| Ambedkar Nagar                                                                      | 993                                                                                 |
| Amethi                                                                              | 784                                                                                 |
| Amroha                                                                              | 915                                                                                 |
| Auraiya                                                                             | 617                                                                                 |
| Aurangabad                                                                          | 1                                                                                   |
| Ayodhya                                                                             | 917                                                                                 |
| Azamgarh                                                                            | 2502                                                                                |
| Baghpat                                                                             | 256                                                                                 |
| Bahraich                                                                            | 1042                                                                                |
| Ballia                                                                              | 2031                                                                                |
| Balrampur                                                                           | 607                                                                                 |
| Banda                                                                               | 518                                                                                 |
| Barabanki                                                                           | 1458                                                                                |
| Bareilly                                                                            | 1333                                                                                |
| Basti                                                                               | 1771                                                                                |
| Bhadohi                                                                             | 750                                                                                 |
| Bijnor                                                                              | 2319                                                                                |
| Budaun                                                                              | 963                                                                                 |
| Bulandshahr                                                                         | 790                                                                                 |
| Chandauli                                                                           | 1245                                                                                |
| Chitrakoot                                                                          | 585                                                                                 |
| Deoria                                                                              | 1201                                                                                |
| Etah                                                                                | 588                                                                                 |
| Etawah                                                                              | 493                                                                                 |
| Faizabad                                                                            | 1                                                                                   |
| Farrukhabad                                                                         | 723                                                                                 |
| Fatehpur                                                                            | 619                                                                                 |
| Firozabad                                                                           | 562                                                                                 |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                                 | 279                                                                                 |
| Ghaziabad                                                                           | 210                                                                                 |
| Ghazipur                                                                            | 2333                                                                                |
| Gonda                                                                               | 1008                                                                                |
| Gorakhpur                                                                           | 2247                                                                                |
| Hamirpur                                                                            | 276                                                                                 |

| Hapur             |   309 |
|-------------------|-------|
| Hardoi            |  1351 |
| Hathras           |   381 |
| Jalaun            |   631 |
| Jaunpur           |  2376 |
| Jhansi            |   418 |
| Kannauj           |   509 |
| Kanpur Dehat      |   757 |
| Kanpur Nagar      |   385 |
| Kasganj           |   510 |
| Kaushambi         |   539 |
| Kheri             |  1202 |
| Kushi Nagar       |  1161 |
| Lalitpur          |   611 |
| Lucknow           |   643 |
| Maharajganj       |   820 |
| Mahoba            |   231 |
| Mainpuri          |   465 |
| Mathura           |   522 |
| Mau               |  1027 |
| Meerut            |   582 |
| Mirzapur          |  1602 |
| Moradabad         |   494 |
| Muzaffarnagar     |   567 |
| Pilibhit          |  1053 |
| Pratapgarh        |  1661 |
| Prayagraj         |  2111 |
| Rae Bareli        |  1020 |
| Rampur            |   721 |
| Saharanpur        |  1143 |
| Sambhal           |   769 |
| Sant Kabeer Nagar |   807 |
| Shahjahanpur      |  1753 |
| Shamli            |   339 |
| Shravasti         |   229 |
| Siddharth Nagar   |  1661 |
| Sitapur           |   827 |
| Sonbhadra         |  1090 |
| Sultanpur         |  1137 |
| Unnao             |  1118 |
| Varanasi          |   980 |
| Total             | 71076 |

ANNEXURE-IV

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3951 asked on 18th August, 2025 regarding 'Cultural Mapping under MGMD'

| District-wise data for mapped and uploaded villages in the State of Odisha   | District-wise data for mapped and uploaded villages in the State of Odisha   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Districts                                                                    | No. of villages mapped &uploaded on the portal                               |
| Anugul                                                                       | 1045                                                                         |
| Balangir                                                                     | 1532                                                                         |
| Baleswar                                                                     | 2403                                                                         |
| Bargarh                                                                      | 995                                                                          |
| Bhadrak                                                                      | 784                                                                          |
| Boudh                                                                        | 760                                                                          |
| Cuttack                                                                      | 1672                                                                         |
| Deogarh                                                                      | 530                                                                          |
| Dhenkanal                                                                    | 782                                                                          |
| Gajapati                                                                     | 477                                                                          |
| Ganjam                                                                       | 2344                                                                         |
| Jagatsinghapur                                                               | 1148                                                                         |
| Jajapur                                                                      | 1281                                                                         |
| Jharsuguda                                                                   | 292                                                                          |
| Kalahandi                                                                    | 1575                                                                         |
| Kandhamal                                                                    | 1513                                                                         |
| Kendrapara                                                                   | 1291                                                                         |
| Kendujhar                                                                    | 1522                                                                         |
| Khordha                                                                      | 1110                                                                         |
| Malkangiri                                                                   | 732                                                                          |
| Koraput                                                                      | 1137                                                                         |
| Mayurbhanj                                                                   | 3044                                                                         |
| Sundargarh                                                                   | 1277                                                                         |
| Nabarangpur                                                                  | 669                                                                          |
| Nayagarh                                                                     | 1077                                                                         |
| Nuapada                                                                      | 520                                                                          |
| Puri                                                                         | 1105                                                                         |
| Rayagada                                                                     | 1425                                                                         |
| Sambalpur                                                                    | 1009                                                                         |
| Sonepur                                                                      | 582                                                                          |
| Total                                                                        | 35833                                                                        |