Local Government Directory

The Local Government Directory is the Government of India’s reference register for administrative and local-government units. It assigns codes to states, districts, subdistricts, villages, panchayats, urban local bodies and wards, and publishes mappings among them and to constituencies. These identifiers are often the best available keys for joining datasets from different departments.

Downloads can be generated for one state or for all entities, while services also expose structured formats. The interface may require a captcha, and boundaries and codes change as governments create or reorganise units. Preserve the download date and use the modification reports when maintaining longitudinal crosswalks.