How do you access ACLED India data?

ACLED India is labeled “Registration required” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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ACLED

ACLED — Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (India)

Name: ACLED — Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (India)
Creator: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project

ACLED India is used to study political violence, protests, and conflict events at subnational level.

Registration requiredCore referenceVery largeGood starting dataset

conflict protest governance crime

Host / institution

ACLED · Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project

Geography

India, subnational, point locations

Time coverage

Asia coverage from ~2010s (check current India start date on portal)

Update frequency

Twice weekly (global); curated regional files weekly

What this is best for

Near real-time political violence, battles, riots, and protest events in India with coordinates

Main limitations

myACLED registration; media bias and coding rules; not a long 1950–90s communal-riot panel like Varshney–Wilkinson

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is ACLED India used for?: Near real-time political violence, battles, riots, and protest events in India with coordinates
How do you access ACLED India data?: ACLED India is labeled “Registration required” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does ACLED India cover?: Geography: India, subnational, point locations. Time coverage: Asia coverage from ~2010s (check current India start date on portal).
What are the main limitations of ACLED India?: myACLED registration; media bias and coding rules; not a long 1950–90s communal-riot panel like Varshney–Wilkinson

Background & previous rounds

ACLED codes disaggregated political violence and demonstration events worldwide from media and other sources. India country pages and Asia-Pacific curated downloads are the usual entry points. HDX also hosts India monthly aggregates. Compare carefully to UCDP (organized violence thresholds), GDELT (machine-coded firehose), and Varshney–Wilkinson (historical Hindu–Muslim riots).

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

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Variables6

Representative fields from ACLED materials (confirm full dictionary on the official portal). Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

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Name / code	Description	Group
event type / sub-event	Event type / sub event	Representative fields
actors	Actors	Representative fields
fatalities	Fatalities	Representative fields
location and admin names	Location and admin names	Representative fields
dates	Dates	Representative fields
source notes	Source notes	Representative fields

Formats

CSV · API · curated Asia-Pacific files

Technical tags

event datageocodednear real-time

Example uses

District protest/violence trends; civilian targeting; election-period unrest

Open access portal Documentation

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.