How do you access SHRUG / SHRID data?

SHRUG / SHRID 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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SHRUG · SHRID

SHRUG / SHRID Socioeconomic High-resolution Rural-Urban Geographic Platform

Name: SHRUG / SHRID Socioeconomic High-resolution Rural-Urban Geographic Platform
Creator: Development Data Lab

SHRUG/SHRID is used to link village and town data across surveys and censuses on a common research geography key.

Registration requiredVery largeGood starting dataset

research infrastructure demographics development geospatial

Host / institution

Development Data Lab · Development Data Lab

Geography

India, state, district, village, town

Time coverage

Multi-source linked panels (Census and other layers)

Update frequency

Periodic research releases

What this is best for

Core village/town linked research infrastructure for India—especially development economics work needing consistent place IDs across datasets

Main limitations

Research download/registration workflow; not a substitute for raw official Census or LGD codes without checking versioned keys

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is SHRUG / SHRID used for?: Core village/town linked research infrastructure for India—especially development economics work needing consistent place IDs across datasets
How do you access SHRUG / SHRID data?: SHRUG / SHRID 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 SHRUG / SHRID cover?: Geography: India, state, district, village, town. Time coverage: Multi-source linked panels (Census and other layers).
What are the main limitations of SHRUG / SHRID?: Research download/registration workflow; not a substitute for raw official Census or LGD codes without checking versioned keys

Guides for using this data

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

1 link

PortalSHRUG / SHRID platformwww.devdatalab.org/shrug

Variables5

Development Data Lab SHRUG / SHRID documentation. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Open official dictionary

Name / code	Description	Group
SHRID	Socioeconomic High-resolution Rural-Urban ID	IDs
Village / town keys	Place identifiers for merges	Geography
Census-linked demographics	Linked population and demographic fields	Demography
Amenities layers	Linked amenity / infrastructure fields	Amenities
Admin crosswalks	Boundary and code crosswalk tables	Crosswalks

Formats

CSV · Stata · documentation

Technical tags

linked research platformvillage/town keysopen research data

Example uses

Merging village outcomes, elections, night lights, and amenities on common SHRID keys

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
Development Research at High Geographic Resolution: An Analysis of Night Lights, Firms, and Poverty in India using the SHRUG Open Data Platform
Sam Asher, Tobias Lunt, Ryu Matsuura · et al. · 2021
Analyzes SHRUG / SHRID data in the context of: "Development Research at High Geographic Resolution: An Analysis of Night Lights, Firms, and Poverty in India using the SHRUG Open Data Platform".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
One-Arm Band Shrug
One-Arm Band Shrug · 2021
Analyzes SHRUG / SHRID data in the context of: "One-Arm Band Shrug".
ReportAnalyzes data
shrug, v
Oxford English Dictionary · 2023
Analyzes SHRUG / SHRID data in the context of: "shrug, v".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

Open access portal

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.