Nagarpedia

Illuminating our cities by knowledge

Creating open access knowledge about small cities and towns across India.

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01 · Open Glossary
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Names for Nature

An open glossary of words for nature from small places across India. Words that live in local languages and dialects — for the heat, the rain, the furies of nature — that may never have been written down.

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02 · Knowledge Tool
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City Knowledge Barometer

How well is your city documented on open knowledge platforms? Search any Indian city and see its Wikipedia presence, edit history, references, and documentation score.

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What is Nagarpedia?

Nagarpedia is a Nāgrika initiative to build open access repositories of knowledge about small cities and towns in India — the places that rarely make it into databases, encyclopaedias, or policy documents.

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