Dataset · Welfare
District-wise key register of Kerala's public distribution system from the e-PoS portal of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department: the number of authorised ration dealers (ARDs, i.e. ration shops; online/automated, unautomated and total), ration cards and units (members on the cards), cards in electrified and non-electrified households, and cards and units by category: AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) and PHH (priority households) under the National Food Security Act, and the non-NFSA categories NPS (non-priority subsidy), NPNS (non-priority non-subsidy) and NPI (non-priority institutional). Captured for January and July of 2019 to 2026 and for September 2026. Each row is one district (or the Kerala total), month and measure. In September 2026 Kerala had 13,925 ration shops and 9,594,988 ration cards with 35,010,903 members, 4,428,699 of the cards in the NFSA categories (AAY and PHH). Use it to track ration card coverage and composition by district over time.
The first 5 of 4,335 rows
| period | period_type | geo_level | geo_code | geo_name | indicator | measure | region | ref_period | ref_period_type | is_partial_period | value | unit | qa_flag | notes | district_as_per_source |
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| 2019-01 | month | state | 32 | Kerala | epos_key_register | aay_cards | State | 2019-01 | month | False | 585107.0 | number | units = members on ration cards | Total | |
| 2019-01 | month | state | 32 | Kerala | epos_key_register | aay_units | State | 2019-01 | month | False | 2447268.0 | number | units = members on ration cards | Total | |
| 2019-01 | month | state | 32 | Kerala | epos_key_register | ards_automated | State | 2019-01 | month | False | 14304.0 | number | units = members on ration cards | Total | |
| 2019-01 | month | state | 32 | Kerala | epos_key_register | ards_total | State | 2019-01 | month | False | 14355.0 | number | units = members on ration cards | Total | |
| 2019-01 | month | state | 32 | Kerala | epos_key_register | ards_unautomated | State | 2019-01 | month | False | 51.0 | number | units = members on ration cards | Total |
16 columns, in file order.
periodperiod_typegeo_levelgeo_codegeo_nameindicatormeasureregionref_periodref_period_typeis_partial_periodvalueunitqa_flagnotesdistrict_as_per_sourcePlease cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). District-wise ration shops, ration cards and members by card category in Kerala, January 2019 to September 2026 [Dataset]. PRI Data Repository. /data/epos-key-register-kerala