Where India's Data
Meets Academic Rigour
Two peer-reviewed, data-integrated quarterly journals dedicated to India's electoral processes and socio-economic landscape — published by Indiastat Journals (An Imprint of Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.)
About Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.
The organisation behind Indiastat Journals — two and a half decades of trusted data, research and knowledge infrastructure for India.
Datanet India Private Limited was established in February 2000 as an IT-enabled services company to render its services in the socio-economic information domain. Over the past twenty-five years, it has grown into India's foremost provider of secondary-level socio-economic and electoral statistical data — serving researchers, academicians, policymakers, libraries, government bodies and international organisations across India and more than 15 countries worldwide.
Datanet launched its flagship website www.indiastat.com on 14th November 2000, offering authentic and comprehensive socio-economic statistical information about India, its states, regions, districts and sectors across parameters spanning Demographics, Economy, Agriculture, Environment, Industry, Education, Health, Labour, Polity, Tourism, Crime, Social Welfare and more. What began as a single website has grown into a cluster of 70+ associate websites, including 19 sector-specific, 6 regional, 31 state-specific and several specialised portals.
In January 2010, Datanet expanded its footprint with IndiastatDistricts.com, a storehouse of district-level socio-economic data covering over 620 districts of India. In September 2012, IndiastatElections.com was launched, offering constituency-wise election data for all 543 Parliamentary and 4,120 State Assembly constituencies since Independence.
Beyond digital platforms, Datanet India has over 4,000 data-oriented publications — in print, eBook, eFlipbook and web-access formats — available through IndiastatPublications.com. These include the Election Atlas of India, Constituency Factbooks™, Assembly Factbooks™, District Factbooks™ and the annual India Top 10 Yearbook.
Datanet's work is led by Dr R K Thukral, a professional with immense experience in socio-economic and electoral data, knowledge resources and research. The team's foundation is built on ethical values and a commitment to understanding the real information needs of India's research fraternity — and delivering quality, accuracy and comprehensiveness in every dataset and publication.
Indiastat Journals — publisher of IJES and IJSES — is the latest initiative of Datanet India, extending its trusted data ecosystem into the domain of peer-reviewed academic publishing. It is India's first data-integrated journal platform dedicated to electoral and socio-economic scholarship, combining the rigour of academic peer review with the depth of Datanet's unmatched data infrastructure.
About IJES & IJSES
Two distinct but complementary peer-reviewed quarterly journals, each occupying a unique scholarly niche in India's research landscape.
The Indian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to advancing scholarly research and data-driven analysis of electoral processes in India and democracies around the world. It publishes original research papers/articles, constituency analyses, data briefs, policy discussions, reports, notes and reviews, with the aim of providing comprehensive insights into the changing dynamics of democratic participation and electoral governance. In doing so, the Journal aspires to strengthen electoral processes, support democratic resilience and foster rigorous research by serving as a rich and enduring knowledge resource in the field of electoral studies.
- ●Electoral democracy, Electoral systems, comparative studies, international standards, delimitation, election planning, capacity building and best practices.
- ●Electoral roll, voter registration, polling station administration.
- ●Inclusion of women, youth, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, non-residents, service personnel and marginalised communities.
- ●Technology, digital innovation and artificial intelligence in electoral processes and applications and regulation.
- ●Voter education, civic awareness and the role of media and social media during elections.
- ●Electoral campaigns, political party governance, election expenditure and political finance.
- ●Electoral administration, Election Management Bodies, institutional design and emerging challenges.
- ●Electoral reforms, dispute resolution and electoral laws. Risk management, support and strengthen democratic resilience.
- ●Electoral integrity, codes of conduct, election observation and public trust.
- ●Voter behaviour, turnout, constituency analytics, electoral data, spatial mapping and representation.
The Indian Journal of Socio-Economic Studies (IJSES) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal committed to promoting multi-disciplinary scholarly research and data-driven analysis on socio-economic issues, placing India at the centre of inquiry while engaging with regional and global perspectives. It publishes original research papers/articles, policy analyses, sectoral reviews, data briefs and evidence-based discussions across a wide range of themes, including the economy, agriculture, industry, demography, environment, energy, trade, health, education and social welfare. The Journal seeks to offer a rigorous platform for economists, social scientists, researchers, policymakers, planners and practitioners to examine India’s development trajectory in conversation with broader international experiences, comparative scholarship and emerging global challenges.
- ●Indian economy, banking, financial institutions, public finance, fiscal policy and macroeconomic governance with global comparative perspectives.
- ●Agriculture, food security, rural development, consumer affairs and agrarian transformation across developing and emerging economies.
- ●Industry, labour markets, workforce dynamics, employment patterns and industrial policy in India and comparable economies.
- ●Demographics, social stratification, poverty, inequality and human development in India and the developing world.
- ●Social protection, welfare schemes, community development and public delivery mechanisms across developed, developing and emerging economies.
- ●Education, health, housing, HDI and public expenditure on social sectors in India and international comparative contexts.
- ●Environment, sustainability, natural resources, climate change and ecological economics across developed, underdeveloped and emerging economies.
- ●Energy, petroleum, power, infrastructure, utility governance and cross-country sectoral comparisons.
- ●Foreign trade, balance of payments, India's regional and global economic integration and world economy dynamics.
- ●Governance, law, crime, communication, transport, tourism, logistics and cross-sectoral policy studies in India and beyond.
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