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Gurugram

Haryana, India · 28.46°N 77.03°E · updated 2026-08-05

Gurugram: every pillar of the city — economy, civic record, research, money — answered from data.

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news reported (civic)
44,342
companies + mapped places
12,309 + 19,949
research works (est.)
≈7,546
govt money announcements
358
The city at a glance
economic fabric

What is Gurugram made of?

💻 Technology
10/10
🛍 Retail
10/10
🏭 Manufacturing
9/10
🏥 Healthcare
9/10
🎓 Education
9/10
🚛 Logistics
8/10
🛕 Religion & tourism
8/10
🌱 Sustainability
8/10
🏟 Sports
7/10
🌾 Agriculture
6/10

news coverage + 3×registered companies + 2×mapped places, log-scaled vs strongest sector

momentum

What the city turned toward · Jan–Apr 2026

Each topic's share of news attention, January–April 2026 against September–December 2025 — news ingestion paused in May, so this is the latest complete window.

Disasters Emergencies

24 → 3 news reports
▼88%

Protest

13 → 25 news reports
▲86%

Environment

92 → 36 news reports
▼62%

Elections Politics

8 → 13 news reports
▲58%

Public Safety

35 → 55 news reports
▲52%

Infrastructure & housing

74 → 101 news reports
▲32%

Policing Law Enforcement

112 → 85 news reports
▼26%

Legal Judicial

27 → 31 news reports
▲11%

Accidents

237 → 219 news reports
▼10%

Healthcare

34 → 32 news reports
▼9%

a rising share means the city's attention is turning toward it — not necessarily more incidents

Safety & civic life
Civic intelligence · Prism engine

Where does Gurugram stand against the developed world?

Six-nation developed-median report card (USA · UK · FR · DE · AU · CA) computed from the same data, like-for-like. ▼ worse than the norm, ▲ better.

Six-nation developed median (USA · UK · France · Germany · Australia · Canada) — ▼ worse than the norm, ▲ better

Fatality-linked News
9.3%here
15.3%benchmark
Corruption Load
7.7%here
1.8%benchmark
Communal Politics
9.2%here
3.6%benchmark
Cases Concluded
2.2%here
5.5%benchmark
Enforcement Action
18.1%here
20.3%benchmark
Road-accident Accountability
3.9%here
5.8%benchmark
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four chapters, plus the politics and money layers

Civic record

What problems are increasing?

elections politics is taking the fastest-growing slice of the city's news (up 2.8 points), with governance policy next (up 1.4). Crime still leads in volume, but its share is shrinking.

Each problem's slice of city news — change in points, 2024–26 vs 2021–23
Elections PoliticsElections PoliticsElections Politics: +2.8 points of coverage share+2.8Governance PolicyGovernance PolicyGovernance Policy: +1.4 points of coverage share+1.4Infrastructure UtilitiesInfrastructure UtilitiesInfrastructure Utilities: +1.4 points of coverage share+1.4Corruption FraudCorruption FraudCorruption Fraud: +1.3 points of coverage share+1.3Accidents Road SafetyAccidents Road SafetyAccidents Road Safety: +0.7 points of coverage share+0.7Labor EmploymentLabor EmploymentLabor Employment: -0.2 points of coverage share-0.2Protest Civil UnrestProtest Civil UnrestProtest Civil Unrest: -2.2 points of coverage share-2.2Crime ViolenceCrime ViolenceCrime Violence: -3.4 points of coverage share-3.4Public HealthPublic HealthPublic Health: -3.5 points of coverage share-3.5
Fastest-rising specific problems
homicide +2.3 ptsmoney laundering +1.7 ptstraffic accident +1.1 ptshomicide attempted +0.7 ptsroad construction +0.5 ptsassembly election +0.5 ptscyber fraud +0.5 ptsmunicipal election +0.4 pts
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44,342 pieces of news reported

Health

What diseases are rising?

No disease signal is rising in 2024–26 — outbreak coverage is receding. disease outbreak is the most-covered signal.

SignalNews Reported2024–26 Trend
Disease Outbreak260▼ receding
Coronavirus Outbreak46▼ receding
Pandemic Outbreak41▼ receding
Covid Outbreak31▼ receding
Viral Outbreak26▼ receding
Infection Outbreak23▼ receding
Dengue Outbreak17▼ receding
Public-health coverage by year
2026: 602017202660 Open the full data →

disease signals drawn from local news coverage

Money & governance
Public money

What projects is my government investing in?

transport leads 358 tracked announcements — development-authority land purchase, Smart City works and national-highway tenders anchor the money trail.

Announcement themes
Largest place-directed announcements
DateThemeLevelAmountWhat
2020-09TransportNationalRs 817 croreThe Haryana government disbursed Rs 817 crore in compensation for land acquisition on the 46km Gurug…
2025-01HealthState / Province800 CroreThe Haryana government approved contracts worth 800 crore for construction of rooftop solar power pl…
2025-01TransportState / ProvinceRupees 800 croreHaryana government announced a budget of Rs 800 crore for construction of four flyovers connecting V…
2022-02EnvironmentState / ProvinceRupees 770 croreHaryana Governor Dattatreya stated the state government allocated Rs 770 crore in the budget for nat…
2025-11WaterLocal744 CroreMCG submitted a 744-crore proposal to the Haryana government for sanitation and waste management, in…
2024-03WaterState / ProvinceRs 700 croreThe Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority prepared a budget of Rs 700 crore for water, sewer a…
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amounts are announcement headlines — shown, never summed

Politics

Who runs the political conversation?

1772 statements track Gurugram politics — communal-coded rhetoric runs 12.8% (India ≈11%, developed median 3.65%).

Loudest voices
Stance mix
supports · 542proposes · 534condemns · 307opposes · 307accuses · 47demands · 24
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from political statements naming the city

Economy & work
Jobs

What companies are hiring?

Accenture leads 19,459 tracked postings; top advertised role: Custom Software Engineer.

Top hiring companies · May–Jul 2026
Hiring volume by month · May–Jul 2026
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19459 job postings tagged to the city in May–Jul 2026 (a floor, not a census)

Jobs

What skills are available?

Most-demanded skills: python, sql, communication skills.

Most-demanded skills
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demand-side signal (what employers ask for), not a resident skill census

Economy

Which industries dominate?

Registered economy: information technology and services, internet, computer software lead 12,309 tracked companies · biggest tracked employer: FreeCharge.

Registered companies by industry
Street economy — mapped places
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company registry (startup-skewed) + mapped business places

Economy

Is this city good for manufacturing?

Strong Base (3/4 signals) — each signal below is a live threshold that can fail.

  • 793 of 12309 registered startups/companies (6%) are manufacturing-adjacent
  • 1015 street-level manufacturer/industrial places on Google Maps
  • 139 manufacturing-category job postings tracked
  • infrastructure news share rising (up 1.4 points)
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computed verdict — each signal is a live threshold that can fail

Startups & capital
Startups

Is there VC activity?

2,093 of 12,309 tracked companies have raised outside money — #1 among its peer set.

Funded startups — peer cities
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round amounts sparse for tier-3 cities — counts shown, dollar totals withheld

Startups

Is a startup ecosystem forming?

Formation is real — 5683 companies founded since 2018 — but capital progression is weak: deadpool 19.5%, and stages are dominated by Unfunded.

Companies founded by year
2026: 152008202615
Stage distribution
Unfunded · 7589Deadpooled · 2404Seed · 856Funding Raised · 383Acquired · 270Series A · 196
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gate: ≥150 companies & ≥20 recent founds — passed (12309/5683)

The knowledge engine
Research · Prism stance layer

What research is done IN Gurugram?

Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University leads ≈7,546 estimated works. 48% of oriented output reads promising/breakthrough — clusters in artificial intelligence, sustainability, machine learning.

Institutions (papers in sample)
Research orientation
Opportunities (promising + breakthrough)
Artificial Intelligence · 17Sustainability · 11Machine Learning · 10COVID-19 · 9Energy Efficiency · 7Children's Health · 7Mental Health · 6
Cautions (cautionary + critical)
Construction · 2COVID-19 · 2Feminism · 2Retail · 2Spatial Infinitude · 1Invasive reactions · 1Brain Flexibility · 1
Problems flagged
COVID-19 · 13Healthcare · 10Artificial Intelligence · 8Women's Health · 7Public Health · 6Internet of Things · 5Sustainability · 5
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figures marked ≈ are scaled estimates from a partial sample · Prism stance layer over 2017+ papers

Research · Prism stance layer

What research is done FOR Gurugram?

Narrower but distinct: 72 title-matched works study Gurugram itself — led by diverse scientific research studies, municipal solid waste management, air quality and health impacts.

Top topics in city-focused research
Works about the city by year
2026: 3201720263 Open the full data →

papers whose title or entities mention Gurugram (any author location) · partial sample · distinct from research done at the city's institutions

The pulse
News pulse

What is the news saying?

News attention is 0% negative-toned (typical for city civic coverage) — the volume trend tracks total attention on Gurugram.

Monthly news-feature volume
insufficient series
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from location-tagged news · sentiment skew is a property of news, not the city

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