Police: Year-wise Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Types of Central Armed Police Forces
The dataset contains year-wise sanctioned and actual strength of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), categorized by their types such as Assam Rifles (AR), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Security Guard (NSG), Railway Protection Force (RPSF to RPF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), National Security Guards (NSG).
Police: Year-wise Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Types of Central Armed Police Forces
The dataset contains year-wise sanctioned and actual strength of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), categorized by their types such as Assam Rifles (AR), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Security Guard (NSG), Railway Protection Force (RPSF to RPF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), National Security Guards (NSG).
The date as of which the personnel strength figures are reported, corresponding to the yearly reporting period.
central_police_force_name
String
11
238
Name of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) to which the personnel count pertains.
category
String
2
238
Indicates whether the reported personnel figure is the sanctioned (authorized) strength or the actual (in-position) strength.
value
String
217
238
The number of personnel in the specified force for the given date and strength category, expressed in absolute numbers.
units
String
1
238
Unit of measurement for the reported figures, given as absolute numbers.
Citation
Bureau of Police Research and Development. (2026). Police: Year-wise Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Types of Central Armed Police Forces [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/15628
