Year, State and Gender wise Number of Suicides in Farming Sector

The dataset contains year, state and gender wise data on the number of farmer suicides which have happened in India. The different categories of farmer suicides data covered in the dataset include number of agricultural labourers, farmers or cultivators - both those who do farming on their own lands and on leased lands, and others who are engaged in the farming sector. Notes: 1. The Farmer Suicides data published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is the compiled data of the same data that NCRB receives from respective States or Union Territories every year. 2. Farmer Suicides data is not published during the years 2009 to 2011 3. Prior to 2014, the NCRB had published farmers suicides data by single category of information, namely 'Total Suicides in the Farming Sector'. From 2014, the same data is published by additional categorization such as number of suicides of agricultural labourers, farmers or cultivators who cultivate on their own lands or on the leased lands, etc. 4. The NCRB defines - a. 'Farmer/Cultivator' as those whose profession is farming and include those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other's land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers. b. 'Agricultural labourer' as those who primarily work in farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labour activities.