Dataset - Police: Year-, State- and Designation-wise Number of Sanctioned, Actual, and Vacant Civil, District Armed, and Special Armed Police Posts, as per BPRD
Police: Year-, State- and Designation-wise Number of Sanctioned, Actual, and Vacant Civil, District Armed, and Special Armed Police Posts, as per BPRD
The dataset contains year-, state- and designation-wise number of sanctioned, actual and vacant civil, district armed, and special armed police posts in India. The different of designations covered in the dataset include Director General of Police/ Special Director General of Police, Additional Director General of Police, Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Additional Inspector General of Police/Senior Superintendant of Police/Superintendant of Police/Commandant, Additional Superintendent of Police/Deputy Commandant, Assistant Superintendant of Police/Deputy Superintendant of Police/Assistant Commandant, Inspector/Reserve Inspector, Sub Inspector/Reserve Sub Inspector, Assistant Sub Inspector/Assistant Reserve Sub Inspector, Head Constable, Constable, Assistant Superintendant of Police/Deputy Superintendant of Police, Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Assistant Sub Inspector, Additional Inspector General of Police/Senior Superintendant of Police/Superintendant of Police, Additional Inspector General of Police/Senior Superintendant of Police/Superintendant of Police/Commandant Deputy Special Superintendant of Police/Deputy Commandant, Additioanal Superintendent of Police/Deputy Commissioner, etc.
Police: Year-, State- and Designation-wise Number of Sanctioned, Actual, and Vacant Civil, District Armed, and Special Armed Police Posts, as per BPRD
The dataset contains year-, state- and designation-wise number of sanctioned, actual and vacant civil, district armed, and special armed police posts in India. The different of designations covered in the dataset include Director General of Police/ Special Director General of Police, Additional Director General of Police, Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Additional Inspector General of Police/Senior Superintendant of Police/Superintendant of Police/Commandant, Additional Superintendent of Police/Deputy Commandant, Assistant Superintendant of Police/Deputy Superintendant of Police/Assistant Commandant, Inspector/Reserve Inspector, Sub Inspector/Reserve Sub Inspector, Assistant Sub Inspector/Assistant Reserve Sub Inspector, Head Constable, Constable, Assistant Superintendant of Police/Deputy Superintendant of Police, Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Assistant Sub Inspector, Additional Inspector General of Police/Senior Superintendant of Police/Superintendant of Police, Additional Inspector General of Police/Senior Superintendant of Police/Superintendant of Police/Commandant Deputy Special Superintendant of Police/Deputy Commandant, Additioanal Superintendent of Police/Deputy Commissioner, etc.
Rows: 48289
Columns: 7
Time period: 2010 to 2024
Last Updated: 21 January 2026
Data preview
data_as_on
state
police_type
designation_type
category
value
unit
01-01-2024
Andhra Pradesh
Civil Police
Director General of Police/Special Director General of Police
Sanctioned Postions
12
value in absolute number
01-01-2024
Andhra Pradesh
Civil Police
Director General of Police/Special Director General of Police
Actual Police
12
value in absolute number
01-01-2024
Andhra Pradesh
Civil Police
Director General of Police/Special Director General of Police
The date as of which the police force strength figures are reported.
state
String
70
48289
The Indian state or union territory to which the police force strength data pertains.
police_type
String
7
48289
The branch or type of police force the record refers to, such as civil police or armed police.
designation_type
String
28
48289
The police rank or officer designation for which the strength figure is reported, such as Director General of Police.
category
String
4
48289
The type of strength figure recorded, distinguishing between sanctioned posts, actual personnel on strength, and surplus positions.
value
String
8522
44757
The reported count of police personnel for the given state, police type, designation, and category.
unit
String
1
48289
The unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute number.
Citation
Bureau of Police Research and Development. (2026). Police: Year-, State- and Designation-wise Number of Sanctioned, Actual, and Vacant Civil, District Armed, and Special Armed Police Posts, as per BPRD [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20568
