Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year and gender wise number of prisoners in Indian prisoners further classified by prison inmate type (convict, detenue, undertrial, or other).

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Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, Inmate Type, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

280

Number of Columns

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Time Period

2003 to 2023

Units

value in absolute number

Last Updated

February, 2026

Data Preview

year	state	category	gender	value	unit
2023	All India	Undertrials	Transgender	86	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Undertrials	Female	15825	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Detenues	Male	3846	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Detenues	Female	70	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Undertrials	Total	389910	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Convicts	Female	5529	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Convicts	Male	129985	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Convicts	Total	135536	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Undertrials	Male	373999	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Convicts	Transgender	22	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	22	22	Int64	280
state	1	1	String	280
category	4	4	String	280
gender	4	4	String	280
value	265	265	Float64	280
unit	1	1	String	280
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year and Gender wise Different Types of Prison Inmates [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22937

NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year and Gender wise Different Types of Prison Inmates