Dataset Overview

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

Exclusive

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, State, Inmate Type, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

10216

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	Madhya Pradesh	Detenues	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Uttar Pradesh	Undertrials	Transgender	7	value in absolute number
2023	Lakshadweep	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Ladakh	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Jammu and Kashmir	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Delhi	Undertrials	Transgender	7	value in absolute number
2023	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Chandigarh	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	West Bengal	Undertrials	Transgender	13	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	22	22	Int64	10216
state	39	39	String	10216
category	4	4	String	10216
gender	4	4	String	10216
value	2679	2679	Float64	10127
unit	1	1	String	10216
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State and Gender wise Different Types of Prison Inmates [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22938

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