Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year and gender wise number of prisoners in Central Jails 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, Inmate Type, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

268

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	Detenues	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Detenues	Female	13	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Detenues	Total	2980	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Detenues	Male	2967	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Others	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Others	Female	82	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Others	Male	505	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Others	Total	587	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Undertrials	Female	4148	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Undertrials	Male	142549	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	268
state	1	1	String	268
category	4	4	String	268
gender	4	4	String	268
value	246	246	Float64	268
unit	1	1	String	268
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, Gender and Prison Inmate wise Number of Prisoners in Central Jail [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22939

NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, Gender and Prison Inmate wise Number of Prisoners in Central Jail