Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year, state and gender wise number of prisoners in Open 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, State, Inmate Type, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

9784

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	unit
2023	Kerala	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	Rajasthan	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	Sikkim	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	Tamil Nadu	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	Telangana	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	Tripura	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	Uttar Pradesh	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	Uttarakhand	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number
2023	West Bengal	Detenues	Transgender	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	9784
state	39	39	String	9784
category	4	4	String	9784
gender	4	4	String	9784
value	282	282	Float64	9712
unit	1	1	String	9784
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State, Gender and Prison Inmate wise Number of Prisoners in Open Jail [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22944

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