Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year and gender wise number of prisoners in Women 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

148

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	12	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Undertrials	Female	3033	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Detenues	Female	43	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Undertrials	Total	3045	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Convicts	Female	1199	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Convicts	Total	1202	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Convicts	Transgender	3	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Others	Total	3	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Others	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Total	Transgender	15	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	148
state	1	1	String	148
category	5	5	String	148
gender	3	3	String	148
value	108	108	Float64	148
unit	1	1	String	148
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, Gender and Prison Inmate wise Number of Prisoners in Women Jail [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22949

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