Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year, state 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, State, Inmate Type, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

5348

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	Gujarat	Others	Total	0	value in absolute number
2023	Mizoram	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Odisha	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Punjab	Undertrials	Transgender	2	value in absolute number
2023	Rajasthan	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Sikkim	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Tamil Nadu	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Telangana	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Tripura	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Uttar Pradesh	Undertrials	Transgender	0	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	5348
state	39	39	String	5348
category	5	5	String	5348
gender	3	3	String	5348
value	445	445	Float64	5318
unit	1	1	String	5348
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State, Gender and Prison Inmate wise Number of Prisoners in Women Jail [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22950

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