Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year and gender wise data on capacity, inmate population and occupancy rate of Indian Jails.

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

210

Number of Columns

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Time Period

2003 to 2023

Units

value in absolute numbers

Last Updated

February, 2026

Data Preview

year	state	gender	category	value	unit
2023	All India	Female	Available Capacity	30679	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Male	Available Capacity	408327	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Total	Available Capacity	439119	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Transgender	Available Capacity	113	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Female	Inmate Population	21510	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Male	Inmate Population	508715	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Total	Inmate Population	530333	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Transgender	Inmate Population	108	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Female	Occupancy Rate	70.11	value in percentage
2023	All India	Male	Occupancy Rate	124.59	value in percentage

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	22	22	Int64	210
state	1	1	String	210
gender	4	4	String	210
category	3	3	String	210
value	210	210	Float64	210
unit	2	2	String	210
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year and Gender wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22962

NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year and Gender wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails