Dataset Overview

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

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, State, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

8050

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	category	gender	value	unit
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Female	6772	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Male	232294	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Total	239136	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Transgender	70	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Inmate Population	Female	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Inmate Population	Male	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Inmate Population	Total	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Inmate Population	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	Inmate Population	Female	89	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	Inmate Population	Male	4807	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	8050
state	39	39	String	8050
category	4	4	String	8050
gender	5	5	String	7284
value	3263	3263	Float64	7409
unit	2	2	String	8050
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State and Gender wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Central Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22967

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