Dataset Overview

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

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, Gender

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

222

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	288	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Male	8075	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Total	8364	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Transgender	1	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Number of Jails		47	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Occupancy Rate	Female	46.08	value in percentage
2023	All India	Occupancy Rate	Male	95.68	value in percentage
2023	All India	Occupancy Rate	Total	92.27	value in percentage
2023	All India	Occupancy Rate	Transgender		value in percentage
2023	All India	Total Capacity of Inmates	Female	625	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	222
state	1	1	String	222
category	4	4	String	222
gender	5	5	String	201
value	199	199	Float64	218
unit	2	2	String	222
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year and Gender wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Special Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22974

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