Dataset Overview

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

8041

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	940	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Male	37303	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Total	38244	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Transgender	1	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	32	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Inmate Population	Total	32	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Inmate Population	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	Inmate Population	Female	75	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	Inmate Population	Male	1555	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	8041
state	39	39	String	8041
category	4	4	String	8041
gender	5	5	String	7275
value	2587	2587	Float64	7285
unit	2	2	String	8041
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 Sub Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22977

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