Dataset Overview

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

3934

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	4278	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Total	4293	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Inmate Population	Transgender	15	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Inmate Population	Female	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	176	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	Inmate Population	Total	183	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	Inmate Population	Transgender	7	value in absolute number
2023	Arunachal Pradesh	Inmate Population	Female	0	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	21	21	Int64	3934
state	39	39	String	3934
category	4	4	String	3934
gender	4	4	String	3168
value	601	601	Float64	3237
unit	2	2	String	3934
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 Women Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22979

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