Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year, state and jail wise data on capacity, inmate population and occupancy rate. Note: The jail wise classification data was introduced from 2003.

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, State, Jail Type

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

67868

Number of Columns

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Time Period

2002 to 2023

Units

value in absolute numbers

Last Updated

February, 2026

Data Preview

year	state	jail_type	category	gender	value	unit
2023	All India	All Jails	Available Capacity	Female	30679	value in absolute number
2023	All India	All Jails	Available Capacity	Male	408327	value in absolute number
2023	All India	All Jails	Available Capacity	Total	439119	value in absolute number
2023	All India	All Jails	Available Capacity	Transgender	113	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	All Jails	Available Capacity	Female	40	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	All Jails	Available Capacity	Male	279	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	All Jails	Available Capacity	Total	319	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	All Jails	Available Capacity	Transgender	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	All Jails	Available Capacity	Female	930	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	All Jails	Available Capacity	Male	7901	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	22	22	Int64	67868
state	38	38	String	67868
jail_type	9	9	String	67868
category	5	5	String	67868
gender	5	5	String	61740
value	12064	12064	Float64	57462
unit	2	2	String	67868
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State and Jail wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22981

NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State and Jail wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate