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NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State and Jail wise Number of Jails in India

Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year, state and jail wise data on absolute count of jails in India.

Number of Rows

6885

Number of Columns

6

Time Period

2001, 2002, 2004 to 2023

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Update FrequencyUpdate Frequency At Source

Yearly

Last UpdatedLast Updated at Dataful

February, 2026

Granularity

Year, State, Jail Type

Time Saved

6 hours

Units

value in absolute numbers

Related Datasets

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

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2003 to 2023

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

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2002 to 2023

NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year and Jail wise Number of Jails in India

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001, 2002, 2004 to 2023

Data Preview

yearstatejail_typecountunitnote
2023MaharashtraSub Jails0count in absolute number
2023GujaratSpecial Jails2count in absolute number
2023ChhattisgarhSpecial Jails0count in absolute number
2023BiharSpecial Jails0count in absolute number
2023AssamSpecial Jails1count in absolute number
2023Arunachal PradeshSpecial Jails0count in absolute number
2023Andhra PradeshSpecial Jails0count in absolute number
2023All IndiaOpen Jails101count in absolute number
2023PuducherryOpen Jails0count in absolute number
2023LakshadweepOpen Jails0count in absolute number

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year2121Int646885
state3939String6885
jail_type99String6885
count210210Float646822
unit11String6885
note11String0

Related Datasets

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

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2003 to 2023

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

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2002 to 2023

NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year and Jail wise Number of Jails in India

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001, 2002, 2004 to 2023

Tags

NCRB
Prison Statistics India
Indian prison occupancy rates
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Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Prison Statistics: Year, State and Jail wise Number of Jails in India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22983