Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year wise and cause wise number of accidental deaths of prisoners in Indian jails. The accidental deaths are classified into deaths due to forces of nature and deaths other than forces of nature such as snake bite, electrocution, drowning, accidental fall, burn injuries, road/train accident, drugs or alcohol consumption and others.

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, Cause

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

Number of Columns

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Time Period

2016 to 2023

Units

value in absolute number

Last Updated

February, 2026

Data Preview

year	state	cause	sub_cause	value	unit
2023	All India	Forces other than Nature	Drowning	1	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Forces other than Nature	Electrocution	1	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Forces other than Nature	Accidental Fall	5	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Forces of Nature	Total	0	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Forces other than Nature	Snake Bite	0	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	8	8	Int64	80
state	1	1	String	80
cause	3	3	String	80
sub_cause	10	10	String	80
value	12	12	Float64	80
unit	1	1	String	80
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Accidental Deaths of Prisoners in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23033

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Accidental Deaths of Prisoners in Jails