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

This dataset provides year wise and cause wise data on the deaths of the prisoners in Indian jails. It is classifed by: Natural Deaths, Unnatural Deaths and Causes Not Known.

Rows: 80
Columns: 6
Time period: 2001 to 2024
Last Updated: 03 July 2026

year	state	death_type	value	unit
2024	All India	Causes not Known	57	value in absolute number
2024	All India	Total Deaths	1960	value in absolute number
2024	All India	Unnatural Deaths	166	value in absolute number
2024	All India	Natural Deaths	1737	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Natural Deaths	1787	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	24	80	The calendar year to which the inmate death statistics pertain.
state	String	1	80	The state or union territory the inmate data covers, with 'All India' indicating a national-level aggregate.
death_type	String	4	80	The category or cause of inmate deaths, distinguishing natural deaths, unnatural deaths, deaths with unknown causes, and overall totals.
value	Float64	75	80	The number of inmate deaths recorded for the given year, state, and death cause, expressed as an absolute count.
unit	String	1	80	The unit of measurement for the reported value, given as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Supplementary remarks or footnotes providing additional context for the data record.

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

This dataset provides year wise and cause wise data on the deaths of the prisoners in Indian jails. It is classifed by: Natural Deaths, Unnatural Deaths and Causes Not Known.

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Sample from the dataset, for your reference.

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

This dataset provides year wise and cause wise data on the deaths of the prisoners in Indian jails. It is classifed by: Natural Deaths, Unnatural Deaths and Causes Not Known.

Rows: 80
Columns: 6
Time period: 2001 to 2024
Last Updated: 03 July 2026

year	state	death_type	value	unit
2024	All India	Causes not Known	57	value in absolute number
2024	All India	Total Deaths	1960	value in absolute number
2024	All India	Unnatural Deaths	166	value in absolute number
2024	All India	Natural Deaths	1737	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Natural Deaths	1787	value in absolute number

Sample from the dataset, for your reference.

Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	24	80	The calendar year to which the inmate death statistics pertain.
state	String	1	80	The state or union territory the inmate data covers, with 'All India' indicating a national-level aggregate.
death_type	String	4	80	The category or cause of inmate deaths, distinguishing natural deaths, unnatural deaths, deaths with unknown causes, and overall totals.
value	Float64	75	80	The number of inmate deaths recorded for the given year, state, and death cause, expressed as an absolute count.
unit	String	1	80	The unit of measurement for the reported value, given as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Supplementary remarks or footnotes providing additional context for the data record.

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