Dataset Overview

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.

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

2001 to 2023

Units

value in absolute number

Last Updated

February, 2026

Data Preview

year	state	death_type	value	unit
2023	All India	Unnatural Deaths	150	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Natural Deaths	1787	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Total Deaths	1972	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Causes not Known	35	value in absolute number
2022	All India	Natural Deaths	1773	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	23	23	Int64	76
state	1	1	String	76
death_type	4	4	String	76
value	72	72	Float64	76
unit	1	1	String	76
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Deaths of Prisoners in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23037

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