Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year wise, state 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, State, Cause

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

2773

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	Sikkim	Natural Deaths	2	value in absolute number
2023	Sikkim	Unnatural Deaths	0	value in absolute number
2023	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Unnatural Deaths	0	value in absolute number
2023	Chandigarh	Unnatural Deaths	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Unnatural Deaths	0	value in absolute number
2023	West Bengal	Unnatural Deaths	11	value in absolute number
2023	Uttarakhand	Unnatural Deaths	0	value in absolute number
2023	Uttar Pradesh	Unnatural Deaths	13	value in absolute number
2023	Tripura	Unnatural Deaths	0	value in absolute number
2023	Telangana	Unnatural Deaths	0	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	23	23	Int64	2773
state	39	39	String	2773
death_type	4	4	String	2773
value	258	258	Float64	2644
unit	1	1	String	2773
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Deaths of Prisoners in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23038

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