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NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and State wise Number of Prisoner Sucides by Types of Means Used in Jails

Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year wise, state wise and mode of suicide wise data on the number of prisoners died by suicide in Indian jails. The modes are hanging, poisoning, self injury, drug overdoes, electrocution, and others.

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, State, Mode of Suicide

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

2035

Number of Columns

6

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Time Period

2016 to 2023

Units

value in absolute number

Last Updated

February, 2026

Data Preview

yearstatemodevalueunitnote
2023NagalandDrug Overdose0value in absolute number
2023TelanganaSelf Injury0value in absolute number
2023SikkimSelf Injury0value in absolute number
2023RajasthanSelf Injury1value in absolute number
2023PunjabSelf Injury0value in absolute number
2023OdishaSelf Injury0value in absolute number
2023NagalandSelf Injury0value in absolute number
2023MizoramSelf Injury0value in absolute number
2023MeghalayaSelf Injury0value in absolute number
2023ManipurSelf Injury0value in absolute number

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year88Int642035
state3939String2035
mode77String2035
value3838Float642025
unit11String2035
note11String0

Tags

NCRB
Prison Statistics India
Prison Statistics India
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Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and State wise Number of Prisoner Sucides by Types of Means Used in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23042