NCRB: Cases of fake/false news and rumours registered under Section 505 of IPC

Dataset Overview

The dataset contains the state wise number of cases of fake/false news and rumours registered under Section 505 of IPC as recorded by states in the National Crime Record Bureau's annual Crime in India report. NCRB started publishing data on this since 2017.

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yearstatevalueunitnote
2022Andaman and Nicobar Islands0value in absolute numbers
2022Andhra Pradesh53value in absolute numbers
2022Arunachal Pradesh1value in absolute numbers
2022Assam5value in absolute numbers
2022Bihar46value in absolute numbers
2022Chandigarh0value in absolute numbers
2022Chhattisgarh18value in absolute numbers
2022Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0value in absolute numbers
2022Delhi5value in absolute numbers
2022Goa0value in absolute numbers

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year60Number226
state390Text226
value6138Number220
unit10Text226
note41Text11

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National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB: Cases of fake/false news and rumours registered under Section 505 of IPC [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/457