The Prison Statistics India report of NCRB provides data on the religion wise distribution of undertrial prisoners in the country; viz; Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, and Others. Note: 1) Maharashtra stopped proving religion and caste based distribution of undertrials since 2016 2) Report did not publish the data in 2016.
| year | state | religion | value | unit | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | All India | Hindu | 283372 | value in absolute numbers | |
| 2022 | All India | Muslim | 83968 | value in absolute numbers | |
| 2022 | All India | Sikh | 20303 | value in absolute numbers | |
| 2022 | All India | Christian | 10867 | value in absolute numbers | |
| 2022 | All India | Others | 2909 | value in absolute numbers |
National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB: Year-wise Undertrial prisoners by Religion [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/467
