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Police: Year- and Designation-wise Sanctioned, Actual and Vacant Number of Police Posts

Dataset Overview

The dataset contains year- and designation-wise number of armed and civil police in India, categorized by their designations such as Director/Additional General of Police (DGP), Director Inspector General (DIG), Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors (S.I), Additional Sub Inspectors, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)/Superintendent of Police (SP)/Additional/Deputy SP, etc.

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Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sectors

Law and Justice

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Yearly

Time Saved

3 hours

Number of rows

40675

Number of Columns

7

Sources

Statistical Year Book India 2018

BPRD

Archive Link

Link 1

Time Period

2001 to 2023

Units

number_police in Absolute Number

Last Updated

April, 2025

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Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

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Year-wise Actual police strength: State-wise

Organisation

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Time Period

2009 to 2014

Year-wise Number of cognizable crime under IPC and strength of police force: All India

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2001 to 2014

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data_as_onstatepolice_typedesignation_typecategoryvalueunit
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceDirector General of Police/Special Director General of PoliceSanctioned Postions0value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceDirector General of Police/Special Director General of PoliceActual Police0value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceDirector General of Police/Special Director General of PoliceVacant Positions0value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceAdditional Director General of PoliceSanctioned Postions1value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceAdditional Director General of PoliceActual Police1value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceAdditional Director General of PoliceVacant Positions0value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceInspector General of PoliceSanctioned Postions0value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceInspector General of PoliceActual Police0value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceInspector General of PoliceVacant Positions0value in absolute number
01-01-2022Andhra PradeshSpeical Armed PoliceDeputy Inspector General of PoliceSanctioned Postions2value in absolute number

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
data_as_on120Text40675
state390Text40675
police_type40Text40675
designation_type210Text40675
category40Text40675
value74155338Text40267
unit10Text40675

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Year-wise Actual police strength: State-wise

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2009 to 2014

Year-wise Actual police strength: State-wise

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2009 to 2014

Year-wise Number of cognizable crime under IPC and strength of police force: All India

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2001 to 2014

Tags

Indian Police
Indian Police Strength
Armed Police Data
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Citation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Police: Year- and Designation-wise Sanctioned, Actual and Vacant Number of Police Posts [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/537