Police: Year- and Designation-wise Sanctioned, Actual and Vacant Number of Police Posts
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.
Police: Year- and Designation-wise Sanctioned, Actual and Vacant Number of Police Posts
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.
Rows: 40675
Columns: 7
Time period: 2001 to 2023
Last Updated: 25 April 2025
Data preview
data_as_on
state
police_type
designation_type
category
value
unit
01-01-2022
Andhra Pradesh
Speical Armed Police
Director General of Police/Special Director General of Police
Sanctioned Postions
0
value in absolute number
01-01-2022
Andhra Pradesh
Speical Armed Police
Director General of Police/Special Director General of Police
Actual Police
0
value in absolute number
01-01-2022
Andhra Pradesh
Speical Armed Police
Director General of Police/Special Director General of Police
The reference date as of which the police personnel figures were recorded.
state
String
39
40675
The Indian state or union territory to which the police personnel data pertains.
police_type
String
4
40675
The type of police force or unit, such as special armed police, to which the personnel figures relate.
designation_type
String
21
40675
The police rank or officer designation, such as Director General of Police, to which the personnel count applies.
category
String
4
40675
The personnel measure being reported: sanctioned positions, actual (filled) police strength, or vacant positions.
value
String
7416
40267
The reported count of police personnel in absolute numbers for the given state, force type, designation, and category.
unit
String
1
40675
The unit of measurement for the reported value, indicating counts are expressed in absolute numbers.
Citation
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. (2026). Police: Year- and Designation-wise Sanctioned, Actual and Vacant Number of Police Posts [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/537
