Lok Sabha Question No. 2098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Police Stations
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2098

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016/AGRAHAYANA 8, 1938 (SAKA)

POLICE STATIONS

2098. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of policemen employed for every 1 lakh population in the country, State-wise;

(b) the total  number  of  police  stations  present  for every  1 lakh population in all the States and the extent to which the said ratio has changed over the years; and

(c) the number of police personnel and number of police stations per 1 lakh  population  in  the  country  as  compared  to  other  countries  in  the world?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a)  &  (b):    The  total  number  of  policemen  employed  for  every  1  lakh population in the country, State-wise is at Annexure-I.

The number of Police stations present in the country, State-wise is placed at Annexure-II. As per data compiled by Bureau of Police ....2/

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2098 FOR 29.11.2016

Research and Development (BPR&D), the ratio of total number of Police stations in the States/UTs for every one lakh population has increased by 4.38% from 2011 to 2015.

As  per  the  norms  prescribed  by  the  United  Nations,  222  police personnel need to be deployed per one lakh population.  In India, there are 139 police personnel per one lakh population, as per data compiled by BPR&D.

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## Page 1/1 of Annexure-I L.S.US.Q.No. 2098 FOR  29.11.2016

| Sl. No.         | STATES/UTs        |   No. of police man on 1 lakh population as on 1.1.2015 |
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.              | 2.                |                                                       3 |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                     110 |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                     877 |
| 3               | Assam             |                                                     164 |
| 4               | Bihar             |                                                      70 |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh      |                                                     219 |
| 6               | Goa               |                                                     355 |
| 7               | Gujarat           |                                                     120 |
| 8               | Haryana           |                                                     156 |
| 9               | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                     198 |
| 10              | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                                     568 |
| 11              | Jharkhand         |                                                     172 |
| 12              | Karnataka         |                                                     121 |
| 13              | Kerala            |                                                     140 |
| 14              | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                     120 |
| 15              | Maharashtra       |                                                     153 |
| 16              | Manipur           |                                                     980 |
| 17              | Meghalaya         |                                                     459 |
| 18              | Mizoram           |                                                     917 |
| 19              | Nagaland          |                                                     943 |
| 20              | Odisha            |                                                     120 |
| 21              | Punjab            |                                                     265 |
| 22              | Rajasthan         |                                                     134 |
| 23              | Sikkim            |                                                     758 |
| 24              | Tamil Nadu        |                                                     164 |
| 25.             | Telangana         |                                                     138 |
| 26              | Tripura           |                                                     637 |
| 27              | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                      78 |
| 28              | Uttarakhand       |                                                     182 |
| 29              | West Bengal       |                                                      72 |
| 30              | A &NIslands       |                                                     725 |
| 31              | Chandigarh        |                                                     362 |
| 32              | D &NHaveli        |                                                      63 |
| 33              | Daman &Diu        |                                                     115 |
| 34              | Delhi             |                                                     261 |
| 35              | Lakshadweep       |                                                     256 |
| 36              | Puducherry        |                                                     208 |
| All India Total | All India Total   |                                                     139 |

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## Page 1/1 of Annexure-II L.S.US.Q.No. 2098 FOR  29.11.2016

| Sl. No          | States/Uts        |   No. of Police Stations |
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.              | 2.                |                        3 |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh    |                      999 |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh |                       79 |
| 3               | Assam             |                      341 |
| 4               | Bihar             |                     1064 |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh      |                      399 |
| 6               | Goa               |                       26 |
| 7               | Gujarat           |                      599 |
| 8               | Haryana           |                      270 |
| 9               | Himachal Pradesh  |                      110 |
| 10              | Jammu &Kashmir    |                      215 |
| 11              | Jharkhand         |                      443 |
| 12              | Karnataka         |                      926 |
| 13              | Kerala            |                      504 |
| 14              | Madhya Pradesh    |                     1035 |
| 15              | Maharashtra       |                     1118 |
| 16              | Manipur           |                       58 |
| 17              | Meghalaya         |                       39 |
| 18              | Mizoram           |                       38 |
| 19              | Nagaland          |                       73 |
| 20              | Odisha            |                      595 |
| 21              | Punjab            |                      389 |
| 22              | Rajasthan         |                      861 |
| 23              | Sikkim            |                       28 |
| 24              | Tamil Nadu        |                     1523 |
| 25.             | Telangana         |                      721 |
| 26              | Tripura           |                       76 |
| 27              | Uttar Pradesh     |                     1525 |
| 28              | Uttarakhand       |                      145 |
| 29              | West Bengal       |                      470 |
| 30              | A &NIslands       |                       24 |
| 31              | Chandigarh        |                       11 |
| 32              | D &NHaveli        |                        2 |
| 33              | Daman &Diu        |                        3 |
| 34              | Delhi             |                      181 |
| 35              | Lakshadweep       |                       13 |
| 36              | Puducherry        |                       46 |
| All India Total |                   |                    14954 |

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