Lok Sabha Question No. 3684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Statistics on Missing Girls
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3684

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2021/ AGRAHAYANA 30, 1943 (SAKA) STATISTICS ON MISSING GIRLS

3684. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any statistics regarding number of girls missing cases reported in the country; and

(b) if so, the details of such cases reported, number of girls identified and return home, found dead during each of the last five years, State-wise?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) &  (b)  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and  publishes statistical  data  on  crimes  in  its  publication  'Crime  in  India'.  The  published reports  are  available  till  the  year  2020.  As  per  published  report,  State/Union Territory-  wise  number  of  missing  and  traced  girls  (below  18  years)  during  the years 2016 to 2020 is at Annexure. The data of missing girls found dead is not maintained by NCRB.

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State/UT-wise Missing and Traced Girls (Below 18 years) during years 2016-2020

| SL   | State/UT                   | 2016    | 2016   | 2017    | 2017   | 2018    | 2018   | 2019    | 2019    | 2020    | 2020   |
|------|----------------------------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                   | Missing | Traced | Missing | Traced | Missing | Traced | Missing | Traced  | Missing | Traced |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 1365    | 1214   | 1481    | 1961   | 1560    | 1623   | 1928    | 1904    | 2092    | 2002   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 29      | 24     | 38      | 46     | 7       | 31     | 34      | 33      | 8       | 8      |
| 3    | Assam                      | 857     | 708    | 756     | 728    | 1192    | 1121   | 857     | 904     | 620     | 761    |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 3730    | 2324   | 4308    | 2529   | 5701    | 5576   | 5935    | 4034    | 4194    | 4061   |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 1643    | 1483   | 1640    | 1624   | 2381    | 2170   | 2606    | 2395    | 2107    | 2143   |
| 6    | Goa                        | 17      | 15     | 9       | 10     | 10      | 10     | 24      | 18      | 6       | 14     |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 944     | 839    | 1025    | 1177   | 1329    | 1321   | 1044    | 973     | 915     | 920    |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 973     | 877    | 1078    | 1170   | 1133    | 1407   | 1716    | 1474    | 1247    | 1290   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 93      | 104    | 166     | 164    | 259     | 230    | 268     | 298     | 225     | 227    |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 260     | 189    | 211     | 239    | 203     | 190    | 170     | 269     | 202     | 256    |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 889     | 1328   | 896     | 939    | 946     | 1317   | 494     | 483     | 614     | 610    |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 768     | 773    | 796     | 815    | 1067    | 1073   | 1053    | 1061    | 885     | 891    |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 6037    | 5692   | 7409    | 6423   | 7574    | 6892   | 8572    | 8660    | 7230    | 8258   |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 2532    | 2658   | 1869    | 2025   | 977     | 1927   | 2516    | 2256    | 2194    | 3095   |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 49      | 69     | 31      | 30     | 39      | 39     | 62      | 57      | 33      | 35     |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 68      | 86     | 80      | 71     | 70      | 62     | 63      | 71      | 32      | 45     |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 0       | 0      | 1       | 1      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 47      | 39     | 56      | 65     | 57      | 47     | 30      | 34      | 17      | 22     |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 1363    | 379    | 1521    | 4534   | 1875    | 854    | 2591    | 1176    | 2556    | 3072   |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 414     | 346    | 578     | 597    | 484     | 464    | 643     | 568     | 533     | 409    |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 1338    | 2093   | 1691    | 1718   | 1902    | 1774   | 2761    | 2681    | 2628    | 2493   |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 77      | 76     | 13      | 29     | 24      | 21     | 25      | 26      | 11      | 12     |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 3162    | 3202   | 2958    | 3318   | 3043    | 2886   | 3324    | 3147    | 3545    | 3385   |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 2277    | 2340   | 1819    | 1829   | 1869    | 1881   | 2053    | 2478    | 1870    | 1812   |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 132     | 125    | 111     | 122    | 141     | 143    | 127     | 115     | 96      | 88     |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 1465    | 846    | 1526    | 1403   | 1965    | 1542   | 1901    | 2188    | 1469    | 1719   |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 224     | 312    | 309     | 312    | 336     | 206    | 303     | 236     | 271     | 448    |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 5986    | 3848   | 6131    | 8686   | 6499    | 7904   | 7369    | 7181    | 6640    | 6681   |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 36739   | 31989  | 38507   | 42565  | 42643   | 42711  | 48469   | 44720   | 42240   | 44757  |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 36      | 37     | 25      | 22     | 38      | 36     | 33      | 34      | 14      | 16     |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 127     | 91     | 152     | 138    | 147     | 134    | 135     | 113     | 109     | 110    |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 10      | 8      | 9       | 19     | 18      | 11     | 15      | 12      | 2       | 8      |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 3982    | 3235   | 3919    | 3949   | 4111    | 5627   | 4057    | 3635    | 3125    | 3671   |
| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir*            | 138     | 190    | 59      | 78     | 200     | 235    | 174     | 169 -   | 167 1   | 122    |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | -       | -      | -       | -      | -       | -      | -       |         |         | 1      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry                 | 35      | 30     | 20      | 27     | 34      | 33     | 36      | 30 3993 | 29 3447 | 32     |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                | 4328    | 3591   | 4184    | 4233   | 4548    | 6076   | 4450    |         |         | 3960   |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 41067   | 35580  | 42691   | 46798  | 47191   | 48787  | 52919   | 48713   | 45687   | 48717  |

Source: Crime in

India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and

Daman & Diu UT for 2016

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for 2016