Lok Sabha Question No. 246 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Police-Population Ratio
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 246 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 04 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025/ MAGHA 15, 1946 (SAKA) POLICE-POPULATION RATIO 246.     SMT. MALA ROY: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) the details of police-population ratio in the country during the last five years; and (b) the State-wise details during the said period? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI) (a)  &  (b):  'Police'  is  a  State  subject falling  in  List-II  (State  List)  of  the Seventh  Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  As  per  data  on  Police Organisations provided by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), the police-population ratio, States/UTs-wise as on 1st January, from the year 2019 to 2023, is at Annexure.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 246 for 04.02.2025

## States/UTs wise police population ratio (Total police per lakh of population)

| Sl. No.          | States/UTs                            | As on 01.01.2019   | As on 01.01.2020   |   As on 01.01.2021 |   As on 01.01.2022 |   As on 01.01.2023 |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1.               | Andhra Pradesh                        | -                  | 113.68             |             115.35 |             167.67 |             165.89 |
| 2.               | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 861.68             | 830.31             |             827.39 |             785.71 |             766.75 |
| 3.               | Assam                                 | 194.74             | 207.49             |             177.81 |             175.57 |             205.74 |
| 4.               | Bihar                                 | 81.08              | 76.20              |              67.85 |              75.16 |              81.49 |
| 5.               | Chhattisgarh                          | 234.92             | 220.53             |             216.16 |             217.47 |             214.74 |
| 6.               | Goa                                   | 363.91             | 511.78             |             518.14 |             505.63 |             498.47 |
| 7.               | Gujarat                               | 131.62             | 122.78             |             132.69 |             127.82 |             123.84 |
| 8.               | Haryana                               | 163.80             | 180.19             |             180.4  |             198.95 |             199.08 |
| 9.               | Himachal Pradesh                      | 230.93             | 240.52             |             237.02 |             231.06 |             240.4  |
| 10.              | Jharkhand                             | 181.14             | 172.18             |             167.59 |             162.73 |             157.71 |
| 11.              | Karnataka                             | 139.64             | 125.95             |             138.19 |             142.37 |             150.95 |
| 12.              | Kerala                                | 135.08             | 152.49             |             163.27 |             149.6  |             150.68 |
| 13.              | Madhya Pradesh                        | 126.12             | 120.02             |             106.25 |             121.76 |             121.13 |
| 14.              | Maharashtra                           | 172.42             | 174.87             |             160.94 |             136.45 |             136.83 |
| 15.              | Manipur                               | 1023.74            | 942.93             |             917.56 |             900.63 |             941.63 |
| 16.              | Meghalaya                             | 526.99             | 455.56             |             439.49 |             420.25 |             422.92 |
| 17.              | Mizoram                               | 771.22             | 674.54             |             656.2  |             619.74 |             595.21 |
| 18.              | Nagaland                              | 1323.90            | 1300.93            |            1273.51 |            1189.33 |            1135.94 |
| 19.              | Odisha                                | 137.08             | 129.31             |             141.29 |             122.59 |             120.58 |
| 20.              | Punjab                                | 273.89             | 286.50             |             246.59 |             237.12 |             241.02 |
| 21.              | Rajasthan                             | 128.23             | 122.36             |             118.09 |             120.39 |             118.18 |
| 22.              | Sikkim                                | 765.81             | 851.27             |             821.55 |             862.94 |             834.4  |
| 23.              | Tamil Nadu                            | 156.89             | 148.54             |             155.77 |             154.25 |             159.54 |
| 24.              | Telangana                             | --                 | 130.88             |             157.11 |             165.88 |             162.66 |
| 25.              | Tripura                               | 591.60             | 568.07             |             554.55 |             537.65 |             555.57 |
| 26.              | Uttar Pradesh                         | 129.84             | 133.85             |             130.69 |             133.86 |             135.39 |
| 27.              | Uttarakhand                           | 205.76             | 188.16             |             182.3  |             177.25 |             183.96 |
| 28.              | West Bengal                           | 100.65             | 100.53             |              99.27 |              97.66 |             101.13 |
| 29.              | A &NIslands                           | 783.51             | 1080.90            |            1101.5  |            1080.05 |            1050.25 |
| 30.              | Chandigarh                            | 394.17             | 649.62             |             495.59 |             485.84 |             481.65 |
| 31.              | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | # 70.93 @ 104.08   | # 142.02 @ 98.60   |             113.58 |             104.15 |              93.63 |
| 32.              | Delhi                                 | 358.96             | 410.26             |             398.51 |             382.14 |             380.2  |
| 33.              | Jammu &Kashmir                        | 656.62             | 610.25             |             608.38 |             590.15 |             598.52 |
| 34.              | Ladakh                                |                    | 569.05             |             563.51 |             822.82 |             873.67 |
| 35.              | Lakshadweep                           | 311.90             | 392.65             |             389.71 |             385.29 |             365.22 |
| 36.              | Puducherry                            | 188.14             | 225.28             |             216.44 |             212.81 |             199.14 |
| All India 158.22 | All India 158.22                      | All India 158.22   | 155.78             |             152.51 |             152.8  |             154.84 |