Lok Sabha Question No. 2328 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Police to Population Ratio
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAMA DEVI, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2328

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH AUGUST, 2015/SHRAVANA 13, 1937 (SAKA)

**POLICE TO POPULATION RATIO**

†2328.	SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the present ratio of police to population in the country, State-wise

including Bihar;

(b) the ratio of police to population at the national level;

(c) whether the above ratio is lower than the international norms;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the corrective steps taken by the Government to redress this situation?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b):	The ratio of police to population in the country, State-wise including Bihar and at the national level as on 01.01.2014 is annexed;

(c) & (d):	No such information is centrally maintained in Ministry of Home Affairs.

(e):	However, Ministry of Home Affairs vide its advisory dated 9 th September, 2014 has advised all the States/Union Territories to initiate a time bound  action plan to fill up the existing vacancies in the State Police and review the existing sanctioned strength of Police personnel at all levels.

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**Page 1 of 1 of Annexure**

**L.S.US.Q.NO. 2328 FOR 04.08.2015**

| **S.No**   | **Name of States**   | **Total Police per lakh of Population**   |            |
|------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------|
|            |                      |                                           |            |
|            |                      | **sanctioned**                            | **Actual** |
| (1)        | (2)                  | (3)                                       | (4)        |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh       | 149.53                                    | 123.05     |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh    | 998.75                                    | 880.05     |
| 3          | Assam                | 204.14                                    | 174.49     |
| 4          | Bihar                | 103.32                                    | 68.11      |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh         | 270.20                                    | 217.90     |
| 6          | Goa                  | 374.83                                    | 311.95     |
| 7          | Gujarat              | 191.56                                    | 121.30     |
| 8          | Haryana              | 232.67                                    | 155.08     |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh     | 233.09                                    | 201.67     |
| 10         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 647.74                                    | 596.86     |
| 11         | Jharkhand            | 226.18                                    | 173.19     |
| 12         | Karnataka            | 175.13                                    | 118.10     |
| 13         | Kerala               | 147.00                                    | 135.86     |
| 14         | Madhya Pradesh       | 135.24                                    | 115.69     |
| 15         | Maharashtra          | 158.55                                    | 146.98     |
| 16         | Manipur              | 1271.15                                   | 984.23     |
| 17         | Meghalaya            | 492.11                                    | 424.19     |
| 18         | Mizoram              | 1089.46                                   | 956.96     |
| 19         | Nagaland             | 1048.08                                   | 1037.12    |
| 20         | Orissa               | 140.22                                    | 123.38     |
| 21         | Punjab               | 281.38                                    | 259.62     |
| 22         | Rajasthan            | 168.42                                    | 130.86     |
| 23         | Sikkim               | 854.20                                    | 678.45     |
| 24         | Tamil Nadu           | 198.07                                    | 162.70     |
| 25         | Tripura              | 736.46                                    | 634.07     |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh        | 175.53                                    | 80.48      |
| 27         | Uttarakhand          | 204.06                                    | 176.47     |
| 28         | West Bengal          | 120.21                                    | 86.77      |
| 29         | A & Nicobar          | 846.21                                    | 747.54     |
| 30         | Chandigarh           | 484.79                                    | 442.18     |
| 31         | D& Haveli            | 82.83                                     | 65.91      |
| 32         | Daman & Diu          | 140.67                                    | 124.33     |
| 33         | Delhi                | 414.23                                    | 381.30     |
| 34         | Lakshadweep          | 447.44                                    | 338.46     |
| 35         | Pondicherry          | 254.90                                    | 202.77     |
|            | **All India**        | **185.25**                                | **139.76** |

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