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Police-Population Ratio
On July 15, 2009, the Minister of State in
the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Mullapally Ramachandran, provided
data on the police-population ratio in India in a written reply
to a question in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament).
The statement is provided below:
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Rajya Sabha
As per information furnished by BPR&D,
the sanctioned and actual total police per one lakh population (police-population
ratio) at all-India level is 145.25 and 117.09, respectively, as on
1.1.2007.
Sl No.
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States/UTs.
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Total
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Sanctioned |
Actual
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1.
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Andhra Pradesh |
92,106 |
NR
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2.
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Arunachal Pradesh |
6,108 |
5,239
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3.
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Assam |
55,952 |
46,541
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4.
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Bihar |
74,188 |
52,075
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5.
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Chhattisgarh |
36,987 |
25,412
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6.
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Goa |
4,540 |
4,178
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7.
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Gujarat |
72,723 |
53,451
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8.
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Haryana |
52,109 |
50,524
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9.
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Himachal Pradesh |
14,722 |
12,033
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10.
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Jammu & Kashmir |
68,125 |
NR
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11.
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Jharkhand |
51,081 |
40,663
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12.
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Karnataka |
76,997 |
57,509
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13.
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Kerala |
43,111 |
39,022
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14.
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Madhya Pradesh |
76,365 |
NR
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15.
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Maharashtra |
1,82,195 |
NR
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16.
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Manipur |
16,771 |
13,339
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17.
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Meghalaya |
9,347 |
8,550
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18.
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Mizoram |
7,874 |
7,233
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19.
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Nagaland |
31,407 |
31,305
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20.
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Orissa |
45,156 |
38,752
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21.
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Punjab |
71,859 |
63,641
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22.
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Rajasthan |
71,664 |
51,051
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23.
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Sikkim |
3,522 |
2,854
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24.
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Tamil Nadu |
98,683 |
NR
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25.
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Tripura |
25,504 |
19,367
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26.
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Uttar Pradesh |
1,66,126 |
1,50,134
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27.
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Uttarkhand |
20,896 |
14,591
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28.
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West Bengal |
82,593 |
65,944
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29.
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A&N lands |
2,901 |
2,750
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30.
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Chandigarh |
4,628 |
4,395
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31.
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D&N Haveli |
208 |
185
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32.
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Daman & Diu |
246 |
226
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33.
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Delhi |
62,420 |
66,275
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34.
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Lakshadweep |
349 |
302
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35.
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Pondicherry |
3,246 |
NR
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All India |
16,32,651 |
9,27,541**
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*As on 01.01.2006
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NR - Data not received |
** All India total of actual excludes
the States of Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry.
The sanctioned and actual strength of
Central Police Force (including Railway Protection Force) as on 1.1.2007
is 7,98,530 and 7,27,509, respectively.
As 'Police' and 'Law & Order' are State
subjects as per the VII schedule to the Constitution of India, the States
are competent to raise police force as per their law & order, internal
security and allied requirements. However, the Central Government has
been supplementing the efforts of State Governments in modernizing their
police forces in terms of infrastructure, to meet challenges to Internal
Security, effectively and to reduce their dependence on Central Police
Forces.
This information was given by the Minister
of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Mullappally Ramachandran,
in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Source: Press
Information Bureau, Government of India
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