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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:

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.
States/UTs.
Total
    Sanctioned
Actual
1.
Andhra Pradesh 92,106
NR
2.
Arunachal Pradesh 6,108
5,239
3.
Assam 55,952
46,541
4.
Bihar 74,188
52,075
5.
Chhattisgarh 36,987
25,412
6.
Goa 4,540
4,178
7.
Gujarat 72,723
53,451
8.
Haryana 52,109
50,524
9.
Himachal Pradesh 14,722
12,033
10.
Jammu & Kashmir 68,125
NR
11.
Jharkhand 51,081
40,663
12.
Karnataka 76,997
57,509
13.
Kerala 43,111
39,022
14.
Madhya Pradesh 76,365
NR
15.
Maharashtra 1,82,195
NR
16.
Manipur 16,771
13,339
17.
Meghalaya 9,347
8,550
18.
Mizoram 7,874
7,233
19.
Nagaland 31,407
31,305
20.
Orissa 45,156
38,752
21.
Punjab 71,859
63,641
22.
Rajasthan 71,664
51,051
23.
Sikkim 3,522
2,854
24.
Tamil Nadu 98,683
NR
25.
Tripura 25,504
19,367
26.
Uttar Pradesh 1,66,126
1,50,134
27.
Uttarkhand 20,896
14,591
28.
West Bengal 82,593
65,944
29.
A&N lands 2,901
2,750
30.
Chandigarh 4,628
4,395
31.
D&N Haveli 208
185
32.
Daman & Diu 246
226
33.
Delhi 62,420
66,275
34.
Lakshadweep 349
302
35.
Pondicherry 3,246
NR
All India 16,32,651
9,27,541**
*As on 01.01.2006
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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