prison statistics india 2011 - National Crime Records Bureau

CHAPTER – 5
DEMOGRAPHIC PARTICULARS OF PRISON INMATES
An analysis of the prison inmates has
been undertaken in this chapter on the basis
of their Education, Religion, Caste and
Domicile.
Convicts (1,28,592)
A total of 37,912 convicts out of
1,28,592 convicts lodged in various jails in
the country were reported as illiterate and
57,098 were educated below class X th
standard. These two categories
accounted for 29.5% and 44.4%
respectively which together constitute
73.9% of the total convicts. Uttar Pradesh
(10,149), Madhya Pradesh (4,212) and
Punjab (2,981) have accounted for 45.7%
of the total illiterate convicted inmates.
41.4% of convicted inmates having
education of below class X th were lodged
in three States viz. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh and Maharashtra. Uttar Pradesh
had reported the highest number of graduate
convicts (1,425) followed by Punjab (475),
Madhya Pradesh (425) and Rajasthan (404).
The highest number of Post Graduate
convicts were also reported from Uttar
Pradesh (405) followed by Rajasthan (247)
and Madhya Pradesh (131).
Classification of convicts professing
different faiths revealed that 71.6% (92,166)
of them adhered to Hindu religion while
17.8% (22,943) were from the Muslim
community and the rest belonged to other
religions. 56.7% of convicts belong to Muslim
community were lodged in four States
namely Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal. The analysis on
the basis of caste of convicts shows that
35.2% (45,303) of convicts belonged to
General Category while 28.7% (36,964) of
convicts belong to OBC category. 21.8%
(28,033) convicts belonged to Scheduled
Castes while 14.2% (18,292) belonged to
Scheduled Tribes.
The domicile based classification
showed that 92.5% convicts belonged to the
same State/UT though some States reported
considerable figures of convicts belonging to
other States. Maharashtra and Gujarat
reported the highest percentage (12.7%
each) of convicts belonging to other States
followed by Delhi (12.2%) and Haryana
(12.1%).
West Bengal has reported the highest
number of convicts (816) belonging to other
countries accounting for 40.4%. Out of 415
convicts lodged in A&N Islands, 357
belonged to other countries accounting for
86.0%. Relevant details may be seen in
Table 5.1.
Undertrials (2,41,200)
A total of 74,203 undertrial
prisoners were illiterate and 1,02,852 were
educated below class X th standard out of
2,41,200 undertrials lodged in various jails
in the country. These two categories have
accounted for 30.8% and 42.6%
respectively which taken together
constitute 73.4% of the total undertrial
inmates. Uttar Pradesh had reported the
highest number of undertrial prisoners who
were graduates (2,825) followed by Bihar
(1,254), Maharashtra (752), Rajasthan (689)
and Jharkhand (507). Maximum of post
graduate undertrials (773) were lodged in
Uttar Pradesh prisons followed by Tamil
Nadu (339), Rajasthan (319), Maharashtra
(242) and Madhya Pradesh (209).
Classification of undertrial prisoners
professing different faiths revealed that
70.5% (1,70,068 out of 2,41,200) of them
adhered to Hindu religion while 21.2%
(51,206 out of 2,41,200) were from the
Muslim community and the rest belonged to
other religions. The analysis on the basis of
caste based classification of undertrial
prisoners reveals that 35.1% (84,650 out of
2,41,200) and 29.5% (71,104 out of
2,41,200) of undertrial prisoners belonged to
General and OBC categories respectively.
22.3% (53,794) of undertrials belonged to
Scheduled Castes while 13.1% (31,652)
belonged to Scheduled Tribes.
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