Rankings Methodology
Rankings Methodology
This page shows data for all IJR indicators, organized by pillar and theme. The visualisation below shows how the cluster of 18 large and mid-sized states fare on the chosen indicator. States ranked 1-6 for the indicator are shown in blue, those ranked 7-12 in light green and those ranked 13-18 in light brown. Mouseover on the map to see a state’s exact values for the indicator and the raw data used to calculate the indicator. To know more about the indicator, click on the ‘i’ button next to the indicator name. Use the side bar and indicator dropdown to navigate to other indicators across pillars and themes.

Area covered on average by each rural police station
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Pillar: Police

Theme: Infrastructure

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula: Rural area / Rural police stations

Benchmark: 150 sq km or less (National Police Commission report 1981)

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: 2011 (rural area), January 2022 (rural police stations)

Latest data source: Census 2011; Data on Police Organizations, Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), January 2022

Notes:

IJR 1: 1. Primary Census Abstract, Census 2011, does not give urban/rural area breakup for Arunachal Pradesh. 2. BPR&D shows 0 rural police stations for Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Delhi.

IJR2: 1. BPR&D shows 0 rural police stations for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi. 2. Census 2011 does not give rural/urban area break-up for Arunachal Pradesh.

IJR 3: 1. Disaggregated data for rural and urban area for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh not available. 2. Census 2011 does not give rural/urban area break-up for Arunachal Pradesh. 3. BPR&D shows 0 rural police stations for Delhi, Chandigarh.

Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
Kerala
10.00
1
Bihar
10.00
1
Tamil Nadu
10.00
4
Punjab
9.17
5
Andhra Pradesh
8.78
6
Uttar Pradesh
8.63
7
Jharkhand
8.60
8
Haryana
8.08
9
Telangana
7.80
10
Karnataka
6.71
11
Chhattisgarh
6.00
12
Maharashtra
5.92
13
West Bengal
5.65
14
Gujarat
5.54
15
Odisha
5.43
16
Madhya Pradesh
1.72
17
Uttarakhand
1.71
18
Rajasthan
1.00
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