Rankings Methodology
Rankings Methodology

Area covered on average by each rural police station
Best
Worst

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.

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