Rankings Methodology
Rankings Methodology
Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
Arunachal Pradesh Goa Himachal Pradesh Meghalaya Mizoram Sikkim Tripura
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Daman & Diu Delhi Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry
Assam Manipur Nagaland
Modernisation fund used Spend on police per person Spend on training per personnel Share of training budget in police budget Training budget utilization
Constables, vacancy Officers, vacancy Officers in civil police Administrative staff vacancy in forensics New Scientific staff vacancy in forensics New
Share of women in police Share of women in officers SC officers, actual to reserved ratio SC constables, actual to reserved ratio ST officers, actual to reserved ratio ST constables, actual to reserved ratio OBC officers, actual to reserved ratio OBC constables, actual to reserved ratio
Population per police station (rural) Population per police station (urban) Area per police station (rural) Area per police station (urban) Services provided by state's citizen portals Personnel per training institute Police stations with CCTVs Police stations with women help desks
Population per civil police
Women in total police, trends Women officers in total officers, trends Constable vacancy, trends Officer vacancy, trends Difference in spend: police vs state, trends
Spend per inmate Prison budget utilized
Officers, vacancy Cadre staff, vacancy Correctional staff, vacancy Medical staff, vacancy Medical officers, vacancy Personnel trained
Women in prison staff
Prison occupancy Jails with V-C facility Undertrials detained for 1-3 years Inmates (admitted) availed educational course Inmates (admitted) availed vocational training Share of jails with 100% and more occupancy Share of jails with 150% and more occupancy Share of jails with 150-250% occupancy New Share of jails with 250% and more occupancy New
Inmates per officer Inmates per cadre staff Inmates per correctional staff Inmates per medical officer Women inmates per woman medical officer New
Officer vacancy, trends Cadre staff vacancy, trends Share of women in prison staff, trends Inmates per prison officer, trends Inmates per cadre staff, trends Share of undertrial prisoners, trends Spend per inmate, trends Prison budget used, trends Difference in spend: prisons vs state, trends
Per capita spend on judiciary
Population per High Court judge Population per sub. court judge High Court judge vacancy Sub. court judge vacancy High Court staff vacancy
Women judges (High Court) Women judges (sub. court) SC judges, actual to reserved (sub. court) ST judges, actual to reserved (sub. court) OBC judges, actual to reserved (sub. court)
Courthall shortfall
Cases pending (5-10 years) (sub. court) Cases pending (10+ years) (sub. court) Average High Court pendency Average sub. court pendency Case clearance rate (High Court) Case clearance rate (sub. court) Cases pending (5-10 years) (High Court) Cases pending (10+ years) (High Court) Cases pending for more than 3 years (High Court) New Cases pending for more than 3 years (sub. court) New
Cases pending (per High Court judge), trends Cases pending (per sub. court judge), trends Total cases pending (High Court), trends Total cases pending (sub. court), trends Judge vacancy (High Court), trends Judge vacancy (sub. court), trends Case clearance rate (High Court), trends Case clearance rate (sub. court), trends Difference in spend: judiciary vs state, trends
NALSA fund utilized State's share in legal aid budget State legal aid budget utilised Per capita spend on legal aid New
DLSA secretary vacancy PLVs per lakh population Sanctioned secretaries as % of DLSAs Panel lawyers trained
Share of women in panel lawyers Women PLVs Share of women DLSA secretaries New
DLSAs as % of state judicial districts Villages per legal services clinic Legal services clinic per jail Presence of front offices in LSIs Presence of front offices in DLSAs
PLA cases: settled as % of received Total LAs: Pre-litigation cases disposed SLSA LAs: Pre-litigation in cases taken up SLSA LAs: Disposal of pre-litigation cases New SLSA LAs: Disposal of pending cases New
State Ranking
State Indicator Data
State Indicator Raw Data
Methodology
The visualisation shows the performance of the cluster of 7 small states (population below 10 million) in IJR 2022. States ranked 1-3 are shown in dark green, those ranked 4-5 in light green and those ranked 6-7 in light brown. The mouseover on the map shows, additionally, each state’s rank across 4 pillars and 3 ranked themes. Use the dropdown on top left to see performance in IJR 2019 and IJR 2020.
Overall Rank by Pillars Police Prisons Judiciary Legal Aid Rank by Themes Human Resources Diversity Trends

Trends Ranking

Performance on comparable metrics across pillars over 5-years
Map Table
Performance on comparable metrics across pillars over 5-years
Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
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Meghalaya
5.64
2
↑
Sikkim
5.33
3
↓
Arunachal Pradesh
5.24
4
↑
Himachal Pradesh
4.81
5
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Tripura
3.63
6
↓
Mizoram
3.49
7
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Goa
2.89
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