DATA ON POLICE ORGANIZATIONS

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The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) has been publishing the “Data on Police Organizations (DoPO)” annually since 1986.  The salient features of the “DoPO as on 1.01.2019” are as under:

• Total Sanctioned Police Force (Civil +  DAR+ Spl. Armed): 25,95,435
  
  
• Total Actual Police Force (Civil + DAR+ Spl. Armed): 20,67,270
  
  
• Vacancy: 5,28,165
  
  
• Strength of Women Police Force (Civil + DAR+Spl. Armed)/ Percentage: 1,85,696/8.98%
  
  
• Percentage increase of Women Police over previous year: 9.52%
  
  
• Strength of Women Police in CAPFs/ Percentage: 29,532/ 2.95%
  
  
• Population Per Police person (PPP) - Sanctioned: 503.40
  
  
• Population Per Police person (PPP) - Actual: 632.02
  
  
• Police Population Ratio (Per Lakh) (PPR) - Sanctioned: 198.65
  
  
• Police Population Ratio (Per Lakh) (PPR) - Actual: 158.22
  
  
• Number of Police Districts: 777
  
  
• Number of Police Commissionerates: 63