Prisoners to whom legal aid provided in India in 2013

This visualization gives the insight of the number of prisoners to whom legal aid provided during year 2013. Total number of prisoners to whom legal aid provided in India during 2013 was 67386.

The top 10 states/UTs on the basis of number of prisoners to whom legal aid provided were: Delhi having 34384 prisoners (which was 51.03% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided); Tamil Nadu having 4819 prisoners (which was 7.15% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided)); Madhya Pradesh having 3562 prisoners (which was 5.29% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided); West Bengal having 2964 prisoners (which was 4.40% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided); Punjab having 2865 prisoners (which was 4.25% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided); Haryana having 2732 prisoners (which was 4.05% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided); Andhra Pradesh having 2548 prisoners (which was 3.78% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided); Uttar Pradesh having 2461 prisoners (which was 3.65% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided); Gujarat having 2073 prisoners (which was 3.08% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided) and Chhatisgarh having 1943 prisoners (which was 2.88% of the total number of prisoners of India to whom legal aid provided).

Note: Figures are in number. Prison Statistics India 2013, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).