Central Jail
Government of NCT of Delhi

Prison administration compiles demographic details of the prisoners on the basis of information supplied by them at the time of their admission into the jail.

A) Marital Status

As per figures available married prisoners constitute 48.91% of total male population whereas unmarried form 51.08%. In the female prisoner 77.16% of female population were married and 22.83% were unmarried. The population wise marital status is shown below:-

% Age Population

Marital Status	Male	Female
Married	48.91	77.16
Un-married	51.08	23.83

B) Educational Standard :-

As per data compiled, majority of the prison population (around 61%) has education below class-X, thus proving the linkage between educational standard and criminality. Lesser the literacy more the crime seems to be the trend. The illiterates population constitute only 26.13% of the total population because of literacy programme being vigorously carried out in jails.. Most of the prisoners in this category are new comers

The Prison administration is taking every possible step to increase the literacy rate of the prisoners. There are centers of National Institutes of Open Schooling and Indira Gandhi National Open University to impart education to prisoners. More emphasis on Academic education is given in adolescents and female prisoners. Adult education classes are being organized in every jail. Table-B reflects the education standards of the prisoners at the time of their admission in jail.

Sr.No.	Qualification	Male %	Female %
1.	Illiterate	26.13	41.19
2.	below class X	34.14	32.38
3.	Class X & above but below graduation	29.69	15.07
4.	Graduate	7.66	6.11
5.	Post-graduate	1.67	4.02
6.	Holding Technical Degree/Diploma etc.	0.69	1.19

The low percentage of illiterates is only because of adult literacy programme (Padho Aur Padhao) being vigorously pursued in all jails.

C) Domicile :-

Delhi being a cosmopolitan city, there is mixture of prisoners from Delhi and outside Delhi. The following were the salient features on the domicile of prisoners:

Around 72.90% of prison population belong to Delhi, an decrease of 0.52% as compared to last year-2021 population.

23.67% belongs to outside States like UP, Haryana, Bihar and Rajasthan etc. Remaining 3.41% are foreigners.

Sr.No.	Domicile of Prisoners	Male	Female
1.	Belong to Delhi state	72.90	59.10
2.	Belong to other states	23.67	21.94
3.	Belong to other country	3.61	18.95

D) Income status of the prisoners :-

Income wise detail of prisoners is shown below:

 

S.no	Income Grade (Annual)	Male	Female	% Age
				Male	Female
1	Grade A ( UP TO 10000)	1262	65	8.45	12.26
2	Grade B ( 10001-30000)	1437	118	9.62	22.26
3	Grade C ( 30001-50000)	2696	141	18.05	26.60
4	Grade D ( 50001-100000)	5281	118	35.35	22.26
5	Grade E ( 100001-200000)	3276	66	21.93	12.45
6	Grade F ( 200001-400000)	650	17	4.35	3.21
7	Grade G (Above -400001)	336	5	2.25	0.94
	Total	14938	530	100	100

The majority segment of prisoners which is around 77.425%, comes from the lower income strata of society where the monthly income does not exceed Rs.8000/- p.m. thus establishing the linkage between poverty and criminality.

Around 42.62% of the prison population comprises of people who earn an annual income below Rs.50,000/- at the time of their arrest.

E) Occupation of Inmates as Reported by Them

The occupation of inmates at the time of their arrest is shown below:

S. No.	Occupation	Male	Female	Transgender	Total
1.	Agriculture (Farming & Land)	528	5	0	533
2.	Agricultural LABOUR	4100	24	4	4128
3.	Business	1648	48	0	1696
4.	Govt. SERVICES	174	4	0	178
5.	Private SERVICES	3731	64	1	3796
6.	Others	7633	525	8	8166
	Total	17814	670	13	18497