In a written reply to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator Chandrani Murmu, the ministry of home affairs stated that as per data from the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), the ratio was registered 196.23 as per sanctioned strength as on 1st January 2022

The Centre on Tuesday informed the Parliament that the current police-public ratio in the country stood at 152.80 per lakh persons.

In a written reply to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator Chandrani Murmu, the ministry of home affairs stated that as per data from the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), the ratio was registered 196.23 as per sanctioned strength as on 1st January 2022.
The state with the highest number of police personnel was Nagaland, according to the ministry, with around 1189.33 police personnel per lakh of the population, as against the sanctioned 1212.39 personnel.

According to the data, Bihar recorded the lowest police-public ratio, with only 75.16 police personnel per lakh of the population. The ministry said that the other two states with low police-public ratios were West Bengal (97.66) and Rajasthan (120.39).