new delhi there has been an increase of nearly 21 in the strength of women in state police forces as per latest data on police organisations released by the bureau of police research development bprd in absolute terms the number of women police personnel rose to 169 lakh on january 1 2018 from 140 lakh on january 1 2017as per the bprd publication data on police organisations 2018 released by minister of state for home g kishan reddy on thursday in the presence of dg bprd v s k kaumudi there has been an increase of 19686 personnel in the sanctioned strength of the state police and 16051 in the strength of central armed police forces capfs in the one year since 2017other major improvements include increase in the number of police stations across the country to 16422 as on 112018 from 15579 on 112017 this includes cyber police stations whose number rose from 84 to 120 electronic surveillance improved with the addition of 210278 cctv cameras taking their latest count to 275468between the beginning of 2017 and 2018 124429 police personnel were recruited in different ranks the overall police population ratio ppr at the state level stood at 19295 policemen per lakh population showing a marginal increase over the 2017 figure of 19287between 112017 and 112018 around 20149 family quarters of different types were constructed for police personnelthe data on police organisations in india is an important compilation of information on police infrastructure manpower and other resources from all states union territories capfs and central police organisations this publication has proved very useful for various policy analyses and resource allocation decisions at both the mha as well as the state level the publication is also widely cited in several researches on police topics the bprd said in a release on wednesday