Honour Killings Reported Cases

Choropleth map of India by state: Honour Killings Reported Cases. Honour killing data is deeply uncertain — some states report zero, which likely reflects non-reporting, not absence.
Honour killing data is deeply uncertain — some states report zero, which likely reflects non-reporting, not absence.
Policy implication
Honour killings often go unreported or are classified as suicides/accidents; this map shows reported cases, not reality.
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Data vintage. The figures are for 2022 and have not been refreshed since this map was made. It is flagged UNCERTAIN: check the source before quoting a figure. See the newer figures for this measure in the interactive atlas.

Source: NCRB (2022). See the methodology for notes and limitations.

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