Lok Sabha Question No. 5394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Mobile Connectivity in Villages of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th      MARCH, 2018

## MOBILE CONNECTIVITY IN VILLAGES OF JHARKHAND AND UTTAR PRADESH

5394. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of villages in the States of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh do not have mobile connectivity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the time by which these villages are likely to be covered with mobile connectivity?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b) According  to  data  collected  from  Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSPs)  in 2014, it is estimated that there are 266 villages out of 97814 villages in Uttar Pradesh, and 5949 villages out of 29492 villages in Jharkhand (as per census 2011 data) that do not have mobile services. The District-wise list of uncovered villages is at Annexure. District-wise  list  of  uncovered  villages  is  being  updated  on  completion  of  Left  Wing Extremism (LWE) Phase-I project. Some rural and remote areas of the country do not have mobile services due to commercial non viability, difficult geographical terrain, law and order issues, etc.

- (c) Mobile coverage to these uncovered villages is likely to be provided in a phased manner, subject to availability of financial resources. At present, the Department has a proposal for installing 179 mobile towers in Uttar Pradesh and 1054 mobile towers in Jharkhand in LWE Phase-II project.

## List of uncovered villages in Uttar Pradesh

| District            |   Number of villages |
|---------------------|----------------------|
| Saharanpur          |                    5 |
| Muzaffarnagar       |                    7 |
| Bijnor              |                    8 |
| Moradabad           |                    5 |
| Rampur              |                    2 |
| Jyotiba Phule Nagar |                    1 |
| Meerut              |                    4 |
| Ghaziabad           |                   14 |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar |                    7 |
| Bulandshahr         |                    4 |
| Aligarh             |                   12 |
| Mahamaya Nagar      |                    3 |
| Mathura             |                    8 |
| Agra                |                   13 |
| Firozabad           |                    3 |
| Bareilly            |                   10 |
| Pilibhit            |                    2 |
| Kheri               |                    4 |
| Sitapur             |                    1 |
| Unnao               |                    3 |
| Lucknow             |                    2 |
| Farrukhabad         |                    2 |
| Auraiya             |                    2 |
| Kanpur Dehat        |                    3 |
| Kanpur Nagar        |                    4 |
| Jhansi              |                    3 |
| Lalitpur            |                    2 |
| Chitrakoot          |                    1 |
| Pratapgarh          |                    2 |
| Kaushambi           |                    2 |
| Allahabad           |                   14 |
| Bara Banki          |                    3 |
| Faizabad            |                    3 |
| Ambedkar Nagar      |                    2 |
| Sultanpur           |                    5 |
| Bahraich            |                    1 |
| Balrampur           |                    2 |
| Gonda               |                    3 |
| Siddharthnagar      |                    2 |
| Sant Kabir Nagar    |                    2 |
| Mahrajganj          |                    1 |

| Gorakhpur                    |   6 |
|------------------------------|-----|
| Kushinagar                   |   1 |
| Azamgarh                     |   8 |
| Mau                          |   7 |
| Ballia                       |   2 |
| Jaunpur                      |   5 |
| Chandauli                    |   6 |
| Varanasi                     |  34 |
| Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) |   4 |
| Mirzapur                     |   6 |
| Sonbhadra                    |   8 |
| Etah                         |   1 |
| Kanshiram Nagar              |   1 |
| Total                        | 266 |

## List of Uncovered villages in Jharkhand

| State     | Name of District    |   Number of Villages |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------------|
| Jharkhand | Garhwa              |                  169 |
|           | Chatra              |                  462 |
|           | Kodarma             |                   71 |
|           | Giridih             |                  234 |
|           | Deoghar             |                  121 |
|           | Godda               |                  260 |
|           | Sahibganj           |                  350 |
|           | Pakur               |                  299 |
|           | Dhanbad             |                   27 |
|           | Bokaro              |                   59 |
|           | Lohardaga           |                   97 |
|           | Purbi Singhbhum     |                  244 |
|           | Palamu              |                  365 |
|           | Latehar             |                  391 |
|           | Hazaribagh          |                  124 |
|           | Ramgarh             |                   31 |
|           | Dumka               |                  554 |
|           | Jamtara             |                  174 |
|           | Ranchi              |                   95 |
|           | Khunti              |                  280 |
|           | Gumla               |                  356 |
|           | Simdega             |                  244 |
|           | Pashchimi Singhbhum |                  616 |
|           | Saraikela-Kharsawan |                  326 |
|           | Total               |                 5949 |

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