Lok Sabha Question No. 1942 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Mobile Teledensity
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1942 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  MARCH, 2018

## MOBILE TELEDENSITY

†1942. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the mobile teledensity in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the details of increase in mobile users during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Service Area wise Mobile teledensity in the country as on 31-12-2017 and the number of mobile connections during the last three years and the current year is  as per Annexure.

Contd…2/-

## ANNEXURE

| Sr. No.   | Service area         | Mobile teledensit y (in %) as on   | Mobile telephone connections (in million) as   | Mobile telephone connections (in million) as   | Mobile telephone connections (in million) as   | Mobile telephone connections (in million) as   |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | Service area         | 31.12.2017                         | 31.03.201 5                                    | on 31.03.201 6                                 | 31.03.201 7                                    | 31.12.20 7                                     |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 94.12                              | 71.95                                          | 74.65                                          | 84.94                                          | 84.32                                          |
| 2         | Assam                | 68.60                              | 17.15                                          | 18.56                                          | 21.84                                          | 22.71                                          |
| 3         | Bihar                | 60.10                              | 69.31                                          | 74.51                                          | 84.61                                          | 84.40                                          |
| 4         | Gujarat              | 108.76                             | 58.56                                          | 62.27                                          | 71.84                                          | 70.60                                          |
| 5         | Haryana              | 90.34                              | 22.01                                          | 23.26                                          | 25.05                                          | 25.47                                          |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh     | 147.38                             | 7.86                                           | 8.89                                           | 10.43                                          | 10.61                                          |
| 7         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 103.78                             | 9.31                                           | 9.82                                           | 11.91                                          | 13.12                                          |
| 8         | Karnataka            | 106.09                             | 58.05                                          | 61.34                                          | 69.14                                          | 67.20                                          |
| 9         | Kerala               | 113.56                             | 31.35                                          | 34.31                                          | 39.16                                          | 41.01                                          |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh*      | 69.55                              | 60.60                                          | 65.67                                          | 69.58                                          | 73.93                                          |
| 11        | Maharashtra          | 92.80                              | 76.94                                          | 84.10                                          | 93.90                                          | 93.39                                          |
| 12        | North East           | 90.59                              | 10.50                                          | 11.07                                          | 12.57                                          | 12.88                                          |
| 13        | Odisha               | 79.13                              | 27.87                                          | 29.06                                          | 34.29                                          | 34.09                                          |
| 14        | Punjab               | 120.81                             | 30.63                                          | 31.75                                          | 35.97                                          | 38.07                                          |
| 15        | Rajasthan            | 88.12                              | 55.21                                          | 60.09                                          | 67.36                                          | 65.85                                          |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu           | 121.25                             | 80.32                                          | 81.35                                          | 89.26                                          | 87.03                                          |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh (East) |                                    | 83.40                                          | 92.24                                          | 104.56                                         | 100.79                                         |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh (West) | 69.37                              | 52.02                                          | 57.60                                          | 66.68                                          | 62.32                                          |
| 19        | West Bengal          | 72.50                              | 47.07                                          | 49.50                                          | 58.25                                          | 58.05                                          |
| 20        | Kolkata              | 180.89                             | 22.56                                          | 25.03                                          | 29.32                                          | 29.20                                          |
| 21        | Delhi                | 247.77                             | 46.19                                          | 47.24                                          | 53.35                                          | 55.55                                          |
| 22        | Mumbai               | 158.92                             | 30.67                                          | 31.80                                          | 36.58                                          | 38.33                                          |
|           | All- India           | 90.22                              | 969.54                                         | 1034.11                                        | 1170.59                                        | 1168.90                                        |

*Madhya Pradesh service area includes the State of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

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