Lok Sabha Question No. 2022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2022 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  MARCH, 2018

## POST OFFICES

2022. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of post offices in the country including those in the backward areas as on date, district-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  post  offices  proposed  to  be  opened  in  the  villages  during  the current financial year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  areas  where  the  postal  services  are  still  not  available,  State/UTwise; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Madam, the number of District-wise Post Offices in the country including those in the backward areas as on 27.3.2017, is furnished at Annexure-I.
- (b) The  number of  Post  Offices  proposed  to  be  opened  in  the  villages  during  the current financial year (2017-18) State/UT-wise is furnished at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d) The Postal network of more than 1.54 lakhs Post Offices provides postal services to the entire urban and rural areas in the country.

## Annexure-I

| Annexure-I [Refers part (a) of the question]                                 | Annexure-I [Refers part (a) of the question]                                 | Annexure-I [Refers part (a) of the question]                                 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District-wise number of Post Offices in the country including Backward Areas | District-wise number of Post Offices in the country including Backward Areas | District-wise number of Post Offices in the country including Backward Areas |
| Name of the State/U.T.                                                       | Name of the Districts                                                        | Total No. of Post Offices                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                               | Srikakulam                                                                   | 566                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Vizianagaram                                                                 | 665                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Visakhapatnam                                                                | 699                                                                          |
|                                                                              | East Godavari                                                                | 884                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Ananthapur                                                                   | 943                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Chittoor                                                                     | 894                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Cuddappah                                                                    | 826                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Kurnool                                                                      | 763                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Prakasam                                                                     | 926                                                                          |
|                                                                              | West Godavari                                                                | 757                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Krishna                                                                      | 818                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Guntur                                                                       | 855                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Nellore                                                                      | 779                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Total                                                                        | 10375                                                                        |
| Assam                                                                        | Kokrajhar                                                                    | 111                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Dhubri                                                                       | 129                                                                          |
|                                                                              | South Salmara and Mankachar                                                  | 18                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Goalpara                                                                     | 108                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Barpeta                                                                      | 161                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Morigoan                                                                     | 104                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Nagoan                                                                       | 218                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Hojai                                                                        | 61                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Sonitpur                                                                     | 136                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Biswanath                                                                    | 77                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Lakhimpur                                                                    | 181                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Dhemaji                                                                      | 84                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Tinsukia                                                                     | 145                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Dibrugarh                                                                    | 216                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Charaideu                                                                    | 72                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Sivasagar                                                                    | 189                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Jorhat                                                                       | 169                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Majuli                                                                       | 49                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Golaghat                                                                     | 152                                                                          |
|                                                                              | Karbi Anglong                                                                | 101                                                                          |
|                                                                              | West Karbi Anglong                                                           | 28                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Dima Hasao                                                                   | 69                                                                           |
|                                                                              | Cachar                                                                       | 234                                                                          |

|       | Karimganj    |   150 |
|-------|--------------|-------|
|       | Hailakandi   |   154 |
|       | Bongaigaon   |    86 |
|       | Chirang      |    49 |
|       | Kamrup       |   238 |
|       | Kamrup Metro |    64 |
|       | Nalbari      |   149 |
|       | Baksa        |   131 |
|       | Darrang      |    76 |
|       | Udalguri     |   102 |
|       | Total        |  4011 |
| Bihar | Gaya         |   295 |
|       | Jahanabad    |   185 |
|       | Vaishali     |   287 |
|       | Munger       |   274 |
|       | Jamui        |    42 |
|       | Lakhisarai   |    80 |
|       | Shekhpura    |    37 |
|       | Nalanda      |   399 |
|       | Bhojpur      |   301 |
|       | Buxar        |   194 |
|       | Patna        |   344 |
|       | Aurangabad   |   197 |
|       | Arwal        |   131 |
|       | Bhagalpur    |   506 |
|       | Banka        |    35 |
|       | Nawada       |   228 |
|       | Rohtas       |   226 |
|       | Kaimur       |   171 |
|       | Begusarai    |   208 |
|       | Khagaria     |   167 |
|       | Samastipur   |   395 |
|       | Saharsa      |   223 |
|       | Madhepura    |   199 |
|       | Supaul       |   160 |
|       | Siwan        |   287 |
|       | Gopalganj    |   245 |
|       | Sitamarhi    |   175 |
|       | Seohar       |   158 |
|       | Purnea       |   237 |
|       | Araria       |    99 |
|       | Katihar      |   166 |
|       | Kishanganj   |   108 |
|       | Motihari     |   422 |
|       | Bettiah      |   276 |

|              | Madhubani        |   415 |
|--------------|------------------|-------|
|              | Darbhanga        |   373 |
|              | Chapra           |   393 |
|              | Muzaffarpur      |   429 |
|              | Total            |  9067 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bastar           |   140 |
|              | Kondagaon        |    92 |
|              | Kanker           |   151 |
|              | Narayanpur       |    20 |
|              | Dantewada        |    73 |
|              | Bijapur          |    61 |
|              | Sukma            |    53 |
|              | Bilaspur         |   204 |
|              | Mungeli          |    71 |
|              | Korba            |   112 |
|              | Janjgir-Champa   |   256 |
|              | Durg             |   139 |
|              | Rajnandgaon      |   175 |
|              | Balod            |   123 |
|              | Bemetara         |    79 |
|              | Kabirdham        |    70 |
|              | Raipur           |   139 |
|              | Mahasamund       |   137 |
|              | Baloda Bazar     |   153 |
|              | Dhamtari         |   104 |
|              | Gariaband        |    85 |
|              | Raigarh          |   286 |
|              | Jashpur Nagar    |   158 |
|              | Sarguja          |    72 |
|              | Balrampur        |    75 |
|              | Korea            |    64 |
|              | Surajpur         |    72 |
|              | Total            |  3164 |
| Delhi        | North Delhi      |    33 |
|              | North West       |   107 |
|              | West Delhi       |    62 |
|              | South West Delhi |   141 |
|              | Central Delhi    |    56 |
|              | New Delhi        |    36 |
|              | South Delhi      |    28 |
|              | South East Delhi |    16 |
|              | East Delhi       |    28 |
|              | Shahdara         |    18 |
|              | North East Delhi |    29 |
|              | Total            |   554 |

| Gujarat              | Ahmedabad        |   463 |
|----------------------|------------------|-------|
|                      | Gandhinagar      |   217 |
|                      | Botad            |   100 |
|                      | Surendranagar    |   332 |
|                      | Mahesana         |   314 |
|                      | Sabarkantha      |   332 |
|                      | Arvalli          |   248 |
|                      | Patan            |   266 |
|                      | Banaskantha      |   407 |
|                      | Amreli           |   356 |
|                      | Bhavnagar        |   331 |
|                      | Rajkot           |   458 |
|                      | Jamnagar         |   243 |
|                      | Devbhoomi Dwarka |   139 |
|                      | Junagadh         |   226 |
|                      | Gir Somnath      |   158 |
|                      | Kachchh          |   498 |
|                      | Porbandar        |   167 |
|                      | Morbi            |    47 |
|                      | Anand            |   267 |
|                      | Kheda            |   277 |
|                      | Mahisager        |   187 |
|                      | Surat            |   478 |
|                      | Tapi             |   173 |
|                      | Dang             |    56 |
|                      | Bharuch          |   395 |
|                      | Narmada          |   155 |
|                      | Panchmahal       |   223 |
|                      | Dahod            |   228 |
|                      | Vadodara         |   599 |
|                      | Navsari          |   287 |
|                      | Chhotaudepur     |    28 |
|                      | Valsad           |   271 |
|                      | Total            |  8926 |
| Daman & Diu          | Diu              |     6 |
|                      | Daman            |    14 |
|                      | Total            |    20 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | D.N.H.           |    41 |
| Haryana              | Ambala           |   138 |
|                      | Yamunanagar      |   122 |
|                      | Panchkula        |    50 |
|                      | Bhiwani          |   149 |
|                      | Charkhi Dadri    |    76 |
|                      | Faridabad        |    68 |
|                      | Palwal           |    63 |

|                  | Gurgaon      |   105 |
|------------------|--------------|-------|
|                  | Mewat        |    51 |
|                  | Rewari       |   134 |
|                  | Mahendergarh |   119 |
|                  | Hisar        |   210 |
|                  | Sirsa        |   162 |
|                  | Fatehabad    |   141 |
|                  | Karnal       |   166 |
|                  | Jind         |   163 |
|                  | Panipat      |    98 |
|                  | Kurukshetra  |   130 |
|                  | Kaithal      |   103 |
|                  | Rohtak       |   120 |
|                  | Jhajjar      |   141 |
|                  | Sonepat      |   178 |
|                  | Total        |  2687 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur     |   146 |
|                  | Chamba       |   222 |
|                  | Hamirpur     |   230 |
|                  | Kangra       |   649 |
|                  | Kinnaur      |    72 |
|                  | Kullu        |   155 |
|                  | Lahaul Spiti |    46 |
|                  | Mandi        |   370 |
|                  | Shimla       |   357 |
|                  | Sirmaur      |   167 |
|                  | Solan        |   188 |
|                  | Una          |   186 |
|                  | Total        |  2788 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | Jammu        |   194 |
|                  | Samba        |    54 |
|                  | Kathua       |   128 |
|                  | Udhampur     |   110 |
|                  | Doda         |    58 |
|                  | Kishtwar     |    25 |
|                  | Ramban       |    53 |
|                  | Reasi        |    66 |
|                  | Rajouri      |   136 |
|                  | Poonch       |    63 |
|                  | Srinagar     |    88 |
|                  | Budgam       |    42 |
|                  | Ganderbal    |    27 |
|                  | Anantnag     |   154 |
|                  | Kulgam       |    37 |
|                  | Pulwama      |    56 |

|           | Shopian             |   15 |
|-----------|---------------------|------|
|           | Baramulla           |  151 |
|           | Bandipora           |   54 |
|           | Kupwara             |   78 |
|           | Leh                 |   55 |
|           | Kargil              |   53 |
|           | Total               | 1697 |
| Jharkhand | East Singhbhum      |  189 |
|           | West Singhbhum      |  131 |
|           | Seraikella Kharswan |   97 |
|           | Palamau             |  180 |
|           | Garhwa              |   90 |
|           | Latehar             |   80 |
|           | Ranchi              |  296 |
|           | Giridih             |  253 |
|           | Dhanbad             |  199 |
|           | Bokaro              |   79 |
|           | Gumla               |  109 |
|           | Khunti              |   97 |
|           | Lohardaga           |   85 |
|           | Simdega             |  113 |
|           | Hazaribagh          |  115 |
|           | Ramgarh             |   87 |
|           | Chatra              |   78 |
|           | Koderma             |   86 |
|           | Dumka               |  192 |
|           | Deoghar             |  153 |
|           | Pakur               |   82 |
|           | Godda               |  125 |
|           | Jamtara             |   96 |
|           | Sahibganj           |  104 |
|           | Total               | 3116 |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru Urban Dt  |  279 |
|           | Bengaluru Rural Dt  |  135 |
|           | Ramanagara          |  181 |
|           | Chikkamagaluru      |  301 |
|           | Chamarajanagar      |  205 |
|           | Chikkaballapura     |  198 |
|           | Chitradurga         |  317 |
|           | Dakshina Kannada    |  480 |
|           | Davangere           |  261 |
|           | Hassan              |  414 |
|           | Kodagu              |  213 |
|           | Kolar               |  219 |
|           | Mandya              |  352 |

|                | Mysuru             |   385 |
|----------------|--------------------|-------|
|                | Shivamogga         |   355 |
|                | Tumakuru           |   558 |
|                | Udupi              |   327 |
|                | Bagalkot           |   334 |
|                | Belagavi           |   733 |
|                | Bellari            |   448 |
|                | Bidar              |   304 |
|                | Vijayapura         |   405 |
|                | Dharwad            |   212 |
|                | Gadag              |   170 |
|                | Koppal             |   218 |
|                | Kalaburgi          |   420 |
|                | Yadgiri            |   204 |
|                | Haveri             |   260 |
|                | Raichur            |   287 |
|                | Uttara Kannada     |   491 |
|                | Total              |  9666 |
| Kerala         | Kasargod           |   233 |
|                | Kannur             |   382 |
|                | Wayanad            |   162 |
|                | Kozhikode          |   410 |
|                | Malappuram         |   437 |
|                | Palakkad           |   455 |
|                | Thrissur           |   486 |
|                | Ernakulam          |   390 |
|                | Idukki             |   296 |
|                | Kottayam           |   408 |
|                | Alappuzha          |   300 |
|                | Pathanamthitta     |   315 |
|                | Kollam             |   364 |
|                | Thiruvananthapuram |   414 |
|                | Total              |  5052 |
| Lakshadweep    | UT of Lakshadweep  |    10 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Anooppur           |   112 |
|                | Bhopal             |   127 |
|                | Balaghat           |   229 |
|                | Betul              |   223 |
|                | Chhatarpur         |   380 |
|                | Chhindwara         |   272 |
|                | Dindori            |    82 |
|                | Damoh              |   161 |
|                | Harda              |    69 |
|                | Hoshangabad        |   175 |
|                | Mandla             |   147 |

|             | Narsinghpur   |   181 |
|-------------|---------------|-------|
|             | Raisen        |   211 |
|             | Rewa          |   336 |
|             | Seoni         |   202 |
|             | Sagar         |   237 |
|             | Satna         |   291 |
|             | Shahdol       |   122 |
|             | Sidhi         |   145 |
|             | Singrauli     |    69 |
|             | Tikamgarh     |   187 |
|             | Umaria        |    74 |
|             | Vidisha       |   161 |
|             | Sehore        |   170 |
|             | Rajgarh       |   167 |
|             | Panna         |   119 |
|             | Dewas         |   173 |
|             | Dhar          |   216 |
|             | Ratlam        |   183 |
|             | Jhabua        |   106 |
|             | Alirajpur     |    66 |
|             | Ujjain        |   191 |
|             | Shajapur      |   115 |
|             | Agar Malwa    |    62 |
|             | Gwalior       |   157 |
|             | Datia         |   134 |
|             | East Nimar    |   160 |
|             | West Nimar    |   187 |
|             | Burhanpur     |    59 |
|             | Barwani       |   119 |
|             | Guna          |   104 |
|             | Shivpuri      |   217 |
|             | Ashoknagar    |    95 |
|             | Mandsaur      |   216 |
|             | Neemuch       |   119 |
|             | Jabalpur      |   232 |
|             | Katini        |   167 |
|             | Morena        |   201 |
|             | Bhind         |   258 |
|             | Sheopur       |    64 |
|             | Indore        |    34 |
|             | Total         |  8284 |
| Maharashtra | Pune          |   793 |
|             | Solapur       |   534 |
|             | Ahmednagar    |   665 |
|             | Satara        |   666 |

|         | Mumbai          |   108 |
|---------|-----------------|-------|
|         | Mumbai Suburban |   124 |
|         | Aurangabad      |   341 |
|         | Jalna           |   189 |
|         | Beed            |   331 |
|         | Jalgaon         |   535 |
|         | Dhule           |   270 |
|         | Nandurbar       |   203 |
|         | Nanded          |   468 |
|         | Osmanabad       |   282 |
|         | Latur           |   289 |
|         | Parbhani        |   187 |
|         | Hingoli         |   121 |
|         | Sangli          |   418 |
|         | Kolhapur        |   563 |
|         | Ratnagiri       |   663 |
|         | Sindhudurg      |   371 |
|         | Akola           |   235 |
|         | Washim          |   164 |
|         | Amravati        |   454 |
|         | Buldana         |   353 |
|         | Chandrapur      |   330 |
|         | Gadchiroli      |   185 |
|         | Nagpur          |   346 |
|         | Bhandara        |   137 |
|         | Gondia          |   168 |
|         | Wardha          |   183 |
|         | Yavatmal        |   370 |
|         | Thane           |   308 |
|         | Palghar         |   220 |
|         | Raigad          |   358 |
|         | Nashik          |   671 |
|         | Total           | 12603 |
| Goa     | North Goa       |   159 |
|         | South Goa       |    98 |
|         | Total           |   257 |
| Tripura | North Tripura   |   117 |
|         | Unakoti         |    67 |
|         | Dhalai          |    70 |
|         | Khowai          |    65 |
|         | West Tripura    |   131 |
|         | Sepahijala      |    86 |
|         | Gomati          |    67 |
|         | South Tripura   |   107 |
|         | Total           |   710 |

| Nagaland          | Dimapur                |   57 |
|-------------------|------------------------|------|
|                   | Mon                    |   30 |
|                   | Kohima                 |   48 |
|                   | Phek                   |   36 |
|                   | Mokokchong             |   52 |
|                   | Kiphire                |   14 |
|                   | Tuensang               |   27 |
|                   | Longleng               |    8 |
|                   | Zunheboto              |   19 |
|                   | Peren                  |   15 |
|                   | Wokha                  |   23 |
|                   | Total                  |  329 |
| Meghalaya         | East Khasi Hills       |  140 |
|                   | West Khasi Hills       |   52 |
|                   | South West Khasi Hills |   19 |
|                   | Ri-bhoi Dist.          |   39 |
|                   | East Jaintia Hills     |   23 |
|                   | West Jaintia Hills     |   53 |
|                   | West Garo Hills        |   96 |
|                   | South West Garo Hills  |    8 |
|                   | South Garo Hills       |   14 |
|                   | East Garo Hills        |   23 |
|                   | North Garo Hills       |   23 |
|                   | Total                  |  490 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Papumpare              |   23 |
|                   | Upper Dibang Valley    |    3 |
|                   | Lower Dibang Valley    |   19 |
|                   | West Siang             |   22 |
|                   | East Siang             |   30 |
|                   | Upper Siang            |    9 |
|                   | West Kameng            |   24 |
|                   | East Kameng            |   10 |
|                   | Changlang              |   30 |
|                   | Lohit                  |   36 |
|                   | Tirap                  |   27 |
|                   | Anjaw                  |    9 |
|                   | Tawang                 |   13 |
|                   | Upper Subansiri        |   13 |
|                   | Lower Subansiri        |   16 |
|                   | KurangKumey            |    9 |
|                   | Longding               |   13 |
|                   | Kra-Dadi               |    3 |
|                   | Siang                  |    4 |
|                   | Namsai                 |   23 |
|                   | Total                  |  336 |

| Manipur   | Imphal West   |   120 |
|-----------|---------------|-------|
|           | Imphal East   |    62 |
|           | Bishanpur     |    79 |
|           | Chandal       |    28 |
|           | Churachandpur |    79 |
|           | Senapati      |    82 |
|           | Thoubal       |   142 |
|           | Ukhrul        |    57 |
|           | Tamenglong    |    52 |
|           | Total         |   701 |
| Mizoram   | Aizwal        |   115 |
|           | Kolasib       |    29 |
|           | Champai       |    62 |
|           | Lunglei       |    74 |
|           | Lawngtlai     |    18 |
|           | Serchhip      |    26 |
|           | Mamit         |    36 |
|           | Saiha         |    30 |
|           | Total         |   390 |
| Odisha    | Angul         |   234 |
|           | Balasore      |   502 |
|           | Bargarh       |   240 |
|           | Bhadrak       |   319 |
|           | Balangir      |   288 |
|           | Boudh         |   118 |
|           | Cuttack       |   384 |
|           | Deogarh       |    58 |
|           | Dhenkanal     |   238 |
|           | Gajapati      |   150 |
|           | Ganjam        |   682 |
|           | Jagatsinghpur |   220 |
|           | Jajpur        |   288 |
|           | Jharsuguda    |    86 |
|           | Kalahandi     |   307 |
|           | Kandhamal     |   267 |
|           | Kendrapara    |   285 |
|           | Keonjhar      |   448 |
|           | Khurda        |   328 |
|           | Koraput       |   194 |
|           | Malkangiri    |   109 |
|           | Mayurbhanj    |   711 |
|           | Nuapada       |   112 |
|           | Nabarangpur   |   204 |
|           | Nayagarh      |   204 |
|           | Puri          |   284 |

|            | Rayagada        |   213 |
|------------|-----------------|-------|
|            | Sambalpur       |   202 |
|            | Sonepur         |    97 |
|            | Sundargarh      |   403 |
|            | Total           |  8175 |
| Punjab     | Patiala         |   222 |
|            | Sangrur         |   201 |
|            | Ludhiana        |   391 |
|            | Amritsar        |   285 |
|            | Tarn Taran      |   187 |
|            | Bathinda        |   156 |
|            | Mansa           |   100 |
|            | Faridkot        |    72 |
|            | Moga            |   167 |
|            | Ferozepur       |   125 |
|            | Fazilka         |   139 |
|            | Muktsar         |   136 |
|            | Gurdaspur       |   204 |
|            | Pathankot       |    73 |
|            | Hoshiarpur      |   405 |
|            | Jalandhar       |   368 |
|            | SBS Nagar       |   126 |
|            | Kapurthala      |   122 |
|            | Barnala         |    70 |
|            | Fatehgarh Sahib |    51 |
|            | Ropar           |   115 |
|            | Mohali          |    97 |
|            | Total           |  3812 |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh UT   |    51 |
| Rajasthan  | Ajmer           |   410 |
|            | Alwar           |   485 |
|            | Banswara        |   268 |
|            | Baran           |   197 |
|            | Barmer          |   481 |
|            | Bhilwara        |   392 |
|            | Bikaner         |   267 |
|            | Bundi           |   176 |
|            | Bharatpur       |   403 |
|            | Chittorgarh     |   277 |
|            | Churu           |   345 |
|            | Dholpur         |   188 |
|            | Dungarpur       |   296 |
|            | Dausa           |   244 |
|            | Hanumangarh Jn. |   232 |
|            | Jaipur          |   573 |

|            | Jalore          |   267 |
|------------|-----------------|-------|
|            | Jhalawar        |   245 |
|            | Jhunjhunu       |   412 |
|            | Jaisalmer       |   151 |
|            | Jodhpur         |   406 |
|            | Karauli         |   248 |
|            | Kota            |   186 |
|            | Nagaur          |   544 |
|            | Pali            |   372 |
|            | Pratapgarh      |   167 |
|            | Rajasmand       |   212 |
|            | Sawaimadhopur   |   214 |
|            | Sirohi          |   175 |
|            | Sikar           |   469 |
|            | Sri Ganga-nagar |   331 |
|            | Tonk            |   222 |
|            | Udaipur         |   457 |
|            | Total           | 10312 |
| Tamil Nadu | Ariyalur        |   220 |
|            | Chennai         |   113 |
|            | Coimbatore      |   401 |
|            | Cuddalore       |   467 |
|            | Dharmapuri      |   259 |
|            | Dindigul        |   459 |
|            | Erode           |   355 |
|            | Kanchipuram     |   459 |
|            | Kanniyakumari   |   267 |
|            | Karur           |   242 |
|            | Krishnagiri     |   299 |
|            | Madurai         |   394 |
|            | Nagapattinam    |   387 |
|            | Namakkal        |   354 |
|            | Nilgiris        |   182 |
|            | Perambalur      |   139 |
|            | Pudukkottai     |   347 |
|            | Ramanathapuram  |   308 |
|            | Salem           |   516 |
|            | Sivaganga       |   310 |
|            | Thanjavur       |   511 |
|            | Theni           |   161 |
|            | Tuticorin       |   425 |
|            | Tiruvarur       |   363 |
|            | Tirunelveli     |   549 |
|            | Trichirappalli  |   485 |
|            | Tiruvallur      |   370 |

|               | Tirupur                    |   366 |
|---------------|----------------------------|-------|
|               | Tiruvannamalai             |   486 |
|               | Vellore                    |   667 |
|               | Villupuram                 |   648 |
|               | Virudhunagar               |   281 |
|               | Total                      | 11790 |
| Puducherry    | Karaikal                   |    27 |
|               | Pondicherry                |    61 |
|               | Yanam                      |     1 |
|               | Mahe                       |     4 |
|               | Total                      |    93 |
| Telangana     | Adilabad                   |   142 |
|               | Bhadradri                  |   250 |
|               | Hyderabad                  |   152 |
|               | Jagtial                    |   185 |
|               | Jangaon                    |   149 |
|               | Jayashankar (Bhupalapalli) |   189 |
|               | Jogulamba (Gadwal)         |   163 |
|               | Kamareddy                  |   192 |
|               | Karimnagar                 |   194 |
|               | Khammam                    |   324 |
|               | Komaram Bheem (Asifabad)   |   121 |
|               | Mahabubabad                |   182 |
|               | Mahabubnagar               |   291 |
|               | Mancherial                 |   128 |
|               | Medak                      |   213 |
|               | Medchal                    |    49 |
|               | Nagarkurnool               |   219 |
|               | Nalgonda                   |   333 |
|               | Nirmal                     |   125 |
|               | Nizamabad                  |   289 |
|               | Peddapalli                 |   143 |
|               | Rajanna (Sircilla)         |   113 |
|               | Rangareddy                 |   280 |
|               | Sangareddy                 |   258 |
|               | Siddipet                   |   252 |
|               | Suryapet                   |   211 |
|               | Vikarabad                  |   146 |
|               | Wanaparthy                 |    77 |
|               | Warangal Rural             |   125 |
|               | Warangal Urban             |   150 |
|               | Yadadri (Bhongir)          |   190 |
|               | Total                      |  5835 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra                       |   355 |
|               | Akbarpur                   |   393 |

| Aligarh      |   336 |
|--------------|-------|
| Allahabad    |   438 |
| Amethi       |   191 |
| Amroha       |    92 |
| Auraiya      |   155 |
| Azamgarh     |   407 |
| Baghpat      |   143 |
| Bahraich     |   293 |
| Ballia       |   353 |
| Balrampur    |   184 |
| Banda        |   207 |
| Barabanki    |   361 |
| Bareilly     |   288 |
| Basti        |   293 |
| Bhadohi      |   103 |
| Bijnor       |   303 |
| Budaun       |   325 |
| Bulandshahre |   312 |
| Chandauli    |   180 |
| Chitrakoot   |    85 |
| Deoria       |   289 |
| Etah         |   176 |
| Etawah       |   178 |
| Faizabad     |   308 |
| Farrukhabad  |   199 |
| Fatehpur     |   255 |
| Firozabad    |   163 |
| G.B. Nagar   |   119 |
| Gazipur      |   378 |
| Ghaziabad    |   121 |
| Gonda        |   351 |
| Gorakhpur    |   420 |
| Hamirpur     |   132 |
| Hapur        |   101 |
| Hardoi       |   333 |
| Hathras      |   181 |
| Jalaun       |   154 |
| Jaunpur      |   421 |
| Jhansi       |   213 |
| Kannauj      |   105 |
| Kanpur Dehat |   302 |
| Kanpur Nagar |   176 |
| Kasganj      |   131 |
| Kaushambi    |   107 |
| Kheri        |   387 |

|             | Kushinagar       |   219 |
|-------------|------------------|-------|
|             | Lalitpur         |   245 |
|             | Lucknow          |   286 |
|             | Maharajganj      |   197 |
|             | Mahoba           |    95 |
|             | Mainpuri         |   170 |
|             | Mathura          |   214 |
|             | Mau              |   202 |
|             | Meerut           |   256 |
|             | Mirzapur         |   191 |
|             | Moradabad        |   164 |
|             | Mujaffarnagar    |   220 |
|             | Pilibhit         |   145 |
|             | Pratapgarh       |   364 |
|             | Raebareli        |   448 |
|             | Rampur           |   130 |
|             | Saharanpur       |   212 |
|             | Sambhal          |    99 |
|             | Sant kabirnagar  |   185 |
|             | Shahjahanpur     |   304 |
|             | Shamli           |   100 |
|             | Shrawasti        |   101 |
|             | Sidharthnagar    |   214 |
|             | Sitapur          |   419 |
|             | Sonebhadra       |   148 |
|             | Sultanpur        |   309 |
|             | Unnao            |   271 |
|             | Varanasi         |   260 |
|             | Total            | 17665 |
| Uttarakhand | Almora           |   329 |
|             | Bageshwar        |   152 |
|             | Chamoli          |   261 |
|             | Rudrapryag       |   130 |
|             | Dehradun         |   246 |
|             | Haridwar         |   114 |
|             | Nainital         |   159 |
|             | U.S. Nagar       |   111 |
|             | Pauri            |   424 |
|             | Pithoragarh      |   325 |
|             | Champawat        |    80 |
|             | Tehri            |   261 |
|             | Uttarkashi       |   130 |
|             | Total            |  2722 |
| West Bengal | Kolkata          |   282 |
|             | North 24 Paragma |   627 |

|              | Nadia                  |   459 |
|--------------|------------------------|-------|
|              | South 24 Parganas      |   774 |
|              | Birbhum                |   477 |
|              | Murshidabad            |   578 |
|              | Hoogly                 |   507 |
|              | Bankura                |   486 |
|              | Burdwan                |   770 |
|              | Howrah                 |   344 |
|              | Purulia Dn             |   443 |
|              | West Midnapur          |   585 |
|              | East Midnapur          |   838 |
|              | North Dinajpur         |   195 |
|              | Alipurduar             |   125 |
|              | Coochbehar Dn          |   237 |
|              | Darjeeling Dn          |   222 |
|              | South Dinajpur Dn      |   178 |
|              | Jalpaiguri Dn          |   301 |
|              | Malda Dn               |   334 |
|              | Total                  |  8762 |
| Sikkim       | East Sikkim            |    92 |
|              | West Sikkim            |    50 |
|              | North Sikkim           |    23 |
|              | South Sikkim           |    44 |
|              | Total                  |   209 |
| A & N Island | South Andaman          |    48 |
|              | North & Middle Andaman |    34 |
|              | Nicobar                |    18 |
|              | Total                  |   100 |

| Annexure-II [Refers part (b) of the question] No. of Post Offices proposed to be opened in Villages during the Current Financial Year   | Annexure-II [Refers part (b) of the question] No. of Post Offices proposed to be opened in Villages during the Current Financial Year   | Annexure-II [Refers part (b) of the question] No. of Post Offices proposed to be opened in Villages during the Current Financial Year   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                 | Name of States / UTs                                                                                                                    | No. of Post Offices proposed to be opened                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 6                                                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                                                       | Assam                                                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                                                                       | Bihar                                                                                                                                   | 4                                                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                            | 4                                                                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                                                                       | Goa                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                                                       | Haryana                                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                                       |
| 11                                                                                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                                                                      | Kerala                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 6                                                                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                                                                             | 6                                                                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                                                                      | North Eastern States including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim & Tripura                               | 7                                                                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                                                                      | Odisha                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                                                                      | Punjab                                                                                                                                  | 5                                                                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                                                                                               | 9                                                                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                              | 5                                                                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                                                                      | Telangana                                                                                                                               | 5                                                                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                             | 3                                                                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                                                                      | West Bengal                                                                                                                             | 5                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                         | UTs                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                                                                       | Andaman & Nicobar Island                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                                                       | Chandigarh                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                                                                       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                                                       | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                                                                       | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                         | National Capital Territory of Delhi                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| Total0                                                                                                                                  | Total0                                                                                                                                  | 104                                                                                                                                     |

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