Lok Sabha Question No. 2962 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-02
Subject: Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2962 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND   AUGUST, 2017

## POST OFFICES

†2962. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE: SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of post offices in the rural and urban areas of the country separately along with the number of post offices opened in villages during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise and area-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received proposals from various State Governments including  Chhattisgarh about modernisation of existing  post  offices  and opening of new post offices and branch post offices particularly in the villages;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the reaction of the Government thereto and the time by which the said work is likely to be completed;
- (d) whether there is a shortage of Dak Sewaks in the post offices; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  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) State/UT-wise number of Post Offices in rural and urban areas of the country (as on 31.03.2017) are at Annexure-I and details of new post offices opened during the period  of  last  three  financial  years  &  current  financial  year  (upto  25.07.2017)  in  rural areas/ villages are at Annexure-II.
- (b)& (c) No  proposal  has  been  received  from  State  Governments  including Chhattisgarh  for  modernisation  of  the  existing  post  offices  and  opening  of  new  post offices including branch post offices.
- (d)  &  (e)  Vacancies  of  Gramin  Dak  Sevaks'  posts  occur  from  time  to  time  due  to incumbent  Dak  Sevaks  attaining  the  age  of  superannuation,  absorption  to  regular departmental  posts,  resignation,  death,  etc.    Presently  47,705  posts  of  Gramin  Dak Sewaks are vacant. Filling up of vacancies is an ongoing process. Now days it is done through an online selection process.

Annexure-I State/UT-wise Number of Post Offices in Rural and Urban areas of the Country

## (as on 31.03.2017)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs          |   No. of Post Offices in Rural Areas |   No. of Post Offices in Urban Areas |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                                 9602 |                                  774 |   10376 |
| 2         | Assam               |                                 3631 |                                  381 |    4012 |
| 3         | Bihar               |                                 8590 |                                  457 |    9047 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh        |                                 2890 |                                  274 |    3164 |
| 5         | Delhi               |                                   83 |                                  471 |     554 |
| 6         | Gujarat             |                                 8148 |                                  779 |    8927 |
| 7         | Haryana             |                                 2314 |                                  374 |    2688 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh    |                                 2658 |                                  130 |    2788 |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                 1504 |                                  198 |    1702 |
| 10        | Jharkhand           |                                 2846 |                                  272 |    3118 |
| 11        | Karnataka           |                                 8620 |                                 1046 |    9666 |
| 12        | Kerala              |                                 4175 |                                  876 |    5051 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh      |                                 7469 |                                  810 |    8279 |
| 14        | Maharashtra         |                                11366 |                                 1236 |   12602 |
| 15        | Goa                 |                                  203 |                                   54 |     257 |
| 16        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                  270 |                                   32 |     302 |
| 17        | Meghalaya           |                                  460 |                                   31 |     491 |
| 18        | Mizoram             |                                  350 |                                   39 |     389 |
| 19        | Manipur             |                                  662 |                                   39 |     701 |
| 20        | Nagaland            |                                  300 |                                   31 |     331 |
| 21        | Tripura             |                                  654 |                                   57 |     711 |
| 22        | Odisha              |                                 7578 |                                  597 |    8175 |
| 23        | Punjab              |                                 3401 |                                  412 |    3813 |
| 24        | Rajasthan           |                                 9675 |                                  636 |   10311 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu          |                                10223 |                                 1817 |   12040 |
| 26        | Puducherry          |                                   57 |                                   42 |      99 |
| 27        | Telangana           |                                 5246 |                                  542 |    5788 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         |                                 2514 |                                  208 |    2722 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh       |                                15735 |                                 1935 |   17670 |
| 30        | West Bengal         |                                 7497 |                                 1267 |    8764 |
| 31        | Sikkim              |                                  197 |                                   12 |     209 |
| 32        | Dadar& Nagar Haveli |                                   37 |                                    1 |      38 |
| 33        | Daman& Diu          |                                   14 |                                    5 |      19 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep         |                                    4 |                                    6 |      10 |
| 35        | Chandigarh          |                                    9 |                                   42 |      51 |
| 36        | Andaman&Nicobar     |                                   85 |                                   15 |     100 |
| Total     | Total               |                               139067 |                                15898 |  154965 |

## State / UT -( upto 25 . 07 . 2017 ) in rural areas / villages of the country

## Annexure-II

wise details of Post Offices opened during the period of last three financial years (2014-15 to 2016-17)& current financial year 2017-18

| Sl . No .   | States / UTs   | 2014 - 15                   | 2014 - 15                                                         | 2015 - 16                   | 2015 - 16                                                                             | 2016 - 17                   | 2016 - 17                                                                                         | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   |
|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|             |                | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                      | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                          | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                                      | No . of Post Offices opened         | Districts / Postal Divisions        |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh | 6                           | 1-Srikakulam 1-Rajahmundry 2-Narasaraopet 1-Prakasham 1-Proddatur | 6                           | 2-Srikakulam 1-Khamam 1-Visakhapatnam 1-Nellore 1-Vijaywada                           | 8                           | 1- Visakhapatnam1- Parvathipuram 1-Machilipatnam 1-Nellore 1-Eluru 1-Guntur 1-Kurnool 1-Tirupathi | 4                                   | 4- Visakhapatnam                    |
| 2           | Assam          | 2                           | 2- Karimganj                                                      | 7                           | 2- Tinsukia 1-Kamrup 1-Lakhimpur 1-Sibsagar 1-Karimganj 1-Udalguri                    | 0                           | Not applicable (NA)                                                                               | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 3           | Bihar          | 5                           | 2-Patna 1-Darbhanga 1-Purnea 1-Samastipur                         | 16                          | 1-Banka 2-Jamui 2-Nawada 4-Muzaffarpur 2-Gaya 1-Kaimur 2-Patna 1-Begusarai 1-Saharsha | 9                           | 1-Saran 1-Purnea 1-Arariya 1-Buxar 1-Gaya 1-Patna 1-Begusarai 1-Muzaffarpur 1-Sitamarhi           | 0                                   | NA                                  |

| Sl . No .   | States / UTs   | 2014 - 15                   | 2014 - 15                                                                                      | 2015 - 16                   | 2015 - 16                                                     | 2016 - 17                   | 2016 - 17                                                                      | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   |
|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|             |                | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                                   | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                  | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                   | No . of Post Offices opened         | Districts / Postal Divisions        |
| 4           | Chhattisgarh   | 9                           | 1-Bilaspur 1-Raigarh 1-Bastar 1-Rajnandgaon 1-Sarguja 1-Mahasamund 1-Durg 1-Raipur 1-Kondagaon | 13                          | 9-Bastar 2-Gariyabandh 1-Balod 1-Korba                        | 9                           | 3-Jashpurnagar 1-Korba 1-Mungeli 1-Dantewad 1-Bijapur 1-Raipur 1-Koriya        | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 5           | Delhi          | 2                           | 1-Arjun Park 1-Nathupura                                                                       | 4                           | 1-Moti Nagar 1-KirariSuleman Nagar 1-Sant Nagar 1-Dhansa      | 2                           | 1-Rohini Sector-16 1-Gopal Nagar                                               | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 6           | Gujarat        | 3                           | 1-Bharuch 1-Kheda 1-Kutchh                                                                     | 6                           | 1-Ahemdabad 1-Kheda 1-SabarKantha 1-Surat 1-Rajkot 1-Jamnagar | 6                           | 1-Gandhinagar 1-Bardoli 1-Vadodra East 1-Vadodra West 1-Valsad 1-Surendranagar | 1                                   | 1-Bardoli                           |

| Sl . No .   | States / UTs     | 2014 - 15                   | 2014 - 15                                                                            | 2015 - 16                   | 2015 - 16                                                          | 2016 - 17                   | 2016 - 17                                                                                | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   |
|-------------|------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|             |                  | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                         | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                       | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                             | No . of Post Offices opened         | Districts / Postal Divisions        |
| 7           | Haryana          | 8                           | 2-Rohtak 1-Gurugram 1-Nuh 2-Sonepat 1-Sirsa 1-Hisar                                  | 10                          | 3-Bhiwani 1-Jind 1-Kurukshetra 2-Ambala 2-Faridabad 1-Mahendergarh | 8                           | 3-Gurugram 1-Hisar 1-Bhiwani 1-Panipat 1-Sonepat 1-Faridabad                             | 3                                   | 1-Ambala 1-Gurugram 1-Faridabad     |
| 8           | Himachal Pradesh | 2                           | 1-Una 1-Shimla                                                                       | 3                           | 1-Mandi 1-Shimla 1-Hamirpur                                        | 3                           | 1-Kangra 1-Hamirpur 1-Mandi                                                              | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 9           | Jammu & Kashmir  | 2                           | 1-Kishtwar 1-Bandipore                                                               | 3                           | 2-Rajouri 1-Baramulla                                              | 2                           | 1-Anantnag 1-Doda                                                                        | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 10          | Jharkhand        | 8                           | 3-Jamshedpur 3-Hazaribagh 2-Ranchi                                                   | 10                          | 4-Dhanbad 3-Ranchi 3-Jamshedpur                                    | 11                          | 2-Jamshedpur 5-Dhanbad 3-Dumka 1-Hazaribagh                                              | 84                                  | 75-Palamau 9-Bokaro                 |
| 11          | Karnataka        | 12                          | 2-Bengaluru 4-Belgaum 1-Bellary 1-Haveri 1-Mandya 1-Chamarajanagar 1-Mysore 1-Hassan | 5                           | 1-Belgaum 1-Kalaburgi 1-Haveri 2-Hassan                            | 9                           | 2-Bengaluru 1-Belgaum 1-Bellary 1-Haveri 1-Mandya 1-Chamarajanagar 1-Kolar 1-Chitradurga | 1                                   | 1-Belgaum                           |

| Sl . No .   | States / UTs   | 2014 - 15                   | 2014 - 15                                                                 | 2015 - 16                   | 2015 - 16                                          | 2016 - 17                   | 2016 - 17                                              | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   |
|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|             |                | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                              | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                       | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                           | No . of Post Offices opened         | Districts / Postal Divisions        |
| 12          | Kerala         | 2                           | 1-Thirvanthapuram 1-Malappuram                                            | 4                           | 2-Kollam 1-Alapuzha 1-Kozhikode                    | 2                           | 1-Ernakulam 1-Kasaragod                                | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 13          | Madhya Pradesh | 6                           | 4-Chhindwara 2-Bhopal                                                     | 6                           | 1-Ujjain 2-Vidisha 1-Balaghat 1-Sehore 1-Indore    | 8                           | 1-Sidhi 1-Sagar 1-Balaghat 1-Shahdol 1-Indore 3-Raisen | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 14          | Maharashtra    | 8                           | 1-Jalna 1-Jalgaon 1-Nashik 1-Mumbai 1-Nagpur 1-Pune 1-Sangli 1-Sindhudurg | 10                          | 3 - Aurangabad 1-Mumbai 2-Nagpur 2-Pune 2-Kolhapur | 10                          | 3-Aurangabad 2-Navi Mumbai 2-Pune 2-Nagpur 1-Kolhapur  | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 15          | Tripura        | 2                           | 1-North Tripura 1-Sepahijala                                              | 6                           | 1-Dhalai 1-North Tripura 2-Unakoti 2-Sepahijala    | 3                           | 2-NorthTripura 1-SouthTripura                          | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 16          | Manipur        | 2                           | 1-Churachandpur 1-Tamenglong                                              | 1                           | Imphal East                                        | 1                           | 1-Thoubal                                              | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 17          | Mizoram        | 0                           | NA                                                                        | 2                           | 1-Aizwal 1-Mamit                                   | 0                           | NA                                                     | 0                                   | NA                                  |

| Sl . No .   | States / UTs      | 2014 - 15                   | 2014 - 15                                                 | 2015 - 16                   | 2015 - 16                                                                                       | 2016 - 17                   | 2016 - 17                                                                                 | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|             |                   | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                              | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                                    | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                              | No . of Post Offices opened         | Districts / Postal Divisions        |
| 18          | Nagaland          | 0                           | NA                                                        | 3                           | 2-Dimapur 1-Lungleng                                                                            | 1                           | 1-Mokokchang                                                                              | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 19          | Meghalaya         | 4                           | 1-Bikongiri 1-East Khasi Hills 1-West Garo Hills 1-Ribhoi | 2                           | 1-Raingdo 1-Jaintia Hills                                                                       | 2                           | 1-East Khasi Hills 1-Ribhoi                                                               | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 20          | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                           | 1-Papumpare 1-Subansiri                                   | 0                           | NA                                                                                              | 1                           | Lower Subansiri                                                                           | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 21          | Odisha            | 8                           | 1-Jajpur 1-Bhadrak 2-Ganjam 2-Keonjhar 1-Cuttack 1-Khurda | 10                          | 1-Dhenkanal 1-Malkangiri 1-Nayaghar 1-Deogarh 2-Khurda 1-Balasore 1-Koraput 1-Keonjhar 1-Jajpur | 11                          | 1-Balasore 1-Sundargarh 1-Sambalpur 1-Dhenkanal 1-Kendrapada 1-Bargarh 4-Koraput 1-Ganjam | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 22          | Punjab            | 5                           | 1-Sangrur 1-Gurdaspur 1-Amritsar 1-Ludhiana 1-Kapurthala  | 2                           | 2-Ferozpur                                                                                      | 6                           | 1-Sangrur 2-Jalandhar 1-Amritsar 1-Patiala 1-Ferozpur                                     | 0                                   | NA                                  |

| Sl . No .   | States / UTs   | 2014 - 15                   | 2014 - 15                                                                                       | 2015 - 16                   | 2015 - 16                                                                                                                                 | 2016 - 17                   | 2016 - 17                                                                           | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   |
|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|             |                | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                                    | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                                                                              | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                                        | No . of Post Offices opened         | Districts / Postal Divisions        |
| 23          | Chandigarh     | 1                           | 1-Chandigarh                                                                                    | 0                           | NA                                                                                                                                        | 1                           | 1-Chandigarh                                                                        | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 24          | Rajasthan      | 8                           | 2-Jodhpur 1-Bhilwara 2-Chittorgarh 1-Jaipur 1-Bharatpur 1-Alwar                                 | 10                          | 1-Udaipur 1-Dausa 1-Sikar 1-Baran 1-Tonk 1-Bikaner 1-Churu 3-Jaipur                                                                       | 7                           | 1-Bundi 1-Dausa 1-Bhilwara 1-Beawar 3-Jaipur                                        | 1                                   | 1-Bhilwara                          |
| 25          | Tamilnadu      | 8                           | 1-Villupuram 1-Tirunelveli 1-Sivaganaga 1-Kanchipuram 1-Karur 1-Theni 1-Tirupattur 1-Coimbatore | 12                          | 1-Sirupakkam 1-Salem 1-Hosur 1-Ariyalur 1-Palakkad 1-Madurai 1-Virudhunagar 2-Tiruchirapalli 1-Thiagasaralai 1-Ramnathapuram 1-Coimbatore | 8                           | 1-Tiruvarur 2-Kanchipuram 1-Tirupur 1-Polambakkam 1-Thanjavur 1-Thoothukudi 1-Gudry | 1                                   | Kanchipuram                         |
| 26          | Pondicherry    | 1                           | Pondicherry                                                                                     | 0                           | NA                                                                                                                                        | 0                           | NA                                                                                  | 0                                   | NA                                  |

| Sl . No .   | States / UTs   | 2014 - 15                   | 2014 - 15                                         | 2015 - 16                   | 2015 - 16                                          | 2016 - 17                   | 2016 - 17                                                              | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   | 2017 - 18 ( Upto 25 . 07 . 2017 )   |
|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|             |                | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                      | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                       | No . of Post Offices opened | Districts / Postal Divisions                                           | No . of Post Offices opened         | Districts / Postal Divisions        |
| 27          | Telangana      | 5                           | 1-Warangal 3-Secunderabad 1-Hyderabad             | 4                           | 1-Warangal 1-Secunderabad 1-Hyderabad 1-Hanamkonda | 5                           | 1-Warangal 2-Hyderabad 2-Hanamkonda                                    | 68                                  | 68-Khammam                          |
| 28          | Uttarakhand    | 4                           | 1-Dehradun 2-Pithoragarh 1-Champawat              | 4                           | 1-Nainital 2-Udham Singh Nagar 1-Pauri             | 4                           | 1-Dehradun 1-Pithoragarh 1-Haridwar 1-Chamoli                          | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 29          | Uttar Pradesh  | 5                           | 1-Agra 1-Allahbad 1-Bareilly 1-Kanpur 1-Barabanki | 6                           | 1-Agra 1-Allahbad 1-Bareilly 1-Kanpur 2-Gorakhpur  | 11                          | 1-Agra 2-Allahbad 1-Bareilly 2-Kanpur 3-Gorakhpur 1-Lucknow 1-Faizabad | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| 30          | West Bengal    | 4                           | 2-Murshidabad 1-Darjeeling 1-Purulia              | 3                           | 2-Darjeeling 1-Birbhum                             | 5                           | 1-Darjeeling 1-Murshidabad 1-North 24 Parganas 1-Howrah 1-East Kolkata | 0                                   | NA                                  |
| Total       | Total          | 134                         |                                                   | 168                         |                                                    | 153                         |                                                                        | 163                                 |                                     |

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