Lok Sabha Question No. 1212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Proposals for opening of Post Offices in Rural Areas
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1212 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th   JULY, 2018

## PROPOSALS FOR OPENING OF POST OFFICES IN RURAL AREAS

- †1212. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number and details of post offices located in rural  and  urban  areas  of the country, separately along with the State-wise and region-wise number thereof opened in the villages during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposals  for  the  opening  of  post offices and branch post offices especially in the villages from various State Governments including Chhattisgarh;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether there is shortage of dak sevaks 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) The  number  of  Post  Offices  located  in  rural  and  urban  areas  of  the  country, separately (as on 31/03/2018) is at Annexure -I and State-wise & Region-wise number of  Post  Offices  opened  in  villages  during  the  period  of  last  three  financial  years  & current financial year (upto 30/06/2018) is at Annexure - II.
- (b) & (c) No  proposal  has  been  received  from  State  Governments  including Chhattisgarh for opening of Post Offices and Branch Post Offices in the villages.
- (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 Sevaks are vacant. Filling up of vacancies is an ongoing process. Now a days it is done through an online selection process.

| ANNEXURE-I                                                                                       | ANNEXURE-I                                                                                       | ANNEXURE-I                                                                                       | ANNEXURE-I                                                                                       | ANNEXURE-I                                                                                       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT-wise Number of Post Offices in Rural and Urban areas of the Country ( as on 31-03-2018) | State/UT-wise Number of Post Offices in Rural and Urban areas of the Country ( as on 31-03-2018) | State/UT-wise Number of Post Offices in Rural and Urban areas of the Country ( as on 31-03-2018) | State/UT-wise Number of Post Offices in Rural and Urban areas of the Country ( as on 31-03-2018) | State/UT-wise Number of Post Offices in Rural and Urban areas of the Country ( as on 31-03-2018) |
| S.No.                                                                                            | Name of the States/UTs                                                                           | No. of Post Offices in Rural Areas                                                               | No. of Post Offices in Urban Areas                                                               | Total No of Post Offices                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                   | 9707                                                                                             | 783                                                                                              | 10490                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                | Assam                                                                                            | 3631                                                                                             | 381                                                                                              | 4012                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                                | Bihar                                                                                            | 8625                                                                                             | 459                                                                                              | 9084                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                                                     | 2898                                                                                             | 289                                                                                              | 3187                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                | Delhi                                                                                            | 83                                                                                               | 471                                                                                              | 554                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                                          | 8116                                                                                             | 776                                                                                              | 8892                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                                | Dadar& Nagar Haveli                                                                              | 37                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                | 38                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                | Daman & Diu                                                                                      | 14                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                | 18                                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                                | Haryana                                                                                          | 2318                                                                                             | 375                                                                                              | 2693                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                 | 2661                                                                                             | 131                                                                                              | 2792                                                                                             |
| 11                                                                                               | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                  | 1508                                                                                             | 191                                                                                              | 1699                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                               | Jharkhand                                                                                        | 3190                                                                                             | 270                                                                                              | 3460                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                                        | 8624                                                                                             | 1039                                                                                             | 9663                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                               | Kerala                                                                                           | 4177                                                                                             | 877                                                                                              | 5054                                                                                             |
| 15                                                                                               | Lakshdweep                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                | 10                                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                   | 7473                                                                                             | 807                                                                                              | 8280                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                                      | 11381                                                                                            | 1233                                                                                             | 12614                                                                                            |
| 18                                                                                               | Goa                                                                                              | 203                                                                                              | 53                                                                                               | 256                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                | 273                                                                                              | 29                                                                                               | 302                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                               | Manipur                                                                                          | 644                                                                                              | 57                                                                                               | 701                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                               | Meghalaya                                                                                        | 465                                                                                              | 26                                                                                               | 491                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                               | Mizoram                                                                                          | 349                                                                                              | 35                                                                                               | 384                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                               | Nagaland                                                                                         | 302                                                                                              | 28                                                                                               | 330                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                               | Tripura                                                                                          | 633                                                                                              | 78                                                                                               | 711                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                               | Odisha                                                                                           | 7615                                                                                             | 600                                                                                              | 8215                                                                                             |
| 26                                                                                               | Punjab                                                                                           | 3408                                                                                             | 411                                                                                              | 3819                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                               | Chandigarh                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                | 42                                                                                               | 51                                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                                        | 9679                                                                                             | 632                                                                                              | 10311                                                                                            |
| 29                                                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                                                       | 10226                                                                                            | 1817                                                                                             | 12043                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                               | Puducherry                                                                                       | 57                                                                                               | 38                                                                                               | 95                                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                               | Telangana                                                                                        | 5280                                                                                             | 531                                                                                              | 5811                                                                                             |
| 32                                                                                               | Uttarakhand                                                                                      | 2513                                                                                             | 210                                                                                              | 2723                                                                                             |
| 33                                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                    | 15747                                                                                            | 1924                                                                                             | 17671                                                                                            |
| 34                                                                                               | West Bengal                                                                                      | 7658                                                                                             | 1110                                                                                             | 8768                                                                                             |
| 35                                                                                               | Andaman & Nicobar                                                                                | 85                                                                                               | 15                                                                                               | 100                                                                                              |
| 36                                                                                               | Sikkim                                                                                           | 197                                                                                              | 12                                                                                               | 209                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                  | Total                                                                                            | 139790                                                                                           | 15741                                                                                            | 155531                                                                                           |

## Annexure-II

## State-wise & Region-wise number of Post Offices opened during the period of last three financial years (2015-16 to 2017-18) & current financial year 2018-19 (up to 30/06/2018) in villages

|   Sl . No | States           | Name of Region   |   2015 - 16 |   2016 - 17 |   2017 - 18 |   2018- 19(upto 30.06.18) |
|-----------|------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vishakhapatnam   |           2 |           2 |           4 |                         0 |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vijayawada       |           4 |           4 |          94 |                         0 |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool          |           0 |           2 |           3 |                         0 |
|         2 | Assam            | Guwahati         |           3 |           0 |           0 |                         0 |
|         2 | Assam            | Dibrugarh        |           4 |           0 |           0 |                         0 |
|         3 | Bihar            | Patna            |           5 |           3 |          15 |                         0 |
|         3 | Bihar            | Muzaffarpur      |           4 |           3 |          11 |                         0 |
|         3 | Bihar            | Bhagalpur        |           7 |           3 |          15 |                         0 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh     | Raipur           |          13 |           9 |          23 |                         0 |
|         5 | Delhi            | Delhi            |           4 |           2 |           0 |                         0 |
|         6 | Gujarat          | Rajkot           |           2 |           1 |           4 |                         1 |
|         6 | Gujarat          | Vadodara         |           2 |           4 |           3 |                         0 |
|         6 | Gujarat          | Ahmedabad        |           2 |           1 |           1 |                         0 |
|         7 | Haryana          | Ambala           |           5 |           4 |           5 |                         0 |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla           |           3 |           3 |           4 |                         0 |
|         9 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu            |           3 |           2 |           2 |                         0 |
|        10 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi           |          10 |          11 |         343 |                         0 |
|        11 | Karnataka        | Bengaluru        |           0 |           2 |           1 |                         0 |
|        11 | Karnataka        | North Karnataka  |           3 |           3 |           1 |                         1 |
|        11 | Karnataka        | South Karnataka  |           2 |           4 |           6 |                         0 |
|        12 | Kerala           | Trivandrum       |           2 |           0 |           1 |                         0 |
|        12 | Kerala           | Central Region   |           1 |           1 |           0 |                         0 |
|        12 | Kerala           | Northern Region  |           1 |           1 |           1 |                         0 |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal           |           3 |           7 |           4 |                         0 |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore           |           3 |           1 |           3 |                         1 |
|        14 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai           |           1 |           0 |           0 |                         0 |
|        14 | Maharashtra      | Navi Mumbai      |           0 |           2 |           3 |                         0 |
|        14 | Maharashtra      | Pune             |           2 |           2 |           3 |                         0 |
|        14 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur           |           2 |           2 |          11 |                         0 |
|        14 | Maharashtra      | Aurangabad       |           3 |           3 |           2 |                         0 |
|        15 | Goa              | Goa              |           2 |           1 |           1 |                         0 |

| Sl . No   | States            | Name of Region     |   2015 - 16 |   2016 - 17 |   2017 - 18 |   2018-19 (upto 30.06.18) |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------|
| 16        | Tripura           | Tripura            |           6 |           3 |           0 |                         0 |
| 17        | Manipur           | Manipur            |           1 |           1 |           1 |                         0 |
| 18        | Mizoram           | Mizoram            |           2 |           0 |           1 |                         0 |
| 19        | Nagaland          | Nagaland           |           3 |           1 |           0 |                         0 |
| 20        | Meghalaya         | Meghalaya          |           2 |           2 |           0 |                         0 |
| 21        | Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh  |           0 |           1 |           0 |                         0 |
| 22        | Odisha            | Bhubaneshwar       |           5 |           2 |           5 |                         0 |
| 22        | Odisha            | Berhampur          |           2 |           5 |          36 |                         0 |
| 22        | Odisha            | Sambalpur          |           3 |           4 |           1 |                         0 |
| 23        | Punjab            | Chandigarh         |           0 |           2 |           4 |                         0 |
| 23        | Punjab            | Punjab West        |           2 |           4 |           3 |                         0 |
| 24        | Rajasthan         | Ajmer              |           3 |           3 |           1 |                         0 |
| 24        | Rajasthan         | Jodhpur            |           3 |           0 |           5 |                         0 |
| 24        | Rajasthan         | Jaipur             |           4 |           4 |           4 |                         0 |
| 25        | Tamilnadu         | Chennai CityRegion |           0 |           3 |           2 |                         1 |
| 25        | Tamilnadu         | Central Region     |           5 |           2 |           1 |                         0 |
| 25        | Tamilnadu         | Western Region     |           4 |           2 |           3 |                         0 |
| 25        | Tamilnadu         | Southern Region    |           3 |           1 |           2 |                         0 |
| 26        | Telangana         | Hyderabad Region   |           3 |           3 |           4 |                         0 |
| 26        | Telangana         | Headquarter Region |           1 |           2 |           0 |                         0 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun           |           4 |           4 |           3 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | Agra               |           1 |           1 |           1 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | Allahabad          |           1 |           2 |           0 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | Bareilly           |           1 |           1 |           0 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | Gorakhpur          |           2 |           3 |           2 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | Kanpur             |           1 |           2 |           0 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | Varanasi           |           0 |           0 |           4 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | HQ Region Lucknow  |           0 |           1 |           2 |                         0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | Ghaziabad          |           0 |           0 |           0 |                         0 |
| 29        | West Bengal       | Kolkata Region     |           1 |           2 |           1 |                         0 |
| 29        | West Bengal       | South Bengal       |           0 |           2 |           3 |                         0 |
| 29        |                   | North Bengal       |           1 |           1 |           2 |                         0 |
| Total     | Total             |                    |         162 |         147 |         655 |                         4 |

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