Lok Sabha Question No. 4086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Kapil Moreshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4086 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2020

## POST OFFICES

## †4086. SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

|              | Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:                                                                             |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (b)          | the number of post offices proposed to be opened by the Government in all the villages during the                                    |
| current      | financial year, State/UT-wise;                                                                                                       |
| (c) old post | whether the Government has formulated any policy for opening new post offices and upgrading offices/sub-post offices in the country; |
| (d)          | if so, the details thereof;                                                                                                          |
| (e) so, the  | whehter the Government has identified the places where postal services are not available and if details thereof, State/UT-wise; and  |

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a) Sir, the number of post offices in the country including in the backward areas as on date, district wise is enclosed as Annexure-I.
- (b) There are 2079 Post Offices proposed to be opened during the current financial year, of which, 2000 Branch Post Offices (BOs) are proposed to be opened in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts. The State/UT-wise details is furnished at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d) Yes Sir, the Government has laid down norms of distance, population and anticipated income for opening of new post offices. The details are at Annexure-III.
- (e)  &  (f)    The  Postal  network  of  more  than  1.56  lakhs  Post  Offices  provides  postal  services  to  entire country. Any place without post office are provided postal facilities from existing nearby post offices.

Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4086 to be answered on  18 th   March  2020  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Kapil  Moreshwar  Patil, regarding 'Post Offices'.

| District-wise Number of Post Offices in the country including backward areas as on 12.03.2020   | District-wise Number of Post Offices in the country including backward areas as on 12.03.2020   | District-wise Number of Post Offices in the country including backward areas as on 12.03.2020   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of the State/U.T.                                                                          | Name of the Districts                                                                           | Total No. of Post Offices                                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                  | Anantapur                                                                                       | 943                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Chittoor                                                                                        | 894                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Cuddapah                                                                                        | 826                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | East Godavari                                                                                   | 924                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Guntur                                                                                          | 879                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Krishna                                                                                         | 804                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Kurnool                                                                                         | 764                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Nellore                                                                                         | 769                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Prakasam                                                                                        | 907                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Srikakulam                                                                                      | 639                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Visakhapatnam                                                                                   | 783                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Vizianagaram                                                                                    | 660                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | West Godavari                                                                                   | 760                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                           | 10552                                                                                           |
| Assam                                                                                           | Kokrajhar                                                                                       | 111                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Dhubri                                                                                          | 129                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | South Salmara and Mankachar                                                                     | 26                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Goalpara                                                                                        | 106                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Barpeta                                                                                         | 177                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Morigoan                                                                                        | 104                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Nagoan                                                                                          | 218                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Hojai                                                                                           | 61                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Sonitpur                                                                                        | 118                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Biswanath                                                                                       | 98                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Lakhimpur                                                                                       | 170                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Dhemaji                                                                                         | 95                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Tinsukia                                                                                        | 145                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Dibrugarh                                                                                       | 215                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Charaideu                                                                                       | 74                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Sivasagar                                                                                       | 187                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Jorhat                                                                                          | 169 49                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                 | Majuli                                                                                          |                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                 | Golaghat                                                                                        | 152                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | KarbiAnglong                                                                                    | 101                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | West KarbiAnglong                                                                               | 28                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Dima Hasao                                                                                      | 74                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Cachar                                                                                          | 278                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Karimganj                                                                                       | 155                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Hailakandi                                                                                      | 106                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Bongaigaon                                                                                      | 73                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Chirang                                                                                         | 48                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Kamrup                                                                                          | 238                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Kamrup Metro                                                                                    | 64                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Nalbari                                                                                         | 146                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Baksa                                                                                           | 121                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Darrang                                                                                         | 68                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                 | Udalguri                                                                                        | 107                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                           | 4011                                                                                            |
| Bihar                                                                                           |                                                                                                 | 375                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Samastipur Darbhnaga                                                                            | 394 276                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                 | West Champaran                                                                                  |                                                                                                 |

|              | Patna              |   438 |
|--------------|--------------------|-------|
|              | Gaya               |   352 |
|              | Jahanabad          |   109 |
|              | East Champaran     |   425 |
|              | Purnea             |   184 |
|              | Araria             |   163 |
|              | Sitamarhi          |   292 |
|              | Sheohar            |    41 |
|              | Saharsa            |   172 |
|              | Supaul             |   204 |
|              | Madhepura          |   200 |
|              | Nalanda            |   316 |
|              | Rohtas             |   283 |
|              | Kaimur             |   116 |
|              | Muzaffarpur        |   439 |
|              | Buxar              |   193 |
|              | Bhojpur            |   301 |
|              | Aurangabad         |   283 |
|              | Arwal              |    80 |
|              | Saran              |   393 |
|              | Begusarai          |   240 |
|              | Khagria            |   138 |
|              | Katihar            |   182 |
|              | Kishanganj         |    90 |
|              | Madhubani Vaishali |   415 |
|              |                    |   287 |
|              | Munger             |   114 |
|              | Jamui              |   172 |
|              | Lakhisarai         |    82 |
|              | Siwan              |   315 |
|              | Gopalganj          |   219 |
|              | Nawada             |   228 |
|              | Sheikhpura         |   104 |
|              | Bhagalpur          |   285 |
|              | Banka              |   186 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bastar             |   238 |
|              | Bijapur            |   177 |
|              | Dantewada          |   115 |
|              | Kondgaon           |   162 |
|              | Sukma              |    66 |
|              | Kanker             |   283 |
|              | Narayanpur         |    55 |
|              | Bilaspur           |   204 |
|              | Korba              |   112 |
|              | Janjgir            |   257 |
|              | Mungeli            |    72 |
|              | Durg               |   125 |
|              | Balod              |   123 |
|              | Bemetara           |    87 |
|              | Rajnandgaon        |   417 |
|              | Kabirdham          |    67 |
|              | Raigarh            |   278 |
|              | Jashpurnagar       |   166 |
|              | Surgguja           |    80 |
|              | Balrampur          |    75 |
|              | Korea              |    67 |
|              | Surajpur           |    62 |

|                    | Raipur             | 135      |
|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
|                    | Dhamtari           | 98       |
|                    | Gariaband          | 96       |
|                    | Balodabazar        | 154      |
|                    | Mahasamund         | 137      |
|                    | Total              | 3908     |
| Gujarat            | Ahmedabad          | 483      |
|                    | Gandhinagar        | 200      |
|                    | Botad              | 88       |
|                    | Mahesana           | 310      |
|                    | Banaskantha        | 407      |
|                    | Patan              | 266      |
|                    | Sabarkantha        | 332      |
|                    | Arvalli            | 248      |
|                    | Anand              | 275      |
|                    | Kheda              | 269      |
|                    | Mahisagar          | 186      |
|                    | Bharuch            | 391      |
|                    | Narmada            | 154      |
|                    | Surat              | 459      |
|                    | Tapi               | 174      |
|                    | Dang               | 56       |
|                    | Panchmahals        | 220      |
|                    | Dahod              | 227      |
|                    | Vadodara           | 408      |
|                    | Valsad             | 268      |
|                    | Navsari            | 285      |
|                    | ChhotaUdepur       | 211      |
|                    | Amreli             | 350      |
|                    | Junagadh           | 220      |
|                    | Gir-Somnath        | 155      |
|                    | Rajkot             | 371      |
|                    | Kachchh            | 493      |
|                    | Porbandar          | 161      |
|                    | Surendranagar      | 325      |
|                    | Bhavnagar Jamnagar | 325      |
|                    |                    | 225      |
|                    | DevbhoomiDwarka    | 132      |
|                    | Morbi Total        | 130 8804 |
| Daman &diu         | Total              | 20       |
| Dadra Nagar Haveli | Total              | 42       |
| Haryana            | Ambala             | 138      |
|                    | Panchkula          | 50       |
|                    | Yamuna nagar       | 122      |
|                    | Bhiwani            | 148      |
|                    | CharkhiDadri       | 77       |
|                    | Faridabad          | 68       |
|                    | Palwal             | 63       |
|                    | Gurgaon            | 107      |
|                    | Mahendergarh       | 119      |
|                    | Mewat              | 51       |
|                    | Rewari             | 135      |
|                    | Fatehabad          | 137      |
|                    | Hisar              | 214      |
|                    | Sirsa              | 162      |
|                    | Jind               | 163      |
|                    | Karnal             | 167      |

|           | Panipat             | 98       |
|-----------|---------------------|----------|
|           | Kaithal             | 122      |
|           | Kurukshetra         | 113      |
|           | Jhajjar             | 142      |
|           | Rohtak              | 120      |
|           | Sonepat             | 178      |
|           | Total               | 2694     |
| HP        | Bilaspur            | 147      |
|           | Chamba              | 223      |
|           | Hamirpur            | 227      |
|           | Kangra              | 651      |
|           | Kinnaur             | 72       |
|           | Kullu               | 155      |
|           | LahaulSpiti         | 46       |
|           | Mandi               | 373      |
|           | Shimla              | 357      |
|           | Sirmaur             | 163      |
|           | Solan               | 194      |
|           | Una                 | 187      |
|           | Total               | 2795     |
| J&K       | Anantnag            | 122      |
|           | Srinagar            | 64       |
|           | Budgam              | 75       |
|           | Ganderbal           | 27       |
|           | Pulwama             | 75       |
|           | Shopian             | 19       |
|           | Kulgam              | 50       |
|           | Baramulla           | 137      |
|           | Bandipora           | 54       |
|           | Kupwara             | 79       |
|           | Udhampur            | 110      |
|           | Ramban              | 53       |
|           | Reasi               | 66       |
|           | Doda                | 59       |
|           | Kishtwar            | 25       |
|           | Rajouri             | 112      |
|           | Poonch              | 87       |
|           | Leh                 | 55       |
|           | Kargil              | 54       |
|           | Jammu               | 194      |
|           | Samba               | 54       |
|           | Kathua Total        | 128 1699 |
| Jharkhand | East singhbhum      | 224      |
|           | West Singhbhum      | 217      |
|           | SeraikellaKharsawan | 97       |
|           | Palamau             | 316      |
|           | Garhwa              | 195      |
|           | Latehar             | 133      |
|           | Ranchi              | 314      |
|           | Giridih             | 193      |
|           | Dhanbad             | 190      |
|           | Bokaro              | 207      |
|           | Gumla               | 117      |
|           | Khunti              | 107      |
|           | Lohardaga           | 90       |
|           | Simdega             | 116      |
|           | Hazaribagh          | 171      |

|                   | Ramgarh                     | 111     |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|---------|
|                   | Chatra                      | 158     |
|                   | Kodarma                     | 73      |
|                   | Dumka                       | 192     |
|                   | Deoghar                     | 154     |
|                   | Pakur                       | 82      |
|                   | Godda                       | 125     |
|                   | Jamtara                     | 98      |
|                   | Sahibganj                   | 104     |
|                   | Total                       | 3784    |
| Karnataka         | Bengaluru Urban Dist        | 217     |
|                   | Bengaluru Rural Dist.       | 197     |
|                   | RamanagaraDist              | 180     |
|                   | Bagalkot                    | 329     |
|                   | Belagavi                    | 727     |
|                   | Ballari                     | 447     |
|                   | Bidar                       | 303     |
|                   | Vijayapur                   | 400     |
|                   | Dharwad                     | 209     |
|                   | Gadag                       | 168     |
|                   | Koppal                      | 218     |
|                   | Kalaburagi                  | 428     |
|                   | Yadgiri                     | 197     |
|                   | Haveri                      | 258     |
|                   | Uttar Kannada               | 483     |
|                   | Raichur Chikkamagaluru      | 286     |
|                   | Chamarajnagara              | 301 209 |
|                   | Chikkaballapura             | 198     |
|                   | Chitradurga                 |         |
|                   |                             | 316     |
|                   | Dakshina Kannada Davanagere | 472 262 |
|                   | Hassan                      |         |
|                   | Kodagu                      | 414 213 |
|                   | Kolar                       | 221     |
|                   |                             | 384     |
|                   | Mysuru Shivamogga           | 357     |
|                   | Tumakuru                    | 557     |
|                   | Udupi                       | 330     |
|                   | Total                       | 9634    |
| Kerala            | Kasargod                    | 231     |
|                   | Kannur                      | 382     |
|                   | Wayanad                     | 163     |
|                   | Kozhikode                   | 408     |
|                   | Malappuram                  | 437     |
|                   | Palakkad                    | 455     |
|                   | Thrissur                    | 485     |
|                   | Ernakulam                   | 390     |
|                   | Idukki                      | 296     |
|                   | Pathanamthitta              | 312     |
|                   | Kottayam                    | 409     |
|                   | Alappuzha                   | 300     |
|                   | Kollam                      | 367     |
|                   | Trivandrum                  | 414     |
|                   | Total                       | 5049    |
| UT of Lakshadweep | Total                       | 10      |

| Goa            | North Goa   | 148    |
|----------------|-------------|--------|
|                | South Goa   | 107    |
|                | Total       | 255    |
| Maharashtra    | Mumbai      | 230    |
|                | Akola       | 235    |
|                | Washim      | 164    |
|                | Amravati    | 454    |
|                | Buldana     | 353    |
|                | Chandrapur  | 329    |
|                | Gadchiroli  | 329    |
|                | Nagpur      | 346    |
|                | Bhandara    | 137    |
|                | Gondia      | 168    |
|                | Wardha      | 183    |
|                | Yavatmal    | 369    |
|                | Aurangabad  | 353    |
|                | Jalna       | 137    |
|                | Beed        | 330    |
|                | Jalgaon     | 535    |
|                | Dhule       | 276    |
|                | Nandurbar   | 197    |
|                | Nanded      | 470    |
|                | Osmanabad   | 282    |
|                | Latur Jalna | 289 40 |
|                | Parbhani    | 194    |
|                | Hingoli     | 114    |
|                | Sangli      | 419    |
|                | Kolhapur    | 563    |
|                | Ratnagiri   | 663    |
|                | Sindhudurg  | 371    |
|                | Pune        | 792    |
|                | Satara      | 666    |
|                | Solapur     | 535    |
|                | Ahmednagar  | 665    |
|                | Thane       | 214    |
|                | Palghar     | 227    |
|                | Raigad      | 443    |
|                | Nashik      | 672    |
|                | Total       | 12744  |
| Madhya Pradesh | Indore      | 154    |
|                | Dewas       | 173    |
|                | Dhar        | 216    |
|                | khandwa     | 160    |
|                | khargone    | 188    |
|                | Burhanpur   | 59     |
|                | Barwani     | 118    |
|                | Mandsaur    | 215    |
|                | Neemuch     | 120    |
|                | Ratlam      | 183    |
|                | Jhabua      | 106    |
|                | Alirajpur   | 66     |
|                | Sehore      | 166    |
|                | Rajgarh     | 167    |
|                | Ujjain      | 190    |
|                | Shajapur    | 115    |
|                | Agar        | 62     |
|                | Jabalpur    | 226    |

|        | Katni          | 171     |
|--------|----------------|---------|
|        | Sagar          | 237     |
|        | Damoh          | 161     |
|        | Chhindwara     | 272     |
|        | Betul          | 221     |
|        | Balaghat       | 229     |
|        | Seoni          | 203     |
|        | Mandla         | 147     |
|        | Dindhori       | 83      |
|        | Chhatarpur     | 224     |
|        | Tikamgarh      | 127     |
|        | Niwari         | 59      |
|        | Panna          | 158     |
|        | Rewa           | 336     |
|        | Satna          | 291     |
|        | Shahdol        | 126     |
|        | sidhi          | 145     |
|        | singruli       | 70      |
|        | Umariya        | 67      |
|        | Anuppur        | 115     |
|        | Guna           | 104     |
|        | Shivpuri       | 217     |
|        | Ashoknagar     | 95      |
|        | Gwalior        | 156     |
|        | Datia          | 134     |
|        | Morena         | 203     |
|        | Bhind          | 257     |
|        | Sheopur        | 64      |
|        | Hoshangabad    | 175     |
|        | Narsinghpur    | 181     |
|        | Harda          | 68      |
|        | Vidisha Raisen | 156 215 |
|        | Bhopal         | 126     |
|        | Total          | 8277    |
| Odisha | Anugul         | 235     |
|        | Bargarh        | 98      |
|        | Bhadrak        | 355     |
|        | Balasore       | 468     |
|        | Balangir       | 214     |
|        | Boudh          | 245     |
|        | Cuttack        | 212     |
|        | Deogarh        | 108     |
|        | Dhenkanal      | 239     |
|        | Gajapati       | 179     |
|        | Ganjam         | 697     |
|        | Jagatsinghpur  | 403     |
|        | Jajpur         | 288     |
|        | Jharsuguda     | 203     |
|        | Kalahandi      | 232     |
|        | Kandhamal      | 141     |
|        | Kendrapada     | 295     |
|        | Keonjhar       | 440     |
|        | Khurda         | 315     |
|        | Koraput        | 211     |
|        | Malkangiri     | 191     |
|        | Mayurbhanj     | 712     |
|        | Nuapada        | 187     |

|            | Nabarangpur         | 153     |
|------------|---------------------|---------|
|            | Nayagarh            | 242     |
|            | Puri                | 245     |
|            | Rayagada            | 173     |
|            | Sambalpur           | 240     |
|            | Sonepur             | 172     |
|            | Sundargarh          | 366     |
|            | Total               | 8259    |
| Punjab     | Sangrur             | 202     |
|            | Barnala             | 70      |
|            | Ludhiana            | 392     |
|            | Amritsar            | 285     |
|            | Tarn Taran          | 187     |
|            | Bathinda            | 156     |
|            | Mansa               | 100     |
|            | Faridkot            | 72      |
|            | Moga                | 167     |
|            | Ferozepur           | 126     |
|            | Fazilka             | 142     |
|            | Muktsar             | 136     |
|            | Gurdaspur           | 204     |
|            | Pathankot           | 73      |
|            | Hoshiarpur          | 358     |
|            | Jalandhar SBS Nagar | 368 172 |
|            | Kapurthala          |         |
|            |                     | 120     |
|            | Patiala             | 173     |
|            | Fatehgarh Sahib     | 100     |
|            | Ropar               | 118     |
|            | Mohali Total        | 96 3817 |
| Chandigarh | Total               | 52      |
| Rajasthan  | Barmer              | 481     |
|            | Bikaner             | 268     |
|            | Churu               | 345     |
|            | Jhunjhunu           | 412     |
|            | Jodhpur             | 405     |
|            | Jaiselmer           | 151     |
|            | Nagaur              | 544     |
|            | Pali                | 372     |
|            | Sikar               | 470     |
|            | Sirohi              | 176     |
|            | Jalore              | 268     |
|            | Sri Ganganagar      | 321     |
|            | Hanumangarh         | 242     |
|            | Alwar               | 483     |
|            | Jaipur              | 529     |
|            | Bharatpur           | 303     |
|            | Dholpur             | 284     |
|            | Dausa               | 289     |
|            | SawaiMadhopur       | 214     |
|            | Karauli             | 247     |
|            | Ajmer               | 409     |
|            | Bhilwara            | 395     |
|            | Chittorgarh         | 276     |
|            | Pratapgarh          | 166     |
|            | Dungarpur           | 296     |
|            | Banswara            | 268     |

|                   | Kota                     | 186     |
|-------------------|--------------------------|---------|
|                   | Jhalawar                 | 197     |
|                   | Baran                    | 246     |
|                   | Tonk                     | 222     |
|                   | Bundi                    | 176     |
|                   | Udaipur                  | 458     |
|                   | Rajsamand                | 208     |
|                   | Total                    | 10307   |
| Tamilnadu         | Cudddalore               | 478     |
|                   | Chennai                  | 124     |
|                   | Chengalpattu             | 221     |
|                   | Kanchipuram              | 228     |
|                   | Ranipet                  | 212     |
|                   | Tiruvallur               | 363     |
|                   | Tiruvannamalai           | 489     |
|                   | Vellore                  | 256     |
|                   | Villupuram               | 638     |
|                   | Perambalur               | 147     |
|                   | Nagapattinam             | 387     |
|                   | Karur                    | 242     |
|                   | Tiruchirappalli          | 479     |
|                   | Pudukottai               | 343     |
|                   | Tiruvarur                | 360     |
|                   | Thanjavur                | 514     |
|                   | Ariyalur                 | 220     |
|                   | Dindigul Kanyakumari     | 459 267 |
|                   | Madurai                  | 393     |
|                   | Ramanathapuram           | 298     |
|                   | Sivaganga                | 321     |
|                   | Theni                    | 161     |
|                   | Tenkasi                  | 233     |
|                   | Tirunelveli              | 315     |
|                   | Tuticorin                | 426     |
|                   | Virudhunagar             | 282     |
|                   | Coimbatore               | 399     |
|                   | Dharmapuri               | 262     |
|                   | Krishnagiri              | 296     |
|                   | Salem                    | 514     |
|                   | Nilgiris                 | 182     |
|                   | Namakkal                 | 353     |
|                   | Tirupattur               | 193     |
|                   | Tirupur                  | 377     |
|                   | Erode                    | 356     |
|                   | Total                    | 11788   |
| UT of Pondicherry | Total                    | 93      |
| Telangana         | Adilabad                 | 141     |
|                   | Bhadradrikothagudem      | 255     |
|                   | Jagitial                 | 186     |
|                   | Jangaon                  | 162     |
|                   | JayashankarBhupalpalli   | 108     |
|                   | JogulambaGadwal          | 104     |
|                   | Kamareddy                | 181     |
|                   | karimnagar               | 179     |
|                   | khammam                  | 316     |
|                   | Komaram-Bheem (Asifabad) | 103     |
|                   | Mahabuababad             | 208     |
|                   | Mahabubnagar             | 157     |

|             | Mancherial          |   148 |
|-------------|---------------------|-------|
|             | Mulug               |    83 |
|             | Nagarkurnool        |   217 |
|             | Nalgonda            |   308 |
|             | Narayanpet          |   119 |
|             | Nirmal              |   124 |
|             | Nizamabad           |   298 |
|             | Peddapalli          |   143 |
|             | Rajannna Siri cilla |   120 |
|             | Rangareddy          |   228 |
|             | Siddipet            |   248 |
|             | Suryapet            |   235 |
|             | Vikarabad           |   204 |
|             | Wanaparthy          |    99 |
|             | Warangal Rural      |   140 |
|             | Warangal Urban      |   149 |
|             | YadadriBhongir      |   190 |
|             | Hyderabad           |   161 |
|             | Medak               |   162 |
|             | MedchalMalkajigiri  |    69 |
|             | Sangareddy          |   254 |
|             | Total               |  5799 |
| Uttarakhand | Almora              |   328 |
|             | Bageshwar           |   152 |
|             | Chamoli             |   266 |
|             | Rudraprayag         |   126 |
|             | Haridwar            |   112 |
|             | Dehradun            |   247 |
|             | Nainital            |   159 |
|             | Udham Singh Nagar   |   110 |
|             | Pauri               |   424 |
|             | Pithoragarh         |   323 |
|             | Champawat           |    83 |
|             | Tehri               |   260 |
|             | Uttarkashi          |   132 |
|             | Total               |  2722 |
| WB          | Kolkata             |   283 |
|             | North 24 Parganas   |   627 |
|             | Nadia               |   461 |
|             | South 24 Parganas   |   774 |
|             | Birbhum             |   477 |
|             | Murshidabad         |   578 |
|             | Hooghly             |   507 |
|             | Bankura             |   486 |
|             | PurbaBurdawan       |   553 |
|             | PaschimBurdawan     |   208 |
|             | Howrah              |   344 |
|             | Purulia             |   443 |
|             | West Midnapore      |   493 |
|             | East Midnapore      |   838 |
|             | Alipurduar          |   125 |
|             | Coochbehar          |   237 |
|             | Darjeeling          |   222 |
|             |                     |   178 |
|             | South Dinajpur      |   301 |
|             | Jalpaiguri Malda    |   334 |
|             | Jhargram            |    66 |

|                   | Kalimpong                           | 40     |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|
|                   | Total                               | 8770   |
| Sikkim            | East Sikkim                         | 92     |
|                   | West Sikkim                         | 50     |
|                   | North Sikkim                        | 23     |
|                   | South Sikkim                        | 44     |
|                   | Total                               | 209 48 |
| Andaman           | South Andaman North &Middle Andaman | 34     |
|                   | Nicobar                             | 18     |
|                   | Total                               | 100    |
| Mizoram           | Aizawl                              | 113    |
|                   | Lunglei                             | 70     |
|                   | Saiha                               | 30     |
|                   | Champhai                            | 63     |
|                   | Kolosib                             | 28     |
|                   | Serchhip                            | 26     |
|                   | Lawngtlai                           | 18     |
|                   | Mamit                               | 35     |
|                   | Total                               | 383    |
|                   | Imphal West                         |        |
| Manipur           | Imphal East                         | 121 38 |
|                   | Bishnupur                           | 78     |
|                   | Senapati                            | 52     |
|                   | Ukhrul                              | 37     |
|                   | Tamenglong                          | 39     |
|                   | Churachandpur                       | 78     |
|                   | Chandal                             | 14     |
|                   | Jiribam                             | 23     |
|                   | Kakching                            | 65     |
|                   | Kangpokpi                           | 30     |
|                   | Kamjong                             | 20     |
|                   | None                                | 10     |
|                   | Pherzwal                            | 1      |
|                   | Tengnoupal                          | 14     |
|                   | Total                               | 693    |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Tawang                              | 13     |
|                   | West Kameng East Kameng             | 22 10  |
|                   | PakkeKesang                         | 2      |
|                   | Papum Pare                          | 24     |
|                   | KurangKumey                         | 6      |
|                   | KraDaadi                            | 3 16   |
|                   | Lower Subansiri Upper Subansiri     | 13     |
|                   | West Siang                          | 16     |
|                   | East Siang                          | 24     |
|                   | Siang                               | 4      |
|                   | Upper Siang                         | 9      |
|                   | Lower Siang                         | 5      |
|                   | Shi-Yomi                            | 3      |
|                   | Lepa Rada                           | 6      |
|                   | Lower Dibang Valley                 | 19     |
|                   | Dibang Valley                       | 3      |
|                   | Anjaw                               | 9      |
|                   | Lohit Namsai                        | 11 23  |

|               | Changlang              |   29 |
|---------------|------------------------|------|
|               | Tirap                  |   17 |
|               | Longding               |   13 |
|               | Kamle                  |    3 |
|               | Total                  |  303 |
| Nagaland      | Kohima                 |   48 |
|               | Dimapur                |   56 |
|               | Peren                  |   15 |
|               | Phek                   |   36 |
|               | Mokokchung             |   50 |
|               | Wokha                  |   25 |
|               | Zunheboto              |   19 |
|               | Tuensang               |   22 |
|               | Kiphire                |   14 |
|               | Longleng               |    8 |
|               | Mon                    |   30 |
|               | Noklak                 |    7 |
|               | Total                  |  330 |
| Tripura       | West Tripura           |  130 |
|               | Sepahijala             |   87 |
|               | Gomati                 |   83 |
|               | South Tripura          |   91 |
|               | North Tripura          |  117 |
|               | Unakoti                |   67 |
|               | Dhali                  |   71 |
|               | Khowai                 |   65 |
|               | Total                  |  711 |
| Meghalaya     | East Khasi Hills       |  141 |
|               | West Khasi Hills       |   49 |
|               | South West Khasi Hills |   24 |
|               | RiBhoi                 |   44 |
|               | East Jaintia Hills     |   23 |
|               | West Jaintia Hills     |   53 |
|               | West Garo Hills        |   97 |
|               | South West Garo Hills  |    8 |
|               | South Garo Hills       |   14 |
|               | East Garo Hills        |   32 |
|               | North Garo Hills       |    6 |
|               | Total                  |  491 |
| Delhi         | North Delhi            |   33 |
|               | North West Delhi       |  106 |
|               | West Delhi             |   53 |
|               | South West Delhi       |  138 |
|               | Central Delhi          |   51 |
|               | New Delhi              |   35 |
|               | South Delhi            |   27 |
|               | South East Delhi       |   15 |
|               | East Delhi             |   26 |
|               | Shahdara               |   18 |
|               | North East Delhi       |   29 |
|               | Total                  |  531 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra                   |  355 |
|               | Aligarh                |  360 |
|               | Hathras                |  157 |
|               | Mathura                |  215 |
|               | Jhansi                 |  213 |
|               | Jalaun                 |  245 |

| Lalitpur                  | 154     |
|---------------------------|---------|
| Etah                      | 200     |
| Kasganj                   | 107     |
| Etawah                    | 174     |
| Auraiya                   | 159     |
| Mainpuri                  | 166     |
| Firozabad                 | 167     |
| Bulandshahar              | 309     |
| G.B Nagar                 | 123     |
| Ghaziabad                 | 138     |
| Hapur                     | 83      |
| Lucknow                   | 285     |
| Raebareli                 | 448     |
| Barabanki                 | 361     |
| Sitapur                   | 419     |
| Akbarpur                  | 322     |
| Faizabad                  | 381     |
| Azamgarh                  | 386     |
| Bahraich                  | 292     |
| Balrampur                 | 184     |
| Basti                     | 293     |
| Deoria                    | 284     |
| Gonda                     | 351     |
| Gorakhpur                 | 420     |
| Kushinagar                | 224     |
| Maharjganj                | 198     |
| Mau                       | 223     |
| SantKabir Nagar           | 187     |
| Shrawasti                 | 101     |
| Siddharth Nagar           | 214     |
| Bareilly                  | 287     |
| Pilibhit                  | 156     |
| Moradabad                 | 158     |
| Amroha                    | 93      |
| Rampur                    | 130     |
| Sambhal                   | 104     |
| Meerut                    | 252     |
| Muzaffarnagar             | 221     |
| Shamli                    | 98      |
| Saharanpur                | 211     |
| Bijnor                    | 303     |
| Budaun                    | 324     |
| Hardoi                    | 333     |
| Kheri                     | 387     |
| Shahjhanpur               | 294     |
| Banda                     | 205     |
| Chitrakoot                | 87      |
| Farrukhabad               | 157     |
| Fatehpur                  | 256     |
| Hamirpur                  |         |
| Mahoba                    | 131 96  |
| Kannauj                   | 147     |
| Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar | 302 176 |
| Unnao                     | 271     |
| Allahabad                 | 414     |
| Kaushambi                 | 131     |

| Pratapgarh   |    364 |
|--------------|--------|
| Mirzapur     |    180 |
| Sonbhadra    |    159 |
| Sultanpur    |    326 |
| Amethi       |    173 |
| Ballia       |    354 |
| Bhadohi      |    103 |
| Chandauli    |    179 |
| Ghazipur     |    380 |
| Jaunpur      |    422 |
| Varanasi     |    261 |
| Total        | 156575 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  para  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4086  to  be answered  on  18 th   March  2020  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Kapil  Moreshwar Patil, regarding 'Post Offices'.

| State UT-Wise number of post offices proposed to be opened in all the villages in current financial year 2019-20   | State UT-Wise number of post offices proposed to be opened in all the villages in current financial year 2019-20   | State UT-Wise number of post offices proposed to be opened in all the villages in current financial year 2019-20   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                              | Name of the State/UT                                                                                               | Number of post offices                                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                     | 135*                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                              | 33                                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                              | 125*                                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                       | 310*                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                  | Delhi                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                                                  | Gujarat including UTs of Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu                                                           | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                                  | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                          | 220*                                                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 12                                                                                                                 | Kerala including UTs of Lakshadweep                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                     | 170*                                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra including Goa                                                                                          | 498*                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                                 | North East including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura,                            | 34                                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                             | 133*                                                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                                                 | Punjab including UT of Chandigarh                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 18                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu including UT of Puducherry.                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                                          | 266*                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 22                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                      | 143*                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                    | West Bengal including Sikkim and UT of Andaman &Nicobar Island                                                     | 12                                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                                              | 2079                                                                                                               |

Annexure referred to in reply of para (c & d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4086 to be answered on 18 th   March  2020  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Kapil  Moreshwar  Patil,  regarding  'Post Offices'.

## NORMS FOR OPENING OF NEW POST OFFICES

1. Norms for opening of Branch Post Offices (BOs):
2. 1.1 Population:
3. (a) In Normal Areas:

3000  population  in  the  group  of  villages  to  be  served  by  the  proposed  post  office  (including  1000 population in  the proposed post office  village).

- (b) In Hill, Tribal, Desert and Inaccessible Areas:

500 population in the individual village and 1000 population in the group of villages.

- 1.2 Distance:
- (a) In Normal Areas: The minimum distance from the nearest existing post office should be 3 Kms.
- (b) In Hill, Tribal, Desert and Inaccessible Areas: The distance limit will be the same as above. However, in Hill  Areas,  the  minimum  distance  limit  can  be  relaxed  by  the  Postal  Directorate  in  cases  where  such relaxation  is  warranted  by  special  circumstances  which  should  be  clearly  explained  while  submitting  a proposal.
- 1.3 Anticipated Income:
- (a) In Normal Areas: The minimum anticipated revenue will be 33.33 % of the cost.
- (b) In  Hill,  Tribal,  Desert  and  Inaccessible  Areas: The minimum anticipated income will be 15% of the cost.

It  is  further  to  be  ensured  that  as  a  result  of  opening  of  a  new  BO, the  loss in respect of the parent post office  does  not  increase  beyond  the  permissible  limit  nor  does  its  income  reduce  below  the  minimum prescribed.

2. Norms for upgrading/ opening of Departmental Sub Offices (SOs):
2. (a) In Rural Areas: The minimum work load of the Branch Post Office proposed to be upgraded, should be five hours per day. The permissible limit of annual loss is Rs.2400/- in normal rural areas and Rs.4800/- in hill and tribal areas.

It is further to be ensured that as a result of opening of a new post office, the loss in respect of the parent post office does not increase beyond the permissible limit nor does its income reduce below the minimum prescribed.

- (b) In Urban Areas: In urban areas, the post office should initially be self-supporting and at the time of the first annual review, it should show a 5% profit to be eligible for further retention.

The minimum distance between two post offices should be 1.5 Km. in cities with a population of 20 lakhs and above and 2 Km. in other urban areas.

No two delivery offices, however, should be closer than 5 Kms. from each other.

Delivery Post Office in urban areas should have a minimum of 7 Postmen's beats.

## 3. Norms for opening of Head Post Offices

Head Post Offices (HOs) are district level offices and the need/ justification for new HOs arises only occasionally. An HO is opened by conversion of a sub-post office into head post office or by  bifurcation of an existing HO. The norms prescribed are:

- (i) Each district should have a head post office provided a minimum of 20 sub-post offices can be attached to it. In the case of backward areas or places where there will be a definite improvement in financing sub-post offices/ GDS post offices, lower standard may be adopted, subject to the approval of the Postal Directorate .
- (ii) If there is no HO in a district, opening of HO can be considered, if at least 20 SOs in the same district can be attached with advantage, to the proposed HO irrespective of the fact whether parent HO has 60 SOs or not. It has, however, to be ensured that such upgradation does not bring the number of SOs in account with residuary HO below 20.
- (iii) An existing HO should be bifurcated, if the number of sub-offices attached   to it exceeds 60. It should however, be ensured that as a result of the change neither the new nor old HO has less than 20 sub-offices attached to it.

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