Lok Sabha Question No. 787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 787 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JUNE, 2019

## POST OFFICES

## †787.   SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether post offices have been set up in all the villages in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise and the number of post offices likely to be set up during the current financial year;
- (c) whether e-mail, internet and computer facilities have been provided in all the post offices of the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the time by which the said facilities are likely to be provided in all the post offices? ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) & (b) No, Sir. There are a total of 5,97,608 inhabited villages in country as per census, 2011, of which 1,42,650 villages are having post offices, which serve other villages as well. The State/  UT-wise details  of  number  of  villages  having  post  offices  is Annexed. A  total  of  2000 Branch post offices in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas of 90 districts, 145 Branch post offices in other areas and 114 Sub post offices are likely to be opened during the current financial year 2019-20.
- (c) & (d) Out of total 1,56,600 post offices functioning in the country, 1,29,161 Branch post offices in the rural areas have been provided with SIM-based Hand Held Devices for carrying out  online  transactions.  All  the  25,585  Departmental  post  offices  have  been  provided  with computer  facilities, out of these 25,174  have  internet facilities for carrying out online transactions.  The  remaining  post  offices  will  be  provided  with  internet  facility  as  and  when Telecom Services Providers have the network facility in these location.

| Annexure State/UT-wise Number of inhabited villages (2011 Census) with Post Offices in the Country as   | Annexure State/UT-wise Number of inhabited villages (2011 Census) with Post Offices in the Country as   | Annexure State/UT-wise Number of inhabited villages (2011 Census) with Post Offices in the Country as   | Annexure State/UT-wise Number of inhabited villages (2011 Census) with Post Offices in the Country as   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.                                                                                                  | Name of the State /UT                                                                                   | on 31-03-2019 Total No of villages (inhabited)                                                          | No. of villages with Post office                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                          |                                                                                                         | 9500                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                               | 26286*                                                                                                  | 5200                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                       | Assam                                                                                                   | 25372                                                                                                   | 5383                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                       | Bihar                                                                                                   | 39073                                                                                                   | 8625                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                                                            | 19567                                                                                                   | 3565                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                       | Delhi                                                                                                   | 103                                                                                                     | 160                                                                                                     |
| 7                                                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                                                 | 17843                                                                                                   | 8175                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                     | 65                                                                                                      | 38                                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                                       | Daman &Diu                                                                                              | 19                                                                                                      | 12                                                                                                      |
| 10                                                                                                      | Haryana                                                                                                 | 6642                                                                                                    | 2321                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                        | 17882                                                                                                   | 4043                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                      | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                          | 6337                                                                                                    | 1512                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                                               | 29492                                                                                                   | 3508                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                                               | 27397                                                                                                   | 8703                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                      | Kerala                                                                                                  | 1017                                                                                                    | 1634                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                                                             | 6                                                                                                       | 10                                                                                                      |
| 17                                                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                          | 51929                                                                                                   | 7474                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                                             | 40959                                                                                                   | 11506                                                                                                   |
| 19                                                                                                      | Goa                                                                                                     | 320                                                                                                     | 213                                                                                                     |
| 20                                                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                       | 5258                                                                                                    | 253                                                                                                     |
| 21                                                                                                      | Manipur                                                                                                 | 2515                                                                                                    | 662                                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                                                               | 6459                                                                                                    | 1964                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                                                 | 704                                                                                                     | 344                                                                                                     |
| 24                                                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                                                | 1400                                                                                                    | 310                                                                                                     |
| 25                                                                                                      | Tripura                                                                                                 | 863                                                                                                     | 534                                                                                                     |
| 26                                                                                                      | Odisha                                                                                                  | 47675                                                                                                   | 7615                                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                                      | Punjab                                                                                                  | 12168                                                                                                   | 3409                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                                                              | 5                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                       |
| 29                                                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                                                               | 43264                                                                                                   | 9679                                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                                                              | 15049                                                                                                   | 10154                                                                                                   |
| 31                                                                                                      | Puducherry                                                                                              | 90                                                                                                      | 64                                                                                                      |
| 32                                                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                                                             | 15745                                                                                                   | 2518                                                                                                    |
| 33                                                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                           | 97814                                                                                                   | 15612                                                                                                   |
| 34                                                                                                      | West Bengal                                                                                             | 37469                                                                                                   | 7659                                                                                                    |
| 35                                                                                                      | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                                        | 396                                                                                                     | 85                                                                                                      |
| 36                                                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                                                  | 425                                                                                                     | 197                                                                                                     |
| Total                                                                                                   | Total                                                                                                   | 597608                                                                                                  | 142650                                                                                                  |

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