Lok Sabha Question No. 1620 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Internet in Villages
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1620 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  July, 2022

## INTERNET IN VILLAGES

## †1620. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the target set by the Government to connect all the villages of the country with the internet;
- (b) the State and district-wise details of the number of villages connected with the internet so far; and
- (c) the time by which the remaining villages are likely to be connected with the internet facility?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) to (c) Internet  facility  is  provided  in  the  country  by  the  Government,  the  Telecom  Service Providers (TSPs) and the Internet Service Providers (ISPs)  through wireless mobile and fixed wireline connections  in  phased  manner.  As  per  data  provided  by  Telecom  Service  Providers  and  field  units  of Department of Telecommunications, it is estimated that out of 5,97,618 inhabited villages (as per Census 2011) in the country, mobile wireless coverage has been provided in 5,72,551 villages. The state wise and district wise mobile coverage status of villages of country is given at Annexure .

BharatNet project is being implemented in a phased manner to create a network to connect all the Gram Panchayats (GPs) with broadband in the country. The scope of BharatNet on 30.06.2021 has been extended upto all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country. Timeline of the BharatNet Project is upto 2025.

## State/UT wise and District wise mobile coverage status of the villages of country as on December, 2020

| State/UT and Districts Name   |   Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011 |   No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ANDAMAN&NICOBARISLANDS        |                                                 396 |                                                                  245 |
| Nicobars                      |                                                  90 |                                                                   37 |
| North &Middle Andaman         |                                                 198 |                                                                  108 |
| South Andaman                 |                                                 108 |                                                                  100 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                |                                               16158 |                                                                14371 |
| Anantapur                     |                                                 921 |                                                                  914 |
| Chittoor                      |                                                1455 |                                                                 1446 |
| East Godavari                 |                                                1312 |                                                                 1010 |
| Guntur                        |                                                 691 |                                                                  689 |
| Krishna                       |                                                 934 |                                                                  933 |
| Kurnool                       |                                                 870 |                                                                  863 |
| Prakasam                      |                                                 985 |                                                                  951 |
| Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore   |                                                1093 |                                                                 1084 |
| Srikakulam                    |                                                1701 |                                                                 1608 |
| Visakhapatnam                 |                                                3072 |                                                                 1946 |
| Vizianagaram                  |                                                1452 |                                                                 1294 |
| West Godavari                 |                                                 842 |                                                                  819 |
| Y.S.R.                        |                                                 830 |                                                                  814 |
| Arunachal Pradesh             |                                                5258 |                                                                 3035 |
| Anjaw                         |                                                 278 |                                                                   41 |
| Changlang                     |                                                 347 |                                                                  286 |
| Dibang Valley                 |                                                 134 |                                                                   14 |
| East Kameng                   |                                                 356 |                                                                  225 |
| East Siang                    |                                                 150 |                                                                  122 |
| Kurung Kumey                  |                                                 700 |                                                                  143 |
| Lohit                         |                                                 286 |                                                                  266 |
| Lower Dibang Valley           |                                                 264 |                                                                  178 |
| Lower Subansiri               |                                                 536 |                                                                  378 |
| Papum Pare                    |                                                 455 |                                                                  385 |
| Tawang                        |                                                 218 |                                                                  186 |
| Tirap                         |                                                 189 |                                                                  150 |
| Upper Siang                   |                                                  98 |                                                                   71 |
| Upper Subansiri               |                                                 543 |                                                                  203 |
| West Kameng                   |                                                 260 |                                                                  161 |
| West Siang                    |                                                 444 |                                                                  226 |
| ASSAM                         |                                               25372 |                                                                24756 |
| Baksa                         |                                                 679 |                                                                  679 |
| Barpeta                       |                                                 825 |                                                                  820 |
| Bongaigaon                    |                                                 535 |                                                                  535 |
| Cachar                        |                                                 998 |                                                                  980 |
| Chirang                       |                                                 501 |                                                                  501 |
| Darrang                       |                                                 552 |                                                                  550 |
| Dhemaji                       |                                                1264 |                                                                 1259 |
| Dhubri                        |                                                1052 |                                                                 1052 |
| Dibrugarh                     |                                                1318 |                                                                 1317 |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dima Hasao                    | 676                                                 | 512                                                                  |
| Goalpara                      | 779                                                 | 779                                                                  |
| Golaghat                      | 1032                                                | 1032                                                                 |
| Hailakandi                    | 330                                                 | 326                                                                  |
| Jorhat                        | 763                                                 | 762                                                                  |
| Kamrup                        | 1037                                                | 1011                                                                 |
| Kamrup Metropolitan           | 204                                                 | 204                                                                  |
| Karbi Anglong                 | 2712                                                | 2349                                                                 |
| Karimganj                     | 915                                                 | 915                                                                  |
| Kokrajhar                     | 1053                                                | 1050                                                                 |
| Lakhimpur                     | 1146                                                | 1146                                                                 |
| Morigaon                      | 598                                                 | 597                                                                  |
| Nagaon                        | 1361                                                | 1361                                                                 |
| Nalbari                       | 455                                                 | 455                                                                  |
| Sivasagar                     | 862                                                 | 862                                                                  |
| Sonitpur                      | 1798                                                | 1780                                                                 |
| Tinsukia                      | 1136                                                | 1131                                                                 |
| Udalguri                      | 791                                                 | 791                                                                  |
| BIHAR                         | 39073                                               | 38828                                                                |
| Araria                        | 716                                                 | 716                                                                  |
| Arwal                         | 299                                                 | 299                                                                  |
| Aurangabad Banka              | 1742 1702                                           | 1741 1692                                                            |
| Begusarai                     | 694                                                 | 694                                                                  |
| Bhagalpur                     | 966                                                 | 966                                                                  |
| Bhojpur                       | 997                                                 | 997                                                                  |
| Buxar                         | 835                                                 | 835                                                                  |
| Darbhanga                     | 1069                                                | 1069                                                                 |
| Gaya                          | 2682                                                | 2653                                                                 |
| Gopalganj                     | 1395                                                | 1394                                                                 |
| Jamui                         | 1324                                                | 1292                                                                 |
| Jehanabad                     | 541                                                 | 541                                                                  |
| Kaimur (Bhabua)               | 1337                                                | 1220                                                                 |
| Katihar                       | 1306                                                | 1306                                                                 |
| Khagaria                      | 245                                                 | 245                                                                  |
| Kishanganj                    | 732                                                 | 732                                                                  |
| Lakhisarai                    | 362                                                 | 361                                                                  |
| Madhepura                     | 380                                                 | 380                                                                  |
| Madhubani                     | 1040                                                | 1040                                                                 |
| Munger                        | 534                                                 | 530                                                                  |
| Muzaffarpur                   | 1719                                                | 1719                                                                 |
| Nalanda                       | 1003                                                | 1003                                                                 |
| Nawada                        | 955                                                 | 942                                                                  |
| Pashchim Champaran            | 1365                                                | 1340                                                                 |
| Patna                         | 1264                                                | 1264                                                                 |
| Purba Champaran               | 1252                                                | 1252                                                                 |
| Purnia                        | 1113                                                | 1113                                                                 |
| Rohtas Saharsa                | 1717 445                                            | 1706 445                                                             |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Samastipur                    | 1129                                                | 1129                                                                 |
| Saran                         | 1570                                                | 1570                                                                 |
| Sheikhpura                    | 261                                                 | 261                                                                  |
| Sheohar                       | 191                                                 | 191                                                                  |
| Sitamarhi                     | 808                                                 | 808                                                                  |
| Siwan                         | 1435                                                | 1435                                                                 |
| Supaul                        | 526                                                 | 525                                                                  |
| Vaishali                      | 1422                                                | 1422                                                                 |
| CHANDIGARH                    | 5                                                   | 5                                                                    |
| Chandigarh                    | 5                                                   | 5                                                                    |
| CHHATTISGARH                  | 19567                                               | 17720                                                                |
| Bastar                        | 1128                                                | 1010                                                                 |
| Bijapur                       | 565                                                 | 284                                                                  |
| Bilaspur                      | 1566                                                | 1529                                                                 |
| Dakshin Bastar Dantewada      | 590                                                 | 361                                                                  |
| Dhamtari                      | 619                                                 | 568                                                                  |
| Durg                          | 1761                                                | 1756                                                                 |
| Janjgir - Champa              | 881                                                 | 880                                                                  |
| Jashpur                       | 754                                                 | 668                                                                  |
| Kabeerdham                    | 957                                                 | 901                                                                  |
| Korba                         | 707                                                 | 650                                                                  |
| Koriya                        | 623                                                 | 537                                                                  |
| Mahasamund Narayanpur         | 1112 375                                            | 1103 127                                                             |
| Raigarh                       | 1426                                                | 1390                                                                 |
| Raipur                        | 2094                                                | 1999                                                                 |
| Rajnandgaon                   | 1600                                                | 1473                                                                 |
| Surguja                       | 1746                                                | 1664                                                                 |
| Uttar Bastar Kanker           | 1063                                                | 820                                                                  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli           | 65                                                  | 65                                                                   |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli           | 65                                                  | 65                                                                   |
| DAMAN&DIU                     | 19                                                  | 19                                                                   |
| Daman                         | 15                                                  | 15                                                                   |
| Diu                           | 4                                                   | 4                                                                    |
| GOA                           | 320                                                 | 292                                                                  |
| North Goa                     | 188                                                 | 178                                                                  |
|                               | 132                                                 | 114                                                                  |
| South Goa                     | 17843                                               | 17331                                                                |
| GUJARAT                       | 506                                                 | 500                                                                  |
| Ahmadabad                     | 614                                                 | 608                                                                  |
| Amreli Anand                  | 347                                                 | 347                                                                  |
| Banas Kantha                  | 1233                                                | 1208                                                                 |
| Bharuch                       | 647                                                 |                                                                      |
|                               |                                                     | 636                                                                  |
| Dohad                         | 691                                                 | 683                                                                  |
| Gandhinagar                   | 252                                                 | 252                                                                  |
| Jamnagar                      | 697                                                 | 675                                                                  |
| Junagadh Kachchh              | 901 877                                             | 866 794                                                              |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Kheda                         | 615                                                 | 615                                                                  |
| Mahesana                      | 597                                                 | 597                                                                  |
| Narmada                       | 558                                                 | 491                                                                  |
| Navsari                       | 372                                                 | 370                                                                  |
| Panch Mahals                  | 1198                                                | 1191                                                                 |
| Patan                         | 517                                                 | 511                                                                  |
| Porbandar                     | 179                                                 | 169                                                                  |
| Rajkot                        | 833                                                 | 831                                                                  |
| Sabar Kantha                  | 1364                                                | 1358                                                                 |
| Surat                         | 690                                                 | 685                                                                  |
| Surendranagar                 | 647                                                 | 636                                                                  |
| Tapi                          | 451                                                 | 423                                                                  |
| The Dangs                     | 308                                                 | 210                                                                  |
| Vadodara                      | 1533                                                | 1493                                                                 |
| Valsad                        | 433                                                 | 407                                                                  |
| HARYANA                       | 6642                                                | 6642                                                                 |
| Ambala                        | 461                                                 | 461                                                                  |
| Bhiwani                       | 442                                                 | 442                                                                  |
| Faridabad                     | 144                                                 | 144                                                                  |
| Fatehabad                     | 245                                                 | 245                                                                  |
| Gurgaon                       | 229                                                 | 229                                                                  |
| Hisar Jhajjar                 | 268 247                                             | 268 247                                                              |
| Jind                          | 302                                                 | 302                                                                  |
| Kaithal                       | 267                                                 | 267                                                                  |
| Karnal                        | 417                                                 | 417                                                                  |
| Kurukshetra                   | 407                                                 | 407                                                                  |
| Mahendragarh                  | 369                                                 | 369                                                                  |
| Mewat                         | 412                                                 | 412                                                                  |
| Palwal                        | 268                                                 | 268                                                                  |
| Panchkula                     | 206                                                 | 206                                                                  |
| Panipat                       | 176                                                 | 176                                                                  |
| Rewari                        | 389                                                 | 389                                                                  |
| Rohtak                        | 136                                                 | 136                                                                  |
| Sirsa                         | 327                                                 | 327                                                                  |
| Sonipat                       | 319                                                 | 319                                                                  |
| Yamunanagar                   | 611                                                 | 611                                                                  |
| HIMACHALPRADESH               | 17882                                               | 17499                                                                |
| Bilaspur                      | 953                                                 | 952                                                                  |
| Chamba                        | 1110                                                | 974                                                                  |
| Hamirpur                      | 1671                                                | 1671                                                                 |
| Kangra                        | 3617                                                | 3602                                                                 |
| Kinnaur                       |                                                     |                                                                      |
|                               | 241                                                 | 215                                                                  |
| Lahul &Spiti                  | 280                                                 | 187                                                                  |
| Mandi                         | 2850                                                | 2773                                                                 |
| Shimla                        | 2705                                                | 2681                                                                 |
| Sirmaur                       | 968                                                 | 965                                                                  |
| Solan                         | 2383                                                | 2383                                                                 |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Una                           | 790                                                 | 789                                                                  |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR                 | 6101                                                | 5947                                                                 |
| Anantnag                      | 335                                                 | 334                                                                  |
| Badgam                        | 462                                                 | 462                                                                  |
| Bandipore                     | 119                                                 | 96                                                                   |
| Baramula                      | 509                                                 | 488                                                                  |
| Doda                          | 402                                                 | 395                                                                  |
| Ganderbal                     | 113                                                 | 113                                                                  |
| Jammu                         | 780                                                 | 779                                                                  |
| Kathua                        | 496                                                 | 489                                                                  |
| Kishtwar                      | 155                                                 | 119                                                                  |
| Kulgam                        | 226                                                 | 226                                                                  |
| Kupwara                       | 353                                                 | 336                                                                  |
| Pulwama                       | 319                                                 | 319                                                                  |
| Punch                         | 170                                                 | 166                                                                  |
| Rajouri                       | 375                                                 | 364                                                                  |
| Ramban                        | 127                                                 | 124                                                                  |
| Reasi                         | 253                                                 | 238                                                                  |
| Samba                         | 345                                                 | 343                                                                  |
| Shupiyan                      | 226                                                 | 226                                                                  |
| Srinagar                      | 11                                                  | 11                                                                   |
| Udhampur                      | 325                                                 | 319                                                                  |
| JHARKHAND Bokaro              | 29492 611                                           | 28348 608                                                            |
| Chatra                        | 1377                                                | 1303                                                                 |
| Deoghar                       | 2354                                                | 2354                                                                 |
| Dhanbad                       | 1075                                                | 1075                                                                 |
| Dumka                         | 2688                                                | 2663                                                                 |
| Garhwa                        | 844                                                 | 792                                                                  |
| Giridih                       | 2558                                                | 2541                                                                 |
| Godda                         | 1688                                                | 1626                                                                 |
| Gumla                         | 942                                                 | 853                                                                  |
| Hazaribagh                    | 1193                                                | 1159                                                                 |
| Jamtara                       | 1082                                                | 1078                                                                 |
| Khunti                        | 754                                                 | 703                                                                  |
| Kodarma                       | 577                                                 | 550                                                                  |
| Latehar                       | 749                                                 | 666                                                                  |
| Lohardaga                     | 352                                                 | 327                                                                  |
| Pakur                         | 1141                                                | 1097                                                                 |
| Palamu                        | 1711                                                | 1651                                                                 |
| Pashchimi Singhbhum           | 1642                                                | 1405                                                                 |
| Purbi Singhbhum               | 1609                                                | 1552                                                                 |
| Ramgarh                       | 305                                                 | 302                                                                  |
| Ranchi                        | 1296                                                | 1290                                                                 |
| Sahibganj                     | 1349                                                | 1272                                                                 |
| Saraikela-Kharsawan           | 1146                                                | 1105                                                                 |
| Simdega                       | 449                                                 | 376                                                                  |
| KARNATAKA                     | 27397                                               | 26956                                                                |
| Bagalkot                      | 613                                                 | 611                                                                  |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bangalore                     | 562                                                 | 562                                                                  |
| Bangalore Rural               | 957                                                 | 956                                                                  |
| Belgaum                       | 1263                                                | 1236                                                                 |
| Bellary                       | 522                                                 | 517                                                                  |
| Bidar                         | 595                                                 | 590                                                                  |
| Bijapur                       | 679                                                 | 678                                                                  |
| Chamarajanagar                | 428                                                 | 415                                                                  |
| Chikkaballapura               | 1324                                                | 1318                                                                 |
| Chikmagalur                   | 1022                                                | 994                                                                  |
| Chitradurga                   | 948                                                 | 945                                                                  |
| Dakshina Kannada              | 331                                                 | 329                                                                  |
| Davanagere                    | 800                                                 | 797                                                                  |
| Dharwad                       | 361                                                 | 360                                                                  |
| Gadag                         | 322                                                 | 321                                                                  |
| Gulbarga                      | 871                                                 | 868                                                                  |
| Hassan                        | 2418                                                | 2407                                                                 |
| Haveri                        | 696                                                 | 695                                                                  |
| Kodagu                        | 291                                                 | 280                                                                  |
| Kolar                         | 1608                                                | 1605                                                                 |
| Koppal                        | 595                                                 | 594                                                                  |
| Mandya                        | 1368                                                | 1365 1193                                                            |
| Mysore Raichur                | 1199 815                                            | 813                                                                  |
| Ramanagara                    | 820                                                 | 807                                                                  |
| Shimoga                       | 1444                                                | 1371                                                                 |
| Tumkur                        | 2582                                                | 2578                                                                 |
| Udupi                         | 233                                                 | 233                                                                  |
| Uttara Kannada                | 1243                                                | 1034                                                                 |
| Yadgir                        | 487                                                 | 484                                                                  |
| KERALA                        | 1017                                                | 1017                                                                 |
| Alappuzha                     | 51                                                  | 51                                                                   |
| Ernakulam                     | 61                                                  | 61                                                                   |
| Idukki                        | 64                                                  | 64                                                                   |
|                               | 56                                                  | 56                                                                   |
| Kannur Kasaragod              | 93                                                  | 93                                                                   |
| Kollam                        | 69                                                  | 69                                                                   |
| Kottayam                      | 80 51                                               | 80 51                                                                |
| Kozhikode                     | 83                                                  | 83                                                                   |
| Malappuram                    |                                                     |                                                                      |
| Palakkad                      | 131                                                 | 131                                                                  |
| Pathanamthitta                | 64                                                  | 64 68                                                                |
| Thiruvananthapuram            | 68                                                  |                                                                      |
| Thrissur Wayanad              | 98 48                                               | 98 48                                                                |
| Ladakh                        | 236                                                 | 172                                                                  |
| Kargil                        | 125                                                 | 86                                                                   |
| Leh(Ladakh)                   | 111                                                 | 86                                                                   |
| LAKSHADWEEP                   | 6                                                   | 5                                                                    |
| Lakshadweep                   | 6                                                   | 5                                                                    |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MADHYAPRADESH                 | 51929                                               | 49317                                                                |
| Alirajpur                     | 538                                                 | 476                                                                  |
| Anuppur                       | 562                                                 | 528                                                                  |
| Ashoknagar                    | 818                                                 | 794                                                                  |
| Balaghat                      | 1272                                                | 1147                                                                 |
| Barwani                       | 696                                                 | 625                                                                  |
| Betul                         | 1344                                                | 1134                                                                 |
| Bhind                         | 890                                                 | 887                                                                  |
| Bhopal                        | 501                                                 | 488                                                                  |
| Burhanpur                     | 261                                                 | 237                                                                  |
| Chhatarpur                    | 1085                                                | 1028                                                                 |
| Chhindwara                    | 1906                                                | 1723                                                                 |
| Damoh                         | 1176                                                | 1095                                                                 |
| Datia                         | 586                                                 | 583                                                                  |
| Dewas                         | 1057                                                | 1032                                                                 |
| Dhar                          | 1477                                                | 1434                                                                 |
| Dindori                       | 901                                                 | 725                                                                  |
| Guna                          | 1264                                                | 1205                                                                 |
| Gwalior                       | 618                                                 | 600                                                                  |
| Harda                         | 511                                                 | 459                                                                  |
| Hoshangabad                   | 921                                                 | 840                                                                  |
| Indore                        | 614                                                 | 606                                                                  |
| Jhabua                        | 783                                                 | 780                                                                  |
| Katni                         | 905                                                 | 893                                                                  |
| Khandwa (East Nimar)          | 711                                                 | 675                                                                  |
| Khargone (West Nimar)         | 1194                                                | 1140                                                                 |
| Mandla                        | 1203                                                | 1088                                                                 |
| Mandsaur                      | 893                                                 | 887                                                                  |
| Morena                        | 775                                                 | 754                                                                  |
| Narsimhapur                   | 1035                                                | 997                                                                  |
| Neemuch                       | 675                                                 | 642                                                                  |
| Panna                         | 947                                                 | 855                                                                  |
| Raisen                        | 1424                                                | 1358                                                                 |
| Rajgarh                       | 1677                                                | 1659                                                                 |
| Ratlam                        | 1053                                                | 1021                                                                 |
| Rewa                          | 2408                                                | 2390                                                                 |
| Sagar                         | 1901                                                | 1837                                                                 |
| Satna                         | 1799                                                | 1748                                                                 |
| Sehore                        | 1031                                                | 998                                                                  |
| Seoni                         | 1579                                                | 1490                                                                 |
| Shahdol                       | 814                                                 | 766                                                                  |
| Shajapur                      | 1071                                                | 1067                                                                 |
| Sheopur                       | 516                                                 | 445                                                                  |
| Shivpuri                      | 1305                                                | 1234                                                                 |
| Sidhi                         | 1025                                                | 942                                                                  |
| SINGRAULI                     | 727                                                 | 630                                                                  |
| Tikamgarh Ujjain              | 878 1095                                            | 873 1095                                                             |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Umaria                        | 594                                                 | 547                                                                  |
| Vidisha                       | 1536                                                | 1503                                                                 |
| Maharashtra                   | 40959                                               | 38631                                                                |
| Ahmadnagar                    | 1581                                                | 1579                                                                 |
| Akola                         | 864                                                 | 850                                                                  |
| Amravati                      | 1637                                                | 1504                                                                 |
| Aurangabad                    | 1314                                                | 1301                                                                 |
| Bhandara                      | 771                                                 | 757                                                                  |
| Bid                           | 1357                                                | 1332                                                                 |
| Buldana                       | 1300                                                | 1280                                                                 |
| Chandrapur                    | 1463                                                | 1384                                                                 |
| Dhule                         | 674                                                 | 658                                                                  |
| Gadchiroli                    | 1509                                                | 907                                                                  |
| Gondiya                       | 883                                                 | 847                                                                  |
| Hingoli                       | 675                                                 | 670                                                                  |
| Jalgaon                       | 1487                                                | 1459                                                                 |
| Jalna                         | 958                                                 | 957                                                                  |
| Kolhapur                      | 1195                                                | 1159                                                                 |
| Latur                         | 928                                                 | 925                                                                  |
| Nagpur                        | 1617                                                | 1540                                                                 |
| Nanded                        | 1541                                                | 1523                                                                 |
| Nandurbar                     | 930                                                 | 744                                                                  |
| Nashik                        | 1919                                                | 1753                                                                 |
| Osmanabad                     | 728                                                 | 725                                                                  |
| Parbhani                      | 830                                                 | 823                                                                  |
| Pune                          | 1852                                                | 1736                                                                 |
| Raigarh                       | 1860                                                | 1743                                                                 |
| Ratnagiri Sangli              | 1531 725                                            | 1364                                                                 |
| Satara                        |                                                     | 719                                                                  |
|                               | 1719                                                | 1602                                                                 |
| Sindhudurg                    | 740                                                 | 643                                                                  |
| Solapur                       | 1143                                                | 1135                                                                 |
| Thane                         | 1704                                                | 1570                                                                 |
| Wardha                        | 973                                                 | 963                                                                  |
| Washim                        | 698                                                 | 684                                                                  |
| Yavatmal                      | 1853                                                | 1795                                                                 |
| MANIPUR                       | 2515                                                | 2052                                                                 |
| Bishnupur                     | 48                                                  | 48                                                                   |
| Chandel                       | 430                                                 | 314 451                                                              |
| Churachandpur                 | 596                                                 |                                                                      |
| Imphal East                   | 191                                                 | 187                                                                  |
| Imphal West                   | 107                                                 | 107                                                                  |
| Senapati                      | 669                                                 | 585                                                                  |
| Tamenglong                    | 174                                                 | 102                                                                  |
| Thoubal                       | 87                                                  | 87                                                                   |
|                               | 6459                                                | 4785                                                                 |
| Meghalaya East Garo Hills     | 1058                                                | 748                                                                  |
| East Khasi Hills              | 923                                                 | 811                                                                  |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jaintia Hills                 | 498                                                 | 411                                                                  |
| Ribhoi                        | 579                                                 | 410                                                                  |
| South Garo Hills              | 731                                                 | 409                                                                  |
| West Garo Hills               | 1577                                                | 1390                                                                 |
| West Khasi Hills              | 1093                                                | 606                                                                  |
| MIZORAM                       | 704                                                 | 498                                                                  |
| Aizawl                        | 94                                                  | 73                                                                   |
| Champhai                      | 83                                                  | 53                                                                   |
| Kolasib                       | 34                                                  | 26                                                                   |
| Lawngtlai                     | 159                                                 | 127                                                                  |
| Lunglei                       | 161                                                 | 91                                                                   |
| Mamit                         | 86                                                  | 64                                                                   |
| Saiha                         | 52                                                  | 36                                                                   |
| Serchhip                      | 35                                                  | 28                                                                   |
| NAGALAND                      | 1400                                                | 1256                                                                 |
| Mon                           | 131                                                 | 115                                                                  |
| Dimapur                       | 219                                                 | 219                                                                  |
| Kiphire                       | 90                                                  | 68                                                                   |
| Kohima                        | 105                                                 | 101                                                                  |
| Longleng                      | 49                                                  | 49                                                                   |
| Mokokchung Peren              | 107 102                                             | 104 89                                                               |
| Phek                          | 117                                                 | 115                                                                  |
| Tuensang                      | 138                                                 | 110                                                                  |
| Wokha                         | 151                                                 | 136                                                                  |
| Zunheboto                     | 191                                                 | 150                                                                  |
| NCT OF DELHI                  | 103                                                 | 103                                                                  |
| East                          | 1                                                   | 1                                                                    |
| North                         | 2                                                   | 2                                                                    |
| North East                    | 8                                                   | 8                                                                    |
| North West                    | 48                                                  | 48                                                                   |
| South                         | 3                                                   | 3                                                                    |
| South West                    | 39                                                  | 39                                                                   |
| West                          | 2                                                   | 2                                                                    |
| ODISHA                        | 47677                                               | 41578                                                                |
| Anugul                        | 1654                                                | 1558 1731                                                            |
| Balangir                      | 1751                                                |                                                                      |
| Baleshwar                     | 2635                                                | 2635                                                                 |
| Bargarh                       | 1179                                                | 1161                                                                 |
| Baudh                         | 1117                                                | 975                                                                  |
| Bhadrak                       | 1250                                                | 1250                                                                 |
| Cuttack                       | 1856                                                | 1834                                                                 |
| Debagarh                      | 718                                                 | 640                                                                  |
| Dhenkanal                     | 1081                                                | 1060                                                                 |
| Gajapati                      | 1499                                                | 920                                                                  |
| Ganjam                        | 2783                                                | 2608                                                                 |
| Jagatsinghapur                | 1223                                                | 1223                                                                 |
| Jajapur Jharsuguda            | 1598 347                                            | 1594 347                                                             |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Kalahandi                     | 2116                                                | 1627                                                                 |
| Kandhamal                     | 2417                                                | 1082                                                                 |
| Kendrapara                    | 1415                                                | 1410                                                                 |
| Kendujhar                     | 2064                                                | 1938                                                                 |
| Khordha                       | 1356                                                | 1349                                                                 |
| Koraput                       | 1941                                                | 1218                                                                 |
| Malkangiri                    | 995                                                 | 583                                                                  |
| Mayurbhanj                    | 3751                                                | 3573                                                                 |
| Nabarangapur                  | 868                                                 | 830                                                                  |
| Nayagarh                      | 1541                                                | 1308                                                                 |
| Nuapada                       | 656                                                 | 615                                                                  |
| Puri                          | 1600                                                | 1600                                                                 |
| Rayagada                      | 2468                                                | 1428                                                                 |
| Sambalpur                     | 1229                                                | 1123                                                                 |
| Subarnapur                    | 856                                                 | 847                                                                  |
| Sundargarh                    | 1713                                                | 1511                                                                 |
| PUDUCHERRY                    | 90                                                  | 90                                                                   |
| Karaikal                      | 28                                                  | 28                                                                   |
| Puducherry                    | 62                                                  | 62                                                                   |
| Punjab                        | 12168                                               | 12168                                                                |
| Amritsar Barnala              | 703 127                                             | 703 127                                                              |
| Bathinda                      | 279                                                 | 279                                                                  |
| Faridkot                      | 163                                                 | 163                                                                  |
| Fatehgarh Sahib               | 442                                                 | 442                                                                  |
| Firozpur                      | 955                                                 | 955                                                                  |
| Gurdaspur                     | 1515                                                | 1515                                                                 |
| Hoshiarpur                    | 1385                                                | 1385                                                                 |
| Jalandhar                     | 922                                                 | 922                                                                  |
| Kapurthala                    | 612                                                 | 612                                                                  |
| Ludhiana                      | 885                                                 | 885                                                                  |
| Mansa                         | 238                                                 | 238                                                                  |
| Moga                          | 319                                                 | 319                                                                  |
| Muktsar                       | 233                                                 | 233                                                                  |
| Patiala                       | 895                                                 | 895                                                                  |
| Rupnagar                      | 591                                                 | 591                                                                  |
| Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar    | 403                                                 | 403                                                                  |
| Sangrur                       | 564                                                 | 564                                                                  |
| Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar     | 458                                                 | 458                                                                  |
| Tarn Taran                    | 479                                                 | 479                                                                  |
| RAJASTHAN                     | 43264                                               | 42323                                                                |
| Ajmer                         | 1099                                                | 1097                                                                 |
| Alwar                         | 2021                                                | 2003                                                                 |
| Baran                         | 1114                                                | 1081                                                                 |
| Barmer                        | 2452                                                | 2347                                                                 |
| Bharatpur                     | 1432                                                | 1432                                                                 |
| Bikaner                       | 857                                                 | 800                                                                  |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bundi                         | 867                                                 | 854                                                                  |
| Chittaurgarh                  | 1581                                                | 1521                                                                 |
| Churu                         | 873                                                 | 867                                                                  |
| Dausa                         | 1079                                                | 1077                                                                 |
| Dhaulpur                      | 801                                                 | 778                                                                  |
| Dungarpur                     | 972                                                 | 970                                                                  |
| Ganganagar                    | 2855                                                | 2819                                                                 |
| Hanumangarh                   | 1831                                                | 1828                                                                 |
| Jaipur                        | 2126                                                | 2123                                                                 |
| Jaisalmer                     | 756                                                 | 554                                                                  |
| Jalor                         | 791                                                 | 788                                                                  |
| Jhalawar                      | 1488                                                | 1460                                                                 |
| Jhunjhunun                    | 926                                                 | 926                                                                  |
| Jodhpur                       | 1836                                                | 1817                                                                 |
| Karauli                       | 851                                                 | 801                                                                  |
| Kota                          | 805                                                 | 804                                                                  |
| Nagaur                        | 1575                                                | 1573                                                                 |
| Pali                          | 1017                                                | 998                                                                  |
| Pratapgarh                    | 970                                                 | 931                                                                  |
| Rajsamand                     | 1037                                                | 1035                                                                 |
| Sawai Madhopur                | 758                                                 | 744                                                                  |
| Sikar                         | 1162                                                | 1156                                                                 |
| Sirohi Tonk                   | 470 1116                                            | 444 1115                                                             |
| Udaipur                       | 2471                                                | 2319                                                                 |
| SIKKIM                        | 425                                                 | 415                                                                  |
| East District                 | 114                                                 | 113                                                                  |
| North District                | 52                                                  | 44                                                                   |
| South District                | 140                                                 | 139                                                                  |
|                               | 119                                                 |                                                                      |
| West District                 |                                                     | 119                                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu Ariyalur           | 15049 189                                           | 15000 189                                                            |
| Coimbatore                    | 219                                                 | 218                                                                  |
|                               |                                                     | 799                                                                  |
| Cuddalore                     | 799 448                                             | 446                                                                  |
| Dharmapuri Dindigul           |                                                     | 328                                                                  |
|                               | 330                                                 |                                                                      |
| Erode                         | 287 962                                             | 283                                                                  |
| Kancheepuram                  | 56                                                  | 962                                                                  |
| Kanniyakumari                 |                                                     | 56                                                                   |
| Karur                         | 169                                                 | 169                                                                  |
| Krishnagiri                   | 602 526                                             | 600                                                                  |
| Madurai                       |                                                     | 525                                                                  |
| Nagapattinam Namakkal         | 486 362                                             | 486 359                                                              |
| Perambalur                    | 147                                                 | 147                                                                  |
| Pudukkottai                   | 732                                                 | 732                                                                  |
| Ramanathapuram                | 383                                                 | 383                                                                  |
| Salem Sivaganga               | 517 508                                             | 512 508                                                              |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Thanjavur                     | 789                                                 | 789                                                                  |
| The Nilgiris                  | 40                                                  | 40                                                                   |
| Theni                         | 80                                                  | 75                                                                   |
| Thiruvallur                   | 582                                                 | 581                                                                  |
| Thiruvarur                    | 538                                                 | 538                                                                  |
| Thoothukkudi                  | 432                                                 | 432                                                                  |
| Tiruchirappalli               | 431                                                 | 431                                                                  |
| Tirunelveli                   | 430                                                 | 429                                                                  |
| Tiruppur                      | 297                                                 | 295                                                                  |
| Tiruvannamalai                | 1039                                                | 1029                                                                 |
| Vellore                       | 763                                                 | 761                                                                  |
| Viluppuram                    | 1431                                                | 1423                                                                 |
| Virudhunagar                  | 475                                                 | 475                                                                  |
| Telangana                     | 10128                                               | 9975                                                                 |
| Adilabad                      | 1590                                                | 1573                                                                 |
| Karimnagar                    | 1037                                                | 1034                                                                 |
| Khammam                       | 1103                                                | 989                                                                  |
| Mahbubnagar                   | 1465                                                | 1463                                                                 |
| Medak                         | 1201                                                | 1201                                                                 |
| Nalgonda                      | 1107                                                | 1101                                                                 |
| Nizamabad                     | 847                                                 | 847                                                                  |
| Rangareddy                    | 817                                                 | 817                                                                  |
| Warangal                      | 961                                                 | 950                                                                  |
| TRIPURA                       | 863                                                 | 832                                                                  |
| Dhalai                        | 148                                                 | 131                                                                  |
| North Tripura                 | 166                                                 | 158                                                                  |
| South Tripura                 | 268                                                 | 262                                                                  |
| West Tripura                  | 281                                                 | 281                                                                  |
| UTTAR PRADESH                 | 97813                                               | 97486                                                                |
| Agra                          | 892 1170                                            | 891 1170                                                             |
| Aligarh                       |                                                     |                                                                      |
| Allahabad                     | 2809                                                | 2808                                                                 |
| Ambedkar Nagar                | 1649                                                | 1649                                                                 |
| Auraiya                       | 769                                                 | 734                                                                  |
| Azamgarh                      | 3800                                                | 3800                                                                 |
| Baghpat                       | 290                                                 | 290                                                                  |
| Bahraich                      | 1359                                                | 1349                                                                 |
| Ballia                        | 1843                                                | 1843                                                                 |
|                               | 998                                                 | 979                                                                  |
| Balrampur                     |                                                     | 657                                                                  |
| Banda Bara Banki              | 657 1817                                            | 1817                                                                 |
| Bareilly Basti                | 3160                                                | 3160                                                                 |
|                               | 1855                                                | 1854                                                                 |
| Bijnor                        | 2186 1785                                           | 2186 1776                                                            |
| Budaun Bulandshahr            | 1174                                                | 1174                                                                 |
| Chandauli                     | 1425                                                | 1412                                                                 |
| Chitrakoot                    | 562                                                 | 545                                                                  |
| Deoria                        | 2019                                                | 2019                                                                 |

| State/UT and Districts Name   | Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011   | No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data   |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Etah                          | 853                                                 | 852                                                                  |
| Etawah                        | 686                                                 | 664                                                                  |
| Faizabad                      | 1235                                                | 1235                                                                 |
| Farrukhabad                   | 872                                                 | 872                                                                  |
| Fatehpur                      | 1352                                                | 1352                                                                 |
| Firozabad                     | 790                                                 | 790                                                                  |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar           | 304                                                 | 302                                                                  |
| Ghaziabad                     | 511                                                 | 511                                                                  |
| Ghazipur                      | 2740                                                | 2740                                                                 |
| Gonda                         | 1812                                                | 1812                                                                 |
| Gorakhpur                     | 2937                                                | 2937                                                                 |
| Hamirpur                      | 497                                                 | 497                                                                  |
| Hardoi                        | 1907                                                | 1907                                                                 |
| Jalaun                        | 942                                                 | 938                                                                  |
| Jaunpur                       | 3287                                                | 3287                                                                 |
| Jhansi                        | 745                                                 | 739                                                                  |
| Jyotiba Phule Nagar           | 959                                                 | 959                                                                  |
| Kannauj                       | 688                                                 | 688                                                                  |
| Kanpur Dehat                  | 966                                                 | 966                                                                  |
| Kanpur Nagar                  | 902                                                 | 902                                                                  |
| Kanshiram Nagar               | 650                                                 | 649                                                                  |
| Kaushambi Kheri               | 729 1706                                            | 729 1666                                                             |
| Kushinagar                    | 1579                                                | 1578                                                                 |
| Lalitpur                      | 691                                                 | 673                                                                  |
| Lucknow                       | 803                                                 | 803                                                                  |
| Mahamaya Nagar                | 655                                                 | 655                                                                  |
| Mahoba                        | 435                                                 | 429                                                                  |
| Mahrajganj                    | 1212                                                | 1210                                                                 |
| Mainpuri                      | 820                                                 | 820                                                                  |
| Mathura                       | 730                                                 | 730                                                                  |
| Mau                           | 1499                                                | 1499                                                                 |
| Meerut                        | 604                                                 | 602                                                                  |
| Mirzapur                      | 1745                                                | 1734                                                                 |
| Moradabad                     | 1550                                                | 1550                                                                 |
| Muzaffarnagar                 | 880                                                 | 880                                                                  |
| Pilibhit                      | 1295                                                | 1247                                                                 |
| Pratapgarh                    | 2183                                                | 2183                                                                 |
| Rae Bareli                    | 1733                                                | 1733                                                                 |
| Rampur                        | 1108                                                | 1108                                                                 |
| Saharanpur                    | 1243                                                | 1243                                                                 |
| Sant Kabir Nagar              | 1582                                                | 1582                                                                 |
| Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi)  | 1087                                                | 1087                                                                 |
| Shahjahanpur                  | 2088                                                | 2087                                                                 |
| Shrawasti                     | 509                                                 | 504                                                                  |
| Siddharthnagar                | 2336                                                | 2336                                                                 |
| Sitapur                       | 2317                                                | 2317                                                                 |
| Sonbhadra Sultanpur           | 1391 2498                                           | 1340 2498                                                            |

| State/UT and Districts Name   |   Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011 |   No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Unnao                         |                                                1693 |                                                                 1693 |
| Varanasi                      |                                                1258 |                                                                 1258 |
| UTTARAKHAND                   |                                               15745 |                                                                15319 |
| Almora                        |                                                2184 |                                                                 2174 |
| Bageshwar                     |                                                 874 |                                                                  830 |
| Chamoli                       |                                                1170 |                                                                 1101 |
| Champawat                     |                                                 662 |                                                                  621 |
| Dehradun                      |                                                 731 |                                                                  731 |
| Garhwal                       |                                                3142 |                                                                 3074 |
| Hardwar                       |                                                 518 |                                                                  517 |
| Nainital                      |                                                1097 |                                                                 1049 |
| Pithoragarh                   |                                                1572 |                                                                 1478 |
| Rudraprayag                   |                                                 653 |                                                                  645 |
| Tehri Garhwal                 |                                                1774 |                                                                 1769 |
| Udham Singh Nagar             |                                                 674 |                                                                  673 |
| Uttarkashi                    |                                                 694 |                                                                  657 |
| West Bengal                   |                                               37478 |                                                                37470 |
| Bankura                       |                                                3585 |                                                                 3585 |
| Barddhaman                    |                                                2418 |                                                                 2418 |
| Birbhum                       |                                                2243 |                                                                 2243 |
| Dakshin Dinajpur              |                                                1582 |                                                                 1582 |
| Darjiling                     |                                                 616 |                                                                  613 |
| Haora                         |                                                 644 |                                                                  644 |
| Hugli                         |                                                1842 |                                                                 1842 |
| Jalpaiguri                    |                                                 718 |                                                                  714 |
| Koch Bihar                    |                                                1132 |                                                                 1132 |
| Maldah                        |                                                1614 |                                                                 1614 |
| Murshidabad                   |                                                1886 |                                                                 1885 |
| Nadia                         |                                                1216 |                                                                 1216 |
| North Twenty Four Parganas    |                                                1519 |                                                                 1519 |
| Paschim Medinipur             |                                                7601 |                                                                 7601 |
| Purba Medinipur               |                                                2932 |                                                                 2932 |
| Puruliya                      |                                                2459 |                                                                 2459 |
| South Twenty Four Parganas    |                                                1996 |                                                                 1996 |
| Uttar Dinajpur                |                                                1475 |                                                                 1475 |
| Total                         |                                              597618 |                                                               572551 |

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