Lok Sabha Question No. 37 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Aadhaar Card Centres
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dilip Ghosh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 37

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## AADHAAR CARD CENTRES

## 37.   SHRI DILIP GHOSH:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of centres operational for issuing/updating Aadhaar Cards in the country, State/ UT-wise particularly in West Bengal;

(b) the details of new Aadhaar enrolment, updation, figures in West Bengal during the last three years, district wise;

(c) whether there is any mechanism or system through which Aadhaar related grievances/inconveniences/ allegation can be submitted and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the details of any corruption cases/complaints or irregularities received during the last five years from West Bengal and the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and

(e) the details of total funds allocated by the Government to the State of West Bengal for Aadhaar Card services, if any and its utilization thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a): Over 65,000 Aadhaar centres were operational across the country as on 30.11.2022, comprising 88 Aadhaar Seva Kendras run by the Unique Identification Authority of India and other centres run by various  Registrars  appointed  by  the  Authority,  such  as  various  Ministries  and  Departments  of  the Central Government, State Governments, CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, banks and UTI Infrastructure  Technology  and  Services  Limited.  In  addition,  the  facility  of  enrolment  of  children below the age of five  years  and update of mobile number is also  available through  around 33,000 handheld  mobiles  and  tablets,  which  are  operated  by  postmen,  hospital  staff,  etc.  The  State-and Union-territory-wise details of such centres, handheld mobile or tablets and Aadhaar Seva Kendras are at Annexure-1.

(b): During the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 (till October), the number of new Aadhaar generated in the State  of  West  Bengal  was  approximately  51.75  lakh,  and  the  number  of  updates  done  was approximately 3.49 crore. District-wise details are at Annexure-2.

- (c):  Yes,  sir.  The  Authority  has  provided  a  facility  for  residents  to  give  their  suggestion  and feedbacks,  or  to  complain  through  various  channels,  such  as  by  calling  a  toll-free  number  (1947), emailing to help@uidai.gov.in, lodging  complaints through the Authority's portal or writing to  the Authority's offices. Details of the Authority's grievance redressal mechanism are at https://uidai.gov.in/en/contact-support/have-any-question/313-english-uk/faqs/about-uidai/grievanceredressal-mechanism.html.
- (d): Details of complaints received against operators from the State of West Bengal are as under:

| Year   | Number of grievance received   |
|--------|--------------------------------|
| 2017   | 289                            |
| 2018   | 321                            |
| 2019   | 142                            |
| 2020   | 112                            |
| 2021   | 287                            |
| 2022   | 72                             |
| Total  | 1,223                          |

In 133 instances out of the above grievances, operators were found to be involved in corrupt practices. They were suspended, along with imposition of financial penalty.

- (e):  The  Authority  provides  financial  assistance  to  State  Governments  for  procurement  of  Aadhaar enrolment kits. An amount of Rs. 10.23 crore was allotted to the State of West Bengal in the financial year 2021-22 for procurement of 682 Aadhaar enrolment kits.

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## Annexes referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 37, to be answered on 7.12.2022

Annex- 1

## Aadhaar centres

| State / Union territory                  | Aadhaar centres   |
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 23                |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 3,151             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 94                |
| Assam                                    | 2,187             |
| Bihar                                    | 3,598             |
| Chandigarh                               | 104               |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 1,738             |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 42                |
| Delhi                                    | 749               |
| Goa                                      | 81                |
| Gujarat                                  | 3,264             |
| Haryana                                  | 1,580             |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 750               |
| Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh             | 854               |
| Jharkhand                                | 2,733             |
| Karnataka                                | 2,981             |
| Kerala                                   | 2,530             |
| Lakshadweep                              | 14                |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 3,917             |
| Maharashtra                              | 7,430             |
| Manipur                                  | 491               |
| Meghalaya                                | 376               |
| Mizoram                                  | 99                |
| Nagaland                                 | 115               |
| Odisha                                   | 2,619             |
| Puducherry                               | 87                |
| Punjab                                   | 2,049             |
| Rajasthan                                | 3,917             |
| Sikkim                                   | 29                |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 3,367             |
| Telangana                                | 1,686             |
| Tripura                                  | 221               |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 8,857             |
| Uttarakhand                              | 762               |
| West Bengal                              | 2,992             |
| Total                                    | 65,487            |

Source: Unique identification Authority of India

## Handheld mobiles and tablets

| State / Union territory                  | Handheld mobiles and Tablets   |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 3                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 2,732                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 11                             |
| Assam                                    | 191                            |
| Bihar                                    | 903                            |
| Chandigarh                               | 29                             |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 700                            |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 9                              |
| Delhi                                    | 188                            |
| Goa                                      | 68                             |
| Gujarat                                  | 1,537                          |
| Haryana                                  | 396                            |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 642                            |
| Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh             | 283                            |
| Jharkhand                                | 559                            |
| Karnataka                                | 3,437                          |
| Kerala                                   | 1,455                          |
| Lakshadweep                              | 0                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 1,749                          |
| Maharashtra                              | 3,370                          |
| Manipur                                  | 49                             |
| Meghalaya                                | 15                             |
| Mizoram                                  | 21                             |
| Nagaland                                 | 16                             |
| Odisha                                   | 1,998                          |
| Puducherry                               | 8                              |
| Punjab                                   | 302                            |
| Rajasthan                                | 2,240                          |
| Sikkim                                   | 6                              |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 2,797                          |
| Telangana                                | 833                            |
| Tripura                                  | 85                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 4,066                          |
| Uttarakhand                              | 257                            |
| West Bengal                              | 2,194                          |
| Total                                    | 33,149                         |

Source: Unique Identification Authority of India

## Aadhaar Seva Kendras

| S. No.   | State / Union territory                  | City          | Address                                                                                                                     |
|----------|------------------------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                           | Vijaywada     | 39-10-7, Opposite Municipal water Tank, Labbipet, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh                                                |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           | Visakhapatnam | 3rd Floor, Grand Palace, Lane 1, Dwarka Nagar, Vishakhapatnam                                                               |
| 3        | Andhra Pradesh                           | East Godavari | 2nd Floor, Bank of Baroda Building, Opp. Tripura Sundari Temple, Temple Street, Kakinada, Dist - East Godavari, A.P.-533004 |
| 4        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | Itanagar      | Ground Floor, WAlI Apartment (Commercial Complex), VIP Road, Doni Colony, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh - 791111              |
| 5 6      | Assam                                    | Bongaigaon    | Ground Floor, Barpara Road, Near LIC Zonal Office, Bongaigaon, Assam - 783390                                               |
|          | Assam                                    | Dibrugarh     | 3rd Floor, Hotel Indusurya Complex, Opp Old Railway Station, RKB Path, New Market Road, Dibrugarh, Assam - 786001           |
| 7        | Assam                                    | Guwahati      | 3rd Floor, Surekha Square, Lachit Nagar, Ullubari, Guwahati, Assam                                                          |
| 8        | Assam                                    | Lakhimpur     | Ground Floor, Ashrof Ali Path, Near Girls College Road, Khelmati, Ward No. 14, North Lakhimpur - 787031                     |
| 9        | Assam                                    | Silchar       | Ground Floor, Birendra Bhavan, Vivekananda Road, Silchar (Assam)                                                            |
| 10       | Bihar                                    | Bhagalpur     | Presently under shifting to a new location.                                                                                 |
| 11       | Bihar                                    | Muzaffarpur   | First Floor, Purani Sabji Mandi, Main Road, Opp. Central Bank of India, Muzaffarpur - 842 001.                              |
| 12       | Bihar                                    | Patna         | 1 st Floor, Sai Tower, New Dak Bunglow Road, Near Hotel Utsav                                                               |
| 13       | Bihar                                    | Purnea        | Ground Floor, Sri Nayak Hotel Campus, Jail Chowk, Purnea (Bihar) - 854301                                                   |
| 14       | Chhattisgarh                             | Raipur        | T-9/10, Shyam Plaza, Pandri Bus Stand, Main Road, Pandri, Raipur, Chhattisgarh                                              |
| 15       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Silvasa       | Ground Floor, Shradha Complex, Near HDFC Bank Silvasa                                                                       |
| 16       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman         | Ground Floor, Navakar Survey No. 502/1, Daman                                                                               |
| 17       | Delhi                                    | Delhi         | Centre 1. AksharDham Metro Station Delhi                                                                                    |
| 18       | Delhi                                    | Delhi         | Inderlok Metro Station, Inderlok, New Delhi 110 OO9                                                                         |
| 19       | Delhi                                    | Delhi         | 1. B1, G2, Mohan Corporative Industrial Estate, Mohan Estate New Delhi                                                      |
| 20       | Delhi                                    | Dhaula Kuan   | Ground Floor, Dhaula Kuan Metro Station, Dhaula Kuan Enclave-I, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi - 110010                             |
| 21       | Delhi                                    | Kashmere Gate | Ground Floor, Eldeco Metro Mall, Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate Metro Station, New Delhi - 110006                              |

|   22 | Gujarat           | Ahemdabad   | 201& 202 , Shail complex, off. C-G. road, opp. Madhusudan house , Navrangpura telephone exchange, b/H girish cold drink , Ahmedabad- 380009     |
|------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   23 | Gujarat           | Ahmedabad   | Shop No. 210 &231, Second Floor, Maruti Plaza, Bapunagar, Ahmedabad - 380024                                                                    |
|   24 | Gujarat           | Surat       | Shop No. 26-30, Upper Ground Floor, La Citadel Complex, Parvat Patiya, Opp. Ganga Hotel, Surat - 395019                                         |
|   25 | Gujarat           | Surat       | Shop No. G 7&8, Ground Floor, Galaxy Enclave, Near Galaxy Circle, Pal, Adajan, Surat                                                            |
|   26 | Haryana           | Hisar       | lst Floor, Metropolis Mall, opp viduyat sadan, Delhi Road, Hisar, Haryana 125005                                                                |
|   27 | Himanchal Pradesh | Shimla      | C.K. Mall, ISBT Tutikandi, Tutikandi, Shimla, Himachal pradesh 171OO4                                                                           |
|   28 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar    | Ground Floor, NB House, Commercial Complex, Exchange Road, Lal Chowk, Srinagar, J&K - 190001                                                    |
|   29 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu       | Ground Floor, Chanderbagha Muncipal Community Center, Tribal Tillo Area, Jammu 180016                                                           |
|   30 | Jharkhand         | Dhanbaad    | Ground Floor, Shivam Infra &Housing, Behind SLNT College, LC Road, Hirapur, Dhanbad 826001                                                      |
|   31 | Jharkhand         | Dhanbaad    | 1st Floor Univista Tower, Kola Kusma Road, Near Big Bazar (Ozone Gelleria Mall), Saraidhela, Dhanbad, Jharkhand                                 |
|   32 | Jharkhand         | Jamshedpur  | First Floor, House No. 8B, C/o Ritesh Kumar, Old Puruliya Road, Near Skyline Tower, Mango Chowk, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand - 831012 |
|   33 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi      | 2nd Floor, Right wing, Mangal Tower, Near Kantatoli chowk, Kokar Road, Ranchi                                                                   |
|   34 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi      | 4th Floor, Galaxy Mall, Near Piska North, Ratu Road, Ranchi, Jharkhand                                                                          |
|   35 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru   | Grand Majestic Mall, #32, 2nd Cross, 6th Main Gandhi Nagar, Near Majestic Central Bustand, Bangalore 560009                                     |
|   36 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru   | H.No. 36, Patalamma Temple Street, Next to Pai Vista Convention Centre, New South End Circle, Bangalore.                                        |
|   37 | Karnataka         | Devangere   | Vishal Arcade, Upper Ground Floor, 828/1,2,2A,2c,2D, Bank of Baroda Building, Opp Aruna Theatre, P B Road, Davangare, Karnataka 577002          |
|   38 | Karnataka         | Dharwad     | Mandi Plaza, Shop-7, Ground Floor, Opp. K.C. Park Post Office, Haliyal Road, Dharwad - 580008                                                   |
|   39 | Karnataka         | Hubli       | JTK Arihant Appliances Pvt. Ltd. 124/1B Classic Enclave, Chitguppi Prk, Club Road, Hubli-580029 Karnataka                                       |
|   40 | Karnataka         | Mangalore   | Crystal Are, Ist Floor, Balmatta Road, Mangalore, Karnataka - 575001                                                                            |
|   41 | Karnataka         | Mysore      | No. 25, First Floor, Kamakshi Hospital Road, Kuvempunagara North, Saraswathipuram, Mysore 09.                                                   |
|   42 | Karnataka         | Mysore      | House No. 532, Vijayanagar 1 st Stage, New Kalidasa Road, Mysore, Karnataka                                                                     |
|   43 | Kerala            | Kochi       | Ground Floor, Chakos Chambers Pipelines Junction, NH Bypass Civil Line Road, Palarivattom, Kochi, Kerala                                        |

|   44 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal         | lst Floor, Aashima Mall, Danish Nagar, Bawadia Kalan Hoshingabad Road, Bhopal 462026                                                                        |
|------|------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   45 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal         | Plot No. 224, Smriti Tower, zone -1, Maharana Pratap Nagar, Bhopal, MP                                                                                      |
|   46 | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore         | Abhay Prashal/ Khel Prashal, Race Cource Road, Opposite IDA Building, Indore 452001                                                                         |
|   47 | Maharashtra      | Aurangabad     | First Floor, Mulay Tapadiya Complex, Jalna Road, Kailash Nagar, Mondha, Aurangabad, Maharashtra-431001                                                      |
|   48 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai         | Ground Floor, G-06, NIBR Corporate Park, 1 Aerocity, Safedpul, Sakinaka, Mumbai                                                                             |
|   49 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai (Vashi) | First Floor, Tower No. 4, F 103-104, Vashi Station International Infotech Park, Swami, Pranabananda Marg, Sector 30, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra-400703 |
|   50 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur         | Ground Floor, Bilquis Plaza, Passport Office Building, Sadiqabad, Mankapur, Nagpur                                                                          |
|   51 | Maharashtra      | Nashik         | Office No. 101, First Floor, Janki Plaza, above Janki Hardware, Dwarka Chawk, Nashik - 422011                                                               |
|   52 | Maharashtra      | Thane          | Shop No. SA1 to SA4, 2nd Floor, Lake City Mall, Kapurbawadi Junction, Balkum Road, Thane - 400601                                                           |
|   53 | Meghalaya        | Shillong       | First Floor, House No. 24, Rynjah Pohkse, Rynjah Market, Opp Rynjah Dispensary, Shillong 793006                                                             |
|   54 | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar    | Ground Floor, Plot No.176, Behind Sparsh Hospital, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar-751010, Odisha                                                                 |
|   55 | Punjab           | Amritsar       | Vijay Nagar, Batala Road, Amritsar, Punjab 143001                                                                                                           |
|   56 | Punjab           | Chandigarh     | Ground Floor, SCO 57-58-59, Sec 17 A, Chandigarh                                                                                                            |
|   57 | Punjab           | Ludhiana       | SCO 16 , Sector 32A Main market, Chandigarh Road, Ludhiana Punjab-141010                                                                                    |
|   58 | Rajasthan        | Jaipur         | 1st Floor, Orbit Mall, Ajmer Road, Civil Lines Metro Station, Jaipur, Rajasthan                                                                             |
|   59 | Rajasthan        | Jodhpur        | Shop No. SF-15 to 18, 2nd Floor, Royal Ansal Plaza, Court Road, Jodhpur- 342001                                                                             |
|   60 | Rajasthan        | Kota           | 2nd Floor, Aakash Mall, Kota Airport Area, Gumanpura, Kota Rajasthan                                                                                        |
|   61 | Tamil Nadu       | Chennai        | Ten Square Mall Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, Koyambedu City Chennai                                                                                              |
|   62 | Tamil Nadu       | Madurai        | First Floor, P K Towers, 17 G, KK Nagar, Melur Main Road, Opposite District Court, Madurai - 625020                                                         |
|   63 | Telangana        | Hyderabad      | Plot No. 17 to 24/D No. 1-908/RC/G-1 to 403, Near Image Hospital, Vittal Rao Nagar, Madhapur                                                                |
|   64 | Telangana        | Warangal       | Kandakatla Gateway, KU Cross Road, Naimnagar, Warrangal                                                                                                     |
|   65 | Telangana        | Hyderabad      | First Floor, Shop No. S01 &EE01, Moosarambagh, Metro Station, Saroor Nagar, Hyderabad - 500036                                                              |
|   66 | Tripura          | Agartala       | First Floor, AVA market (Commercial Complex), Motor Stand Road, Opp-Petrol Pump, Agartala - 799001                                                          |
|   67 | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra           | 2 nd Floor, Corporate Park, Block No. 109, Sanjay Place, Agra.                                                                                              |

|   68 | Allahabad                | 1. Lower Ground Floor, Vinayak Triveni Tower, Civil Line, Allahabad, UP 211001                                                               |
|------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   69 | Ghaziabad                | Ground floor ,thapar plaza, NH91, panchwati colony, sector5, daulatpura, gaziabad, up-201009                                                 |
|   70 | Gonda                    | Ground Floor, Civil Lines, Ambedkar Chowk, Near SBI Bank, GONDA, U.P. - 271 001                                                              |
|   71 | Gorakhpur                | Second Floor, Above UBI Bank, Dubey Complex, Hanuman Mandir Road, Betiahata, Gorakhpur, U.P. - 273 001                                       |
|   72 | Greater Noida            | Lower Ground Floor, Galaxy Blue Sapphire Plaza, Plot No. C-03, Sector-4, Greater Noida (West), Uttar Pradesh - 201301                        |
|   73 | Kanpur                   | Unit 14-20, 1st Floor, Clyde House, Mall Road, Kanpur-208004                                                                                 |
|   74 | Lucknow                  | Ratan Square, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lalbagh, Lucknow, UP.                                                                                       |
|   75 | Meerut                   | Ground Floor, 313, Delhi Road, Near Union Bank of India, Meerut City, UP                                                                     |
|   76 | Moradabad                | A-17, Ground Floor, Commercial Building, Near ICICI Bank, Gandhi Nagar, Rampur Road, Moradabad - 244 001                                     |
|   77 | Saharanpur               | Ground Floor, Panth Vihar, Opp. Sahiram Hospital, Hasanpur Chowk, Delhi Road, Saharanpur - 247 001.                                          |
|   78 | Varanasi                 | 2nd Floor, Neelambar, D-63/7, C4, mahmoorganj, Varanasi - 221010                                                                             |
|   79 | Dehradun                 | Ground Floor, AD Tower, Khazra No. 261, Mauza Niranjanpur, Pargana Pachwa Doon, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001                                |
|   80 | Dehradun                 | Kailash Tower, First Floor, Municipal No. 22, Amrit Kaur Road, Dehradun 248001 Uttarakhand                                                   |
|   81 | Asansol                  | Ground Floor, Surya Sen Park, 170 G.T. Road (West) Asansol, West Bengal -713304                                                              |
|   82 | Berhampore (Murshidabad) | Ground Floor, Ward No.4, 127/33 Maharaja Nanda Kr Road, P.O. - Khagra, PS - Berhampore, District - Murshidabad - 742103.                     |
|   83 | Cooch Behar              | Ground Floor, Ward BSNL Administrative Building, Near Sagar Dighi, Post Office Cooch Behar, West Bengal - 736101                             |
|   84 | Kolkata                  | 2nd Floor, Webel IT Park, Ankurhati, PO: Makardah;Howrah- 711409, Kolkata, West Bengal                                                       |
|   85 | Kolkata                  | ASYST Park, 37/1, GN Block, Sector-V, Bidhanagar, Kolkata, WB-91                                                                             |
|   86 | Krishna Nagar (Nadia)    | Ground Floor, Webel IT Park, Jahangirpur Mouza/villge under Deypara Gram Panchayat, Krishnanagar - I Subdivision, Nadia- 741101, West Bengal |
|   87 | Malda                    | Ground Floor, DRDC Building, Malda - 732101                                                                                                  |
|   88 | Siliguri                 | Rajami Bagan (North), Beside Hill Cart Road, H. C. Road, Silliguri 734001                                                                    |

Source: Unique Identification Authority of India

Aadhaar generation in West Bengal

| District          | 2020     | 2021      | 2022 (till Oct)   | Total     |
|-------------------|----------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
| Alipurduar        | 6,554    | 39,183    | 33,267            | 79,004    |
| Bankura           | 12,135   | 62,676    | 1,12,738          | 1,87,549  |
| Barddhaman        | 49,873   | 1,96,680  | 1,28,005          | 3,74,558  |
| Birbhum           | 9,607    | 92,501    | 88,026            | 1,90,134  |
| Cooch Behar       | 8,472    | 87,966    | 87,716            | 1,84,154  |
| Dakshin Dinajpur  | 5,045    | 41,165    | 44,662            | 90,872    |
| Darjeeling        | 13,461   | 51,200    | 37,886            | 1,02,547  |
| Hooghly           | 17,803   | 91,356    | 79,796            | 1,88,955  |
| Howrah            | 25,489   | 1,17,376  | 1,03,722          | 2,46,587  |
| Jalpaiguri        | 9,992    | 53,949    | 57,067            | 1,21,008  |
| Jhargram          | -        | -         | 14,198            | 14,198    |
| Kalimpong         | 793      | 4,699     | 4,551             | 10,043    |
| Kolkata           | 23,984   | 83,688    | 67,224            | 1,74,896  |
| Malda             | 38,968   | 1,44,316  | 1,55,169          | 3,38,453  |
| Medinipur         | -        | 2         | 69                | 71        |
| Murshidabad       | 22,967   | 1,99,640  | 3,15,026          | 5,37,633  |
| Nadia             | 27,321   | 1,46,002  | 1,17,781          | 2,91,104  |
| North 24 Parganas | 41,009   | 2,13,043  | 2,23,541          | 4,77,593  |
| Paschim Bardhaman |          |           | 28,018            | 28,018    |
| Paschim Medinipur | 37,820   | 1,32,493  | 1,46,765          | 3,17,078  |
| Purba Bardhaman   | -        | -         | 21,352            | 21,352    |
| Purba Medinipur   | 30,514   | 1,09,921  | 1,43,048          | 2,83,483  |
| Puruliya          | 21,572   | 91,611    | 74,175            | 1,87,358  |
| South 24 Parganas | 45,113   | 2,36,514  | 2,20,297          | 5,01,924  |
| Uttar Dinajpur    | 25,325   | 1,21,026  | 80,840            | 2,27,191  |
| Total             | 4,73,817 | 23,17,007 | 23,84,939         | 51,75,763 |

## Source: Unique Identification Authority of India

| District            | 2020      | 2021        | 2022 (till Oct)   | Total       |
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
| Alipurduar          | 5,487     | 32,963      | 42,991            | 81,441      |
| Amta - II           | -         | 1           | 3                 | 4           |
| Bally Jagachha      | 20        | 53          | 94                | 167         |
| Bankura             | 54,535    | 6,19,638    | 6,67,706          | 13,41,879   |
| Barddhaman          | 2,10,629  | 13,12,360   | 13,58,692         | 28,81,681   |
| Birbhum             | 69,756    | 5,90,685    | 6,10,604          | 12,71,045   |
| Burdwan             | 1         | 10          | 7                 | 18          |
| Cooch Behar         | 37,116    | 3,03,098    | 6,04,616          | 9,44,830    |
| Dakshin Dinajpur    | 39,358    | 1,96,497    | 2,15,457          | 4,51,312    |
| Darjeeling          | 54,160    | 1,79,830    | 3,22,356          | 5,56,346    |
| Domjur              | 4         | 25          | 27                | 56          |
| East Midnapore      | 32,498    | 3,78,785    | 2,50,028          | 6,61,311    |
| Hooghly             | 1,29,567  | 8,13,060    | 11,08,911         | 20,51,538   |
| Howrah              | 1,50,180  | 7,66,861    | 8,05,287          | 17,22,328   |
| Jalpaiguri          | 66,831    | 3,36,256    | 5,79,107          | 9,82,194    |
| Jhargram            | -         | -           | 14,771            | 14,771      |
| Kalimpong           | 1,145     | 4,708       | 6,753             | 12,606      |
| Kolkata             | 1,77,315  | 4,63,237    | 5,66,181          | 12,06,733   |
| Malda               | 2,37,215  | 6,78,733    | 8,11,048          | 17,26,996   |
| Medinipur           | 778       | 2,661       | 1,794             | 5,233       |
| Murshidabad         | 2,06,835  | 17,80,521   | 19,89,123         | 39,76,479   |
| Nadia               | 1,22,437  | 6,43,924    | 11,05,721         | 18,72,082   |
| Naihati Anandabazar | 1         | 8           | 10                | 19          |
| North 24 Parganas   | 2,85,161  | 17,06,978   | 19,32,661         | 39,24,800   |
| North Dinajpur      | -         | 11,253      | 13,733            | 24,986      |
| Paschim Bardhaman   | -         | -           | 44,275            | 44,275      |
| Paschim Medinipur   | 1,33,143  | 11,82,809   | 9,55,809          | 22,71,761   |
| Purba Bardhaman     | -         | -           | 51,767            | 51,767      |
| Purba Medinipur     | 1,42,911  | 11,04,045   | 7,48,943          | 19,95,899   |
| Puruliya            | 55,409    | 3,24,876    | 3,99,244          | 7,79,529    |
| South 24 Parganas   | 2,52,730  | 14,31,571   | 16,04,506         | 32,88,807   |
| South Dinajpur      | 3,418     | 16,799      | 18,664            | 38,881      |
| South DumDum(M)     | 15        | 72          | 91                | 178         |
| Uttar Dinajpur      | 98,357    | 3,16,250    | 3,64,059          | 7,78,666    |
| Total               | 25,67,012 | 1,51,98,567 | 1,71,95,039       | 3,49,60,618 |

Source: Unique identification Authority of India