Lok Sabha Question No. 4589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Regions deprived of Telecommunication Facilities
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: R.K. Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4589 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  MARCH, 2022

## REGIONS DEPRIVED OF TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES

## †4589. SHRI R.K. SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  have  conducted  any  study  to  identify  the  regions  deprived  of telecommunication (phone/internet network) facilities in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; district-wise including Banda, Chitrakoot and Bundelkhand districts; and
- (c) the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for  providing  telecommunications facilities across the country including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) As  per  data  provided  by  Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSPs)  and  field  units  of  the Department of Telecommunications as of December 2020, it is estimated that out of 5,97,618 inhabited census villages in the country (as per Census 2011), 5,72,551 villages are having mobile coverage. Further in the state of Uttar Pradesh, out of 97813 inhabited census village (census-2011) 97486 villages are having mobile connectivity. The remaining uncovered villages of the country, including the state of Uttar Pradesh, are being covered by the Government, under USOF scheme, and Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in a phased manner. Government is implementing various schemes under Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to enhance telecom connectivity in the rural areas of the country including the regions deprived of Telecommunication facilities. The scope of BharatNet project has been recently extended up to all inhabited villages beyond Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country. The mobile connectivity is extended in a phased manner to the uncovered villages through Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for North Eastern Region (NER) and areas affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), Border areas, Aspirational Districts and Islands. District-wise details of mobile coverage in the state of Uttar Pradesh is attached as Annexure-I.

Annexure-I Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part(a  to  c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4589  to  be answered  on  30 th   March,  2022  raised  by  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  regarding  'Regions deprived of Telecommunication facilities '

| District- wise details of mobile coverage in the state of Uttar Pradesh   | District- wise details of mobile coverage in the state of Uttar Pradesh   | District- wise details of mobile coverage in the state of Uttar Pradesh   | District- wise details of mobile coverage in the state of Uttar Pradesh      | District- wise details of mobile coverage in the state of Uttar Pradesh   |
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| Sr. No.                                                                   | District Name*                                                            | Total No. of inhabited villages as per Census 2011                        | No. of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per December 2020 data | No of Uncovered Villages as per December, 2020 data                       |
| 1                                                                         | Agra                                                                      | 892                                                                       | 891                                                                          | 1                                                                         |
| 2                                                                         | Aligarh                                                                   | 1170                                                                      | 1170                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 3                                                                         | Allahabad                                                                 | 2809                                                                      | 2808                                                                         | 1                                                                         |
| 4                                                                         | Ambedkar Nagar                                                            | 1649                                                                      | 1649                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 5                                                                         | Auraiya                                                                   | 769                                                                       | 734                                                                          | 35                                                                        |
| 6                                                                         | Azamgarh                                                                  | 3800                                                                      | 3800                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 7                                                                         | Baghpat                                                                   | 290                                                                       | 290                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 8                                                                         | Bahraich                                                                  | 1359                                                                      | 1349                                                                         | 10                                                                        |
| 9                                                                         | Ballia                                                                    | 1843                                                                      | 1843                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 10                                                                        | Balrampur                                                                 | 998                                                                       | 979                                                                          | 19                                                                        |
| 11                                                                        | Banda                                                                     | 657                                                                       | 657                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 12                                                                        | Bara Banki                                                                | 1817                                                                      | 1817                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 13                                                                        | Bareilly                                                                  | 1855                                                                      | 1854                                                                         | 1                                                                         |
| 14                                                                        | Basti                                                                     | 3160                                                                      | 3160                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 15                                                                        | Bijnor                                                                    | 2186                                                                      | 2186                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 16                                                                        | Budaun                                                                    | 1785                                                                      | 1776                                                                         | 9                                                                         |
| 17                                                                        | Bulandshahr                                                               | 1174                                                                      | 1174                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 18                                                                        | Chandauli                                                                 | 1425                                                                      | 1412                                                                         | 13                                                                        |
| 19                                                                        | Chitrakoot                                                                | 562                                                                       | 545                                                                          | 17                                                                        |
| 20                                                                        | Deoria                                                                    | 2019                                                                      | 2019                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 21                                                                        | Etah                                                                      | 853                                                                       | 852                                                                          | 1                                                                         |
| 22                                                                        | Etawah                                                                    | 686                                                                       | 664                                                                          | 22                                                                        |
| 23                                                                        | Faizabad                                                                  | 1235                                                                      | 1235                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 24                                                                        | Farrukhabad                                                               | 872                                                                       | 872                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 25 26                                                                     | Fatehpur                                                                  | 1352                                                                      | 1352                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
|                                                                           | Firozabad                                                                 | 790                                                                       | 790                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 27                                                                        | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                       | 304                                                                       | 302                                                                          | 2                                                                         |
|                                                                           |                                                                           | 2740                                                                      | 2740                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 29                                                                        | Ghazipur                                                                  |                                                                           |                                                                              |                                                                           |
| 30                                                                        | Gonda                                                                     | 1812                                                                      | 1812                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 31                                                                        | Gorakhpur                                                                 | 2937                                                                      | 2937                                                                         | 0                                                                         |

| 32   | Hamirpur                    |   497 |   497 |   0 |
|------|-----------------------------|-------|-------|-----|
| 33   | Hardoi                      |  1907 |  1907 |   0 |
| 34   | Jalaun                      |   942 |   938 |   4 |
| 35   | Jaunpur                     |  3287 |  3287 |   0 |
| 36   | Jhansi                      |   745 |   739 |   6 |
| 37   | JyotibaPhule Nagar          |   959 |   959 |   0 |
| 38   | Kannauj                     |   688 |   688 |   0 |
| 39   | Kanpur Dehat                |   966 |   966 |   0 |
| 40   | Kanpur Nagar                |   902 |   902 |   0 |
| 41   | Kanshiram Nagar             |   650 |   649 |   1 |
| 42   | Kaushambi                   |   729 |   729 |   0 |
| 43   | Kheri                       |  1706 |  1666 |  40 |
| 44   | Kushinagar                  |  1579 |  1578 |   1 |
| 45   | Lalitpur                    |   691 |   673 |  18 |
| 46   | Lucknow                     |   803 |   803 |   0 |
| 47   | Mahamaya Nagar              |   655 |   655 |   0 |
| 48   | Mahoba                      |   435 |   429 |   6 |
| 49   | Mahrajganj                  |  1212 |  1210 |   2 |
| 50   | Mainpuri                    |   820 |   820 |   0 |
| 51   | Mathura                     |   730 |   730 |   0 |
| 52   | Mau                         |  1499 |  1499 |   0 |
| 53   | Meerut                      |   604 |   602 |   2 |
| 54   | Mirzapur                    |  1745 |  1734 |  11 |
| 55   | Moradabad                   |  1550 |  1550 |   0 |
| 56   | Muzaffarnagar               |   880 |   880 |   0 |
| 57   | Pilibhit                    |  1295 |  1247 |  48 |
| 58   | Pratapgarh                  |  2183 |  2183 |   0 |
| 59   | Rae Bareli                  |  1733 |  1733 |   0 |
| 60   | Rampur                      |  1108 |  1108 |   0 |
| 61   | Saharanpur                  |  1243 |  1243 |   0 |
| 62   | SantKabir Nagar             |  1582 |  1582 |   0 |
| 63   | SantRavidas Nagar (Bhadohi) |  1087 |  1087 |   0 |
| 64   | Shahjahanpur                |  2088 |  2087 |   1 |
| 65   | Shrawasti                   |   509 |   504 |   5 |
| 66   | Siddharthnagar              |  2336 |  2336 |   0 |
| 67   | Sitapur                     |  2317 |  2317 |   0 |
| 68   | Sonbhadra                   |  1391 |  1340 |  51 |
| 69   | Sultanpur                   |  2498 |  2498 |   0 |
| 70   | Unnao                       |  1693 |  1693 |   0 |
| 71   | Varanasi                    |  1258 |  1258 |   0 |
|      | Grand Total                 | 97813 | 97486 | 327 |

*Districts are as per the Census 2011.

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