Lok Sabha Question No. 4782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Number of Post Offices closed Relocated
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4782 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH   MARCH, 2023

## NUMBER OF POST OFFICES CLOSED RELOCATED

## †4782. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a number of Post Offices have been closed/relocated or downgraded in various States of the country by the Government during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has decided to relocate the old post office of Sadharanpur village in Deoband Tehsil of Saharanpur district; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) 458 post offices have been closed/relocated or downgraded during the last three years. Postal Circle- wise details (including States and Union Territories) of post offices closed/relocated or downgraded in last three years are given in Annexure .
- (c) & (d) The branch post office functioning in village Sadharanpur, district Saharanpur was relocated  to  village  Dugchadi  Malakpur,  district  Saharanpur  in  March  2021.  Postal  facilities  to residents of village Sadharanpur are being provided from the branch post office functioning in village Dugchadi Malakpur.

## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4782 to be answered on 29 th  March, 2023 regarding 'Number of Post Offices closed Relocated'.

| Sl No.   | Name of the Postal Circle                                                                     | Number of Post Offices closed/relocated or downgraded during the last three years   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                | 65                                                                                  |
| 2        | Assam                                                                                         | 4                                                                                   |
| 3        | Bihar                                                                                         | 3                                                                                   |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                  | 6                                                                                   |
| 5        | Delhi                                                                                         | 1                                                                                   |
| 6        | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu)                  | 47                                                                                  |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                                       | 7                                                                                   |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                              | 6                                                                                   |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu& Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) | 3                                                                                   |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                                                                     | 10                                                                                  |
| 11       | Karnataka                                                                                     | 24                                                                                  |
| 12       | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep)                                             | 7                                                                                   |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                | 16                                                                                  |
| 14       | Maharashtra (including Goa)                                                                   | 16                                                                                  |
| 15       | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland)   | 4                                                                                   |
| 16       | Odisha                                                                                        | 8                                                                                   |
| 17       | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh)                                              | 6                                                                                   |
| 18       | Rajasthan                                                                                     | 49                                                                                  |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry)                                          | 25                                                                                  |
| 20       | Telangana                                                                                     | 25                                                                                  |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                 | 118                                                                                 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand                                                                                   | 3                                                                                   |
| 23       | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)             | 5                                                                                   |
|          | Total                                                                                         | 458                                                                                 |
|          | Grand                                                                                         |                                                                                     |

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