Lok Sabha Question No. 225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Operational Post Offices in the Country
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 225 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## OPERATIONAL POST OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY

| 225.                                                         | MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY:                                                                                                                                                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)                                                          | the State-wise details of the number of post offices operational in the country;                                                                                                       |
| (b) five                                                     | the State-wise details of the number of post-offices that are closed down during the last years in the country;                                                                        |
| (c)                                                          | the number of employees working in postal department in the country;                                                                                                                   |
| (d) land                                                     | whether the Government has taken any effective step to use the existing infrastructure and belonging to postal department under PPP model and if so, the details thereof; and          |
| (e)                                                          | the details of the total asset of postal department in the country, State-wise?                                                                                                        |
| MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN) | MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)                                                                                                                           |
| (a) of post                                                  | The Postal Circle-wise details (including all States and Union Territories) of the number offices operational in the country are enclosed as Annexure-I.                               |
| (b) of post                                                  | The Postal Circle- wise details (including all States and Union Territories) of the number offices closed down during the last five-years in the country are enclosed as Annexure-II . |
| (c) 2,37,978                                                 | The total number of employees working in Postal Department is 4,00,909, which includes Gramin Dak Sevaks.                                                                              |
| (d) Department                                               | There is no proposal to use the existing infrastructure and land belonging to Postal under Public - Private Partnership (PPP) model.                                                   |
| (e) - wise                                                   | The details of the total assets belonging to Postal Department in the country, Postal Circle (including all States and Union Territories), are enclosed as Annexure-III.               |

## Annexure I

## Annexure referred to in reply of Para (a) for Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 225 to be answered on 7 th  December, 2022 regarding 'Post Offices Operational in the Country'

| Sl No.   | Name of the Postal Circle                                                                     | Number of Post offices   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                | 10606                    |
| 2        | Assam                                                                                         | 4005                     |
| 3        | Bihar                                                                                         | 9302                     |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                  | 4299                     |
| 5        | Delhi                                                                                         | 509                      |
| 6        | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu)                  | 8844                     |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                                       | 2694                     |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                              | 2795                     |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu &Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) | 1695                     |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                                                                     | 4031                     |
| 11       | Karnataka                                                                                     | 9617                     |
| 12       | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep)                                             | 5063                     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                | 8791                     |
| 14       | Maharashtra (including Goa)                                                                   | 13688                    |
| 15       | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland)   | 2913                     |
| 16       | Odisha                                                                                        | 8490                     |
| 17       | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh)                                              | 3834                     |
| 18       | Rajasthan                                                                                     | 10290                    |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry)                                          | 11864                    |
| 20       | Telangana                                                                                     | 6212                     |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                 | 17885                    |
| 22       | Uttarakhand                                                                                   | 2722                     |
| 23       | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)             | 9076                     |
|          | Grand Total                                                                                   | 1,59,225                 |

Annexure II

Annexure referred to in reply of Para  (b) for Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 225 to be answered on 7 th  December, 2022 regarding 'Post Offices Operational in the Country'

| Sl No.   | Name of the Postal Circle   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Till date) |   Total |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|---------|
| 1        | Delhi                       |         0 |         7 |         1 |         3 |         2 |                     1 |      14 |
| 2        | Haryana                     |         3 |         1 |         0 |         1 |         1 |                     4 |      10 |
| 3        | Madhya Pradesh              |         1 |         2 |         4 |         1 |         0 |                     0 |       8 |
| 4        | Maharashtra (including Goa) |         1 |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 |                     0 |       2 |
| 5        | Telangana                   |         2 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |                     0 |       3 |
|          | Grand Total                 |         7 |        10 |         5 |         6 |         4 |                     5 |      37 |

## Annexure referred to in reply of Para (e) for Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 225 to be answered on 7 th  December, 2022 regarding 'Post Offices Operational in the Country'

| Sl No.   | Name of the Postal Circle                                                                     |   Departmental Building |   Departmental Vacant Plots |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                |                     174 |                         107 |
| 2        | Assam                                                                                         |                     179 |                          21 |
| 3        | Bihar                                                                                         |                     193 |                          63 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                  |                      45 |                          10 |
| 5        | Delhi                                                                                         |                     129 |                          13 |
| 6        | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu)                  |                     321 |                          54 |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                                       |                      83 |                          17 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                              |                      83 |                          23 |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu &Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) |                      35 |                           6 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                                                                     |                      71 |                          36 |
| 11       | Karnataka                                                                                     |                     459 |                         336 |
| 12       | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep)                                             |                     258 |                         139 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                |                     201 |                          46 |
| 14       | Maharashtra (including Goa)                                                                   |                     417 |                          83 |
| 15       | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland)   |                      99 |                          20 |
| 16       | Odisha                                                                                        |                     169 |                          18 |
| 17       | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh)                                              |                     145 |                          12 |
| 18       | Rajasthan                                                                                     |                     385 |                         136 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry)                                          |                     307 |                         145 |
| 20       | Telangana                                                                                     |                     165 |                         110 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                 |                     329 |                          77 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand                                                                                   |                      55 |                          19 |
| 23       | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)             |                     278 |                          82 |
|          | Grand Total                                                                                   |                    4580 |                        1573 |

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