Lok Sabha Question No. 2123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Number of Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2123 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2023

## NUMBER OF POST OFFICES

## 2123.   SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of post offices which are functional in the country, State-wise and district-wise;
- (b) whether  many  post  offices  are  still  not  modernized  and  lack  required  modern  equipment specially in rural areas, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the number of post offices got modernized so far and the action being taken to modernize the remaining ones; and
- (d) the details of the funds allocated for setting up new post offices including the modernization of existing post offices in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of the number of post offices functional in the country, State-wise and districtwise, are given in Annexure .
- (b)& (c) All Departmental Post Offices in the country have been computerized and networked under the Information Technology (IT) Modernization Project.  Modernisation of post offices in rural areas  of  the  country  is  an  ongoing  process  depending  on  availability  of  network  connectivity. Presently, 1,28,511 branch post offices functioning in rural areas of the country have been provided with handheld Point of Sale (PoS) devices for carrying out online postal, financial and insurance transactions.
- (d) Funds amounting to Rs.30.03 crores have been allocated for the current financial year F.Y. 2023-24 under the scheme 'Rural Business and Access to Postal Network' for setting up new post offices by way of relocation, redeployment and creation of new posts.

## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  2123 to be answered on 2 ND  August, 2023 regarding 'Number of Post Offices'

Offices

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/ Union Territory   | Name of district          | Number of Post Offices (including Head Post Office, Sub Post Office, Branch Post   |
|-----------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                   | Alluri Seetha Rama Raju   | Office) 384                                                                        |
|           |                                  | Anakapalle                | 398                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Anantapur                 | 468                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Annamayya                 | 447                                                                                |
|           |                                  | B. R. Ambedkar Kona Seema | 327                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Bapatla                   | 349                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Chittoor                  | 412                                                                                |
|           |                                  | East Godavari             | 262                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Eluru                     | 435                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Guntur                    | 301                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Kakinada                  | 275                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Krishna                   | 401                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Kurnool                   | 366                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Nandyal                   | 399                                                                                |
|           |                                  | NTR                       | 271                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Palnadu                   | 424                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Parvathipuram Manyam      | 310                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Prakasam                  | 661                                                                                |
|           |                                  | SPSR Nellore              | 627                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Sri Satya Sai             | 472                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Srikakulam                | 502                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Tirupathi                 | 488                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Visakhapatnam             | 187                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Vizianagaram              | 517                                                                                |
|           |                                  | West Godavari YSR Kadapa  | 342 582                                                                            |
| 2         | Assam                            | Nalbari                   | 144                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Barpeta                   | 167                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Baksa                     | 146                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Cachar                    | 276                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Karimganj                 | 155                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Hailakandi                | 106                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Dima Hasao                | 74                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | Biswanath                 | 91                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | Darrang                   | 84                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | Sonitpur                  | 125                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Udalguri                  | 90                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | Kamrup(Metro)             | 80                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | Kamrup(Rural)             | 206                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Goalpara                  | 103                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Dhubri                    | 114                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Kokrajhar                 | 123                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Bongaigaon                | 70                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | Chirang                   | 53                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | South Salmara, Mankachar  | 28                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | Dibrugarh                 | 215                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Dhemaji                   | 95                                                                                 |
|           |                                  | North Lakhimpur           | 170                                                                                |
|           |                                  | Nagaon                    | 215                                                                                |

|    |              | Hojai                 | 75      |
|----|--------------|-----------------------|---------|
|    |              | Karbi Anglong         | 91      |
|    |              | West Karbi Anglong    | 28      |
|    |              | Jorhat                | 169     |
|    |              | Golaghat              | 152     |
|    |              | Sivasagar             | 187     |
|    |              | Majuli                | 49      |
|    |              | Charaideo             | 74      |
|    |              | Tinsukia              | 146     |
| 3  | Bihar        | Araria                | 151     |
|    |              | Arwal                 | 94      |
|    |              | Aurangabad            | 308     |
|    |              | Begusarai             | 240     |
|    |              | Banka                 | 204     |
|    |              | Bhagalpur             | 286     |
|    |              | Bhojpur               | 300     |
|    |              | Buxar                 | 195     |
|    |              | Darbhanga             | 394     |
|    |              | East Champaran        | 426     |
|    |              | Gaya                  | 418     |
|    |              | Gopalganj             | 215     |
|    |              | Jamui                 | 202     |
|    |              | Jehanabad             |         |
|    |              | Kaimur                | 108 147 |
|    |              | Katihar               | 206     |
|    |              | Khagaria              | 138 66  |
|    |              | Kishanganj Lakhisarai | 84      |
|    |              | Madhepura             | 197     |
|    |              | Madhubani             | 416     |
|    |              |                       | 122     |
|    |              | Munger Muzaffarpur    | 446     |
|    |              | Nalanda               | 349     |
|    |              | Nawada                | 200     |
|    |              | Patna                 | 446     |
|    |              | Purnia                | 197     |
|    |              | Rohtas                | 290     |
|    |              | Saharsa               | 171     |
|    |              | Samastipur            | 378     |
|    |              | Sheikhpura            | 104     |
|    |              | Sheohar               | 42      |
|    |              | Sitamarhi             | 292     |
|    |              | Siwan                 | 320     |
|    |              | Supaul                | 207     |
|    |              | Vaishali              | 277     |
|    |              | West Champaran        | 276     |
| 4  | Chhattisgarh | Bijapur               | 185     |
|    |              | Dantewada             | 131     |
|    |              | Sukma                 | 77      |
|    |              | Bastar                | 273     |
|    |              | Kondagaon             | 239     |
|    |              | Kanker                | 323     |
|    |              | Narayanpur            | 95      |
|    |              | Dhamtari              | 131     |
|    |              | Raipur                | 140     |
|    |              | Baloda Bazar          | 155     |
|    |              | Gariaband             | 144     |
|    |              | Mahasamund            | 172     |
|    |              | Raigarh Jashpurnagar  | 218 191 |

|    |              | Sarangarh-Bilaigarh             | 78      |
|----|--------------|---------------------------------|---------|
|    |              | Surguja                         | 80      |
|    |              | Korea                           | 44      |
|    |              | Surajpur                        | 71      |
|    |              | Balrampur                       | 123     |
|    |              | Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur | 58      |
|    |              | Bilaspur                        | 149     |
|    |              | Mungeli                         | 74      |
|    |              | Korba                           | 127     |
|    |              | Janjgir-Champa                  | 128     |
|    |              | Sakti                           | 121     |
|    |              | Gourela-Pendra-Marwahi          | 58      |
|    |              | Durg                            | 141     |
|    |              | Balod                           | 142     |
|    |              | Bemetara                        | 79      |
|    |              | Kawardha                        | 105     |
|    |              | Rajnandgaon                     | 416     |
|    |              | Mohala-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki   | 0       |
|    |              | Khairagarh-Gandai-Pandaria      | 0       |
| 5  | NCT of Delhi | North                           | 50      |
|    |              | North-West                      | 58      |
|    |              | Central                         | 42      |
|    |              | West                            | 63      |
|    |              | South-West                      | 55      |
|    |              | South-East                      | 50      |
|    |              | South                           | 53      |
|    |              | Shahdara                        | 31      |
|    |              | North-East East                 | 17 20   |
|    |              | Delhi                           | 70      |
|    |              | New                             |         |
| 6  | Gujarat      | Ahmedabad                       | 484     |
|    |              | Gandhinagar                     | 185     |
|    |              | Mahesana                        | 313     |
|    |              | Patan Sabarkantha               | 267     |
|    |              | Banaskantha                     | 333 407 |
|    |              | Aravali                         | 248     |
|    |              | Amreli                          | 346     |
|    |              | Bhavnagar                       | 325     |
|    |              | Botad Dev bhumi Dwarka          | 91      |
|    |              |                                 | 156     |
|    |              | Gir-Somnath Jamnagar            | 138     |
|    |              | Junagadh                        | 238 295 |
|    |              | Morbi                           | 80      |
|    |              | Kachchh                         | 493     |
|    |              | Porbandar                       | 86      |
|    |              | Rajkot                          | 406     |
|    |              | Surendranagar                   | 328     |
|    |              | Anand                           | 271     |
|    |              | Bharuch                         | 377     |
|    |              | Chhotaudepur                    | 211     |
|    |              | Dahod                           | 227     |
|    |              | Dang                            | 56      |
|    |              | Kheda                           | 291     |
|    |              | Mahisagar                       | 164     |
|    |              | Narmada                         | 151     |
|    |              | Panchmahal                      | 220     |
|    |              | Surat                           | 450     |
|    |              | Tapi                            | 175     |

|    |                          | Vadodara             | 422     |
|----|--------------------------|----------------------|---------|
|    |                          | Valsad               | 274     |
| 7  | Union Territory of       | Daman                | 13      |
|    | Dadra and Nagar          | Diu                  | 5       |
|    | Haveli and Daman and Diu | Dadara &Nagar Haveli | 35      |
| 8  | Haryana                  | Ambala               | 138     |
|    |                          | Yamunanagar          | 121     |
|    |                          | Panchkula            | 49      |
|    |                          | Bhiwani              | 148     |
|    |                          | Charkhi Dadri        | 77      |
|    |                          | Faridabad            | 68      |
|    |                          | Palwal               | 63      |
|    |                          | Gurgaon              | 108     |
|    |                          | Nuh                  | 51      |
|    |                          | Rewari               | 135     |
|    |                          | Mahendergarh         | 119     |
|    |                          | Hisar                | 214     |
|    |                          | Sirsa                | 162     |
|    |                          | Fatehabad            | 137     |
|    |                          | Karnal               | 166     |
|    |                          | Jind                 | 163     |
|    |                          | Panipat              | 98      |
|    |                          | Kurukshetra          | 113     |
|    |                          | Kaithal              | 123     |
|    |                          | Rohtak               | 120     |
|    |                          | Jhajjar Sonepat      | 143 179 |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh         | Bilaspur             | 148     |
|    |                          | Chamba               | 222     |
|    |                          | Hamirpur             | 226     |
|    |                          | Kangra               | 653     |
|    |                          | Kinnaur              | 72      |
|    |                          | Kullu                | 155     |
|    |                          | Lahaul &Spiti        | 46      |
|    |                          | Mandi                | 372     |
|    |                          | Shimla               | 359     |
|    |                          | Sirmaur              | 167     |
|    |                          | Solan                | 188     |
|    |                          | Una                  | 186     |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir           | Anantnag             | 120     |
|    |                          | Srinagar             | 64      |
|    |                          | Budgam               | 75      |
|    |                          | Ganderbal            | 27      |
|    |                          | Pulwama              | 75      |
|    |                          | Shopian              | 19      |
|    |                          | Kulgam               | 50      |
|    |                          | Baramulla            | 137     |
|    |                          | Bandipora            | 56      |
|    |                          | Kupwara              | 79      |
|    |                          | Udhampur             | 112     |
|    |                          | Ramban               | 54      |
|    |                          |                      | 68      |
|    |                          | Reasi                | 60      |
|    |                          | Doda                 |         |
|    |                          | Kishtwar             | 39      |
|    |                          | Rajouri Poonch       | 117 88  |
|    |                          | Jammu                | 194     |
|    |                          | Samba                | 54      |
| 11 |                          | Kathua Leh           | 128 61  |

|    | Union Territory of Ladakh   | Kargil                             | 58      |
|----|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|---------|
| 12 | Jharkhand                   | Giridih                            | 199     |
|    |                             | Bokaro                             | 81      |
|    |                             | Ranchi                             | 312     |
|    |                             | Khunti                             | 107     |
|    |                             | Hazaribagh                         | 185     |
|    |                             | Ramgarh                            | 102     |
|    |                             | Koderma                            | 90      |
|    |                             | Chatra                             | 106     |
|    |                             | Deoghar                            | 131     |
|    |                             | Jamtara                            | 104     |
|    |                             | Dumka                              | 47      |
|    |                             | Palamau                            | 321     |
|    |                             | Garhwa                             | 221     |
|    |                             | Latehar                            | 138     |
|    |                             | Gumla                              | 160     |
|    |                             | Simdega                            | 101     |
|    |                             | Lohardaga                          | 60      |
|    |                             | Latehar                            | 3       |
|    |                             | Dhanbad                            | 179     |
|    |                             | Bokaro                             | 148     |
|    |                             | East Singhbhum                     | 270     |
|    |                             | West Singhbhum Seraikela-Kharsawan | 256     |
|    |                             | Dumka                              | 130 213 |
|    |                             | Pakur Sahibganj                    | 106     |
|    |                             | Godda                              | 111 153 |
| 13 | Karnataka                   | BG Urban                           | 240     |
|    |                             | BG Rural                           | 171     |
|    |                             | Ramanagar                          | 180     |
|    |                             | Raichur                            | 286     |
|    |                             | Bagalkot                           | 328     |
|    |                             | Uttarkannada                       | 251     |
|    |                             | Uttar Kannada                      | 231     |
|    |                             | Haveri                             | 257     |
|    |                             | Bidar Belagavi                     | 299     |
|    |                             | Ballari                            | 155 200 |
|    |                             | Vijayanagara                       | 247     |
|    |                             | Dharwad                            | 208     |
|    |                             | Gadag                              | 168     |
|    |                             | Koppal                             | 218     |
|    |                             | Belagavi                           | 226     |
|    |                             | Belagavi                           | 340     |
|    |                             | Vijayapura                         | 399     |
|    |                             | Yadgiri                            | 204     |
|    |                             | Chamarajanagar Chikkaballapur      | 204 190 |
|    |                             | Chikkamagaluru                     | 301     |
|    |                             | Chitradurga                        | 317     |
|    |                             | Dakshina Kannada                   | 470     |
|    |                             | Davanagere                         | 262     |
|    |                             | Hassan                             | 414 213 |
|    |                             | Kodagu Kolar                       | 229     |
|    |                             | Mandya                             | 353     |
|    |                             | Mysuru                             | 390     |

|    |                                | Tumakuru             | 557     |
|----|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------|
|    |                                | Udupi                | 330     |
| 14 | Kerala                         | Thiruvananthapuram   | 413     |
|    |                                | Kollam               | 368     |
|    |                                | Pathanamthitta       | 315     |
|    |                                | Alappuzha            | 300     |
|    |                                | Kottayam             | 406     |
|    |                                | Idukki               | 296     |
|    |                                | Ernakulam            | 391     |
|    |                                | Thrissur             | 484     |
|    |                                | Palakkad             | 455     |
|    |                                | Malappuram           | 438     |
|    |                                | Kozhikode            | 406     |
|    |                                | Wayanad              | 163     |
|    |                                | Kannur               | 382     |
|    |                                | Kasargod             | 231     |
| 15 | Union Territory of Lakshadweep | Lakshadweep          | 10      |
| 16 | Madhya Pradesh                 | Guna                 | 173     |
|    |                                | Ashoknagar           | 136     |
|    |                                | Shivpuri             | 275     |
|    |                                | Morena               | 212     |
|    |                                | Sheopur              | 85      |
|    |                                | Bhind                | 259     |
|    |                                | Bhopal               | 140     |
|    |                                | Raisen               | 243     |
|    |                                | Vidisha Narmadapuram | 220 224 |
|    |                                | Narshinghpur         | 207     |
|    |                                | Harda                | 103     |
|    |                                | Gwalior              | 158     |
|    |                                | Datia                | 153     |
|    |                                | Sehore               | 192     |
|    |                                | Rajgarh              | 196     |
|    |                                | Indore Dewas         | 164 211 |
|    |                                | Dhar                 | 260     |
|    |                                | Ujjain               | 199     |
|    |                                | Shajapur             | 126     |
|    |                                | Agar Malwa           | 68      |
|    |                                | Khandwa              | 180     |
|    |                                | Burhanpur            | 71      |
|    |                                | Khargone             | 216     |
|    |                                | Barwani              | 154     |
|    |                                | Ratlam               | 185     |
|    |                                | Jhabua               | 107     |
|    |                                | Alirajpur            | 108     |
|    |                                | Mandsaur             | 221     |
|    |                                | Neemuch              | 135     |
|    |                                | Balaghat             | 478     |
|    |                                | Seoni                | 256     |
|    |                                | Chhatarpur           | 262     |
|    |                                | Tikamgarh            | 131     |
|    |                                | Niwari               | 62      |
|    |                                | Chhindwara           | 398 306 |
|    |                                | Betul                |         |
|    |                                | Jabalpur             | 241     |
|    |                                | Katni                | 189 411 |
|    |                                | Mandla Dindori       | 128     |
|    |                                | Rewa                 | 335     |

|    |                   | Sidhi                  | 150     |
|----|-------------------|------------------------|---------|
|    |                   | Singrauli              | 118     |
|    |                   | Sagar                  | 333     |
|    |                   | Damoh                  | 216     |
|    |                   | Satna                  | 300     |
|    |                   | Panna                  | 153     |
|    |                   | Shahdol                | 167     |
|    |                   | Anuppur                | 138     |
|    |                   | Umaria                 | 118     |
| 17 | Maharashtra       | Ahmednagar             | 665     |
|    |                   | Akola                  | 236     |
|    |                   | Amravati               | 455     |
|    |                   | Aurangabad             | 353     |
|    |                   | Bhandara               | 137     |
|    |                   | Beed                   | 330     |
|    |                   | Buldhana               | 351     |
|    |                   | Chandrapur             | 568     |
|    |                   | Dhule                  | 276     |
|    |                   | Gadchiroli             | 449     |
|    |                   | Gondia                 | 496     |
|    |                   | Hingoli                | 114     |
|    |                   | Jalgaon                | 535     |
|    |                   | Jalna                  | 177     |
|    |                   | Kolhapur Latur         | 564     |
|    |                   |                        | 289 112 |
|    |                   | Mumbai Suburban        | 118     |
|    |                   | Mumbai                 | 347     |
|    |                   | Nagpur                 | 471     |
|    |                   | Nanded Nandurbar       | 197     |
|    |                   |                        | 673     |
|    |                   | Osmanabad              | 282     |
|    |                   | Nashik                 |         |
|    |                   | Palghar Parbhani       | 227 194 |
|    |                   | Pune                   | 791     |
|    |                   | Raigad                 | 443     |
|    |                   | Ratnagiri              | 663     |
|    |                   | Sangli                 | 419     |
|    |                   | Satara                 | 666     |
|    |                   | Sindhudurg Solapur     | 371 535 |
|    |                   | Thane                  | 214     |
|    |                   | Wardha                 | 183     |
|    |                   | Washim                 | 164     |
|    |                   | Yavatmal               | 369     |
| 18 | Goa               | North Goa              | 127     |
|    |                   | South Goa              | 128     |
| 19 | Arunachal Pradesh | Papumpare              | 26      |
|    |                   | Dibang Valley          | 3       |
|    |                   | Lower Dibang Valley    | 19      |
|    |                   | West Siang             | 16      |
|    |                   | East Siang             | 24      |
|    |                   | Upper Siang            | 9       |
|    |                   | West Kameng            | 22      |
|    |                   | East Kameng            | 9       |
|    |                   | Changlang              | 29      |
|    |                   | Lohit                  | 11      |
|    |                   | Tirap                  | 17      |
|    |                   | Anjaw                  | 9       |
|    |                   | Tawang Upper Subansiri | 13 13   |

|    |           | Lower Subansiri          | 16     |
|----|-----------|--------------------------|--------|
|    |           | Kurung Kumey             | 6      |
|    |           | Longding                 | 13     |
|    |           | Kra Dadi                 | 3      |
|    |           | Siang                    | 4      |
|    |           | Namsai                   | 23     |
|    |           | Lower Siang              | 5      |
|    |           | Lepa Rada                | 6      |
|    |           | Kamle                    | 3      |
|    |           | Shi Yomi                 | 3      |
|    |           | Pakke Kessang            | 2      |
| 20 | Manipur   | Imphal West              | 109    |
|    |           | Imphal East              | 51     |
|    |           | Thoubal                  | 74     |
|    |           | Bishnupur                | 78     |
|    |           | Churachandpur            | 72     |
|    |           | Pherzawl                 | 7      |
|    |           | Kakching                 | 37     |
|    |           | Chandel                  | 41     |
|    |           | Tengnoupal               | 14     |
|    |           | Senapati                 | 36     |
|    |           | Kangpokpi                | 46     |
|    |           | Ukhrul                   | 38     |
|    |           | Kamjong                  | 19     |
|    |           | Tamenglong               | 33     |
|    |           | Noney                    | 16     |
| 21 | Mizoram   | Jiribam Aizawl           | 23 90  |
|    |           | Lunglei                  | 56     |
|    |           | Saiha                    | 30     |
|    |           | Champhai                 | 37     |
|    |           | Serchhip                 | 27     |
|    |           | Mamit                    | 37     |
|    |           | Kolasib                  | 27     |
|    |           | Saitual                  | 30     |
|    |           | Hnahthial                | 14     |
|    |           | Khawzawl                 | 19     |
| 22 | Tripura   | Lawngtlai North Tripura  | 19 119 |
|    |           | Unakoti                  | 67     |
|    |           | Khowai                   | 65     |
|    |           | Dhalai                   | 71     |
|    |           | West Tripura District    | 130    |
|    |           | Sepahijala District      | 87     |
|    |           | Gomati District          | 83     |
| 23 | Meghalaya | East Jaintia Hills       | 23     |
|    |           | West Jaintia Hills       | 53     |
|    |           | East Khasi Hills         | 129    |
|    |           | West Khasi Hills         | 48     |
|    |           | Eastern West Khasi Hills | 20     |
|    |           | South West khasi Hills   | 18     |
|    |           | Ri Bhoi                  | 44     |
|    |           | East Garo Hills          | 27     |
|    |           | North Garo Hills         | 18     |
|    |           | West Garo Hills          | 82     |
|    |           | South West Garo Hills    | 16     |
| 24 | Nagaland  | Kohima                   | 33     |
|    |           | Dimapur Peren            | 37 15  |

|    |        | Phek                       | 36      |
|----|--------|----------------------------|---------|
|    |        | Mokokchung                 | 52      |
|    |        | Wokha                      | 26      |
|    |        | Zunheboto                  | 19      |
|    |        | Tuensang                   | 19      |
|    |        | Kiphire                    | 14      |
|    |        | Longleng                   | 8       |
|    |        | Mon                        | 30      |
|    |        | Noklak                     | 6       |
|    |        | Tseminyu                   | 15      |
|    |        | Chumukedima                | 18      |
|    |        | Niuland                    | 2       |
|    |        | Shamator                   | 1       |
| 25 | Odisha | Angul                      | 262     |
|    |        | Balangir                   | 312     |
|    |        | Balasore                   | 505     |
|    |        | Bargarh                    | 278     |
|    |        | Bhadrak                    | 314     |
|    |        | Boudh                      | 118     |
|    |        | Cuttack                    | 386     |
|    |        | Deogarh                    | 78      |
|    |        | Dhenkanal                  | 233     |
|    |        | Gajapati                   | 150     |
|    |        | Ganjam                     | 682     |
|    |        | Jagatsinghpur              | 221     |
|    |        | Jajpur                     | 299     |
|    |        | Jharsuguda                 | 86      |
|    |        | Kalahandi                  | 379     |
|    |        | Kandhamal                  | 268     |
|    |        | Kendrapada                 | 285     |
|    |        | Khurda                     | 321     |
|    |        | Koraput                    | 262     |
|    |        | Malkangiri                 | 112     |
|    |        | Mayurbhanj Nabarangpur     | 712 194 |
|    |        | Nayagarh                   | 209     |
|    |        | Nuapada                    | 143     |
|    |        | Puri                       | 284     |
|    |        | Rayagada                   | 226     |
|    |        | Sambalpur                  | 217     |
|    |        | Sonepur Sundargarh         | 96 414  |
| 26 | Punjab | Amritsar                   | 283     |
|    |        | Barnala                    | 66      |
|    |        | Bathinda                   | 156     |
|    |        | Fazilka                    | 145     |
|    |        | Faridkot                   | 72      |
|    |        | Fatehgarh sahib            | 83      |
|    |        | Ferozepur                  | 126     |
|    |        | Gurdaspur                  | 205     |
|    |        | Hoshiarpur                 | 367     |
|    |        | Jalandhar                  | 370     |
|    |        | Kapurthala                 | 118     |
|    |        | Ludhiana                   | 382     |
|    |        | Mansa                      | 100     |
|    |        | Moga                       | 166     |
|    |        | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar | 99      |
|    |        | Shri Mukatsar Sahib        | 137     |
|    |        | Pathankot                  | 73      |
|    |        | Patiala                    | 184     |

|    |                               | Rupnagar                  | 116     |
|----|-------------------------------|---------------------------|---------|
|    |                               | Sangrur                   | 154     |
|    |                               | Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar | 150     |
|    |                               | Tarn Taran                | 189     |
|    |                               | Malerkotla                | 49      |
| 27 | Union Territory of Chandigarh | Chandigarh                | 49      |
| 28 | Rajasthan                     | Jaipur Dausa              | 530 289 |
|    |                               | Sawaimadhopur             | 222     |
|    |                               | Karauli                   | 262     |
|    |                               | Sikar                     | 472     |
|    |                               | Jhunjhunu                 | 413     |
|    |                               | Bharatpur                 | 401     |
|    |                               | Alwar                     | 487     |
|    |                               | Dholpur                   | 188     |
|    |                               | Barmer                    | 638     |
|    |                               | Churu                     | 366     |
|    |                               |                           | 386     |
|    |                               | Jaisalmer                 |         |
|    |                               | Jodhpur                   | 415 557 |
|    |                               | Nagaur                    | 383     |
|    |                               | Pali                      |         |
|    |                               | Sirohi                    | 187     |
|    |                               | Jalore                    | 291 414 |
|    |                               | Sri Ganganagar            |         |
|    |                               | Hanumangarh               | 271     |
|    |                               | Ajmer                     | 402     |
|    |                               | Banswara                  | 266     |
|    |                               | Bhilwara                  | 394     |
|    |                               | Baran Bundi               | 194     |
|    |                               | Chittorgarh               | 176     |
|    |                               | Dungarpur                 | 285 296 |
|    |                               | Jahalawar                 | 250     |
|    |                               | Kota                      | 191     |
|    |                               | Pratapgarh                | 170     |
|    |                               | Tonk                      | 221     |
|    |                               | Udaipur                   | 489     |
| 29 | Tamilnadu                     | Ariyalur                  | 223     |
|    |                               | Chengalpattu              | 281     |
|    |                               | Chennai                   | 168     |
|    |                               | Coimbatore                | 398     |
|    |                               | Cuddalore                 | 468     |
|    |                               | Dharmapuri                | 263     |
|    |                               | Dindigul                  | 459     |
|    |                               | Erode                     | 355     |
|    |                               | Kallakurichi              | 267     |
|    |                               | Kanchipuram               | 156     |
|    |                               | Kanniyakumari             | 268     |
|    |                               | Karur                     | 244     |
|    |                               | Krishnagiri               | 295     |
|    |                               | Madurai                   | 391     |
|    |                               | Mayiladuthurai            | 220     |
|    |                               | Nagapattinam              | 170     |
|    |                               | Namakkal                  | 358     |
|    |                               | Perambalur                | 144     |
|    |                               | Pudukkottai               | 339     |
|    |                               | Pudukkottai Ranipet       | 299 212 |

|    |                    | Salem                  | 510     |
|----|--------------------|------------------------|---------|
|    |                    | Sivaganga              | 320     |
|    |                    | Tenkasi                | 233     |
|    |                    | Thanjavur              | 515     |
|    |                    | Nilgiris               | 182     |
|    |                    | Theni                  | 161     |
|    |                    | Tiruvallur             | 331     |
|    |                    | Thiruvarur             | 355     |
|    |                    | Tiruchirappalli        | 481     |
|    |                    | Tirunelveli            | 312     |
|    |                    | Tirupathur             | 193     |
|    |                    | Tiruppur               | 368     |
|    |                    | Tiruvannamalai         | 494     |
|    |                    | Tuticorin              | 420     |
|    |                    | Vellore                | 252     |
|    |                    | Villupuram             | 377     |
|    |                    | Virudhunagar           | 283     |
| 30 | Union Territory of | Karaikkal              | 27      |
|    | Puducherrry        | Pondicherry            | 63      |
|    |                    | Yanam                  | 1       |
|    |                    | Mahe                   | 4       |
| 31 | Telangana          | Adilabad               | 160     |
|    |                    | Kumarambheem Asifabad  | 146     |
|    |                    | Mancherial             | 146     |
|    |                    | Nirmal                 | 133     |
|    |                    | Nizamabad Kammareddy   | 290     |
|    |                    | Peddappali             | 192 181 |
|    |                    | Jagital                | 184 117 |
|    |                    | Rajanna Sircilla       |         |
|    |                    | Karimnagar             | 188     |
|    |                    | Jayashankar Bhupalaply | 154     |
|    |                    | Jangon                 | 158     |
|    |                    | Hanamkonda             | 163     |
|    |                    | Mulugu Warangal        | 118 187 |
|    |                    | Mahabubabad            | 208     |
|    |                    | Bhadradri Kothagudem   | 353     |
|    |                    | Khammam                | 428     |
|    |                    | Suryapet               | 211     |
|    |                    | Nalgonda               | 360     |
|    |                    | Yadadri Bhuvangiri     | 168     |
|    |                    | Mahabubnagar           | 184     |
|    |                    | Wanaparthy             | 77      |
|    |                    | Nagarkurnool           | 219     |
|    |                    | Jogulamba Gadwal       | 105     |
|    |                    | Naryanpet              | 135     |
|    |                    | Hyderabad              | 95      |
|    |                    | Rangareddy             | 272     |
|    |                    | Vikarabad              | 178     |
|    |                    | Medchal Malkajgiri     | 92      |
|    |                    | Sangareddy             | 256     |
|    |                    | Medak                  | 179     |
|    |                    | Siddipet               | 232     |
| 32 | Uttar Pradesh      | Agra                   | 339     |
|    |                    | Aligarh                | 355     |
|    |                    | Hathras                | 158     |
|    |                    | Mathura                | 218     |
|    |                    | Jhansi                 | 213     |
|    |                    | Jalaun                 | 245     |

| Etah                 | 200     |
|----------------------|---------|
| Kasganj              | 109     |
| Etawah               | 178     |
| Auraiya              | 155     |
| Mainpuri             | 166     |
| Firozabad            | 167     |
| Bulandshahar         | 310     |
| Bareilly             | 287     |
| Pilibhit             | 160     |
| Moradabad            | 163     |
| Rampur               | 130     |
| Amroha               | 93      |
| Sambhal              | 139     |
| Meerut               | 255     |
| Muzaffarnagar        | 217     |
| Baghpat              | 144     |
| Shamli               | 107     |
| Saharanpur           | 213     |
| Bijnor               | 307     |
| Budaun               | 285     |
| Hardoi               | 333     |
| Kheri                | 388     |
| Shajahanpur          | 294     |
| Gorakhpur            | 413     |
| Maharajganj          | 206 408 |
| Azamgarh Mau         | 201     |
| Deoria               | 308     |
| Kushinagar           | 200     |
| Basti                | 292     |
| Siddharthnagar       | 215     |
| Sant Kabir Nagar     | 187     |
| Gonda                | 350     |
| Balrampur            | 186     |
| Bahraich             | 293     |
| Shrawasti            | 102 209 |
| Banda                | 93      |
| Chitrakoot           |         |
| Farrukhabad Fatehpur | 148 256 |
| Hamirpur             | 134     |
| Mahoba               | 106     |
| Kannauj              | 157     |
| Kanpur Dehat         | 305     |
| Kanpur Nagar         | 176     |
| Unnao                | 271     |
| Ayodhya              | 377     |
| Ambedkar Nagar       | 326     |
| Barabanki            | 365     |
| Lucknow              | 284     |
| Raebareli            | 365     |
| Sitapur              | 418     |
| Varanasi             | 286     |
| Chandauli            | 180     |
| Bhadohi              | 103     |
| Jaunpur              | 423 355 |
| Ballia               |         |
| Ghazipur             | 381 414 |
| Prayagraj            | 130     |
| Kaushambi Sultanpur  | 326     |

|    |             | Sonbhadra                         | 239     |
|----|-------------|-----------------------------------|---------|
|    |             | Mirzapur                          | 313     |
|    |             | Pratapgarh                        | 362     |
|    |             | Hapur                             | 99      |
|    |             | Ghaziabad                         | 118     |
|    |             | Gautam Budh Nagar                 | 125     |
|    |             | Amethi                            | 258     |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | Almora                            | 339     |
|    |             | Bageshwar                         | 142     |
|    |             | Chamoli                           | 261     |
|    |             | Rudraprayag                       | 131     |
|    |             | Dehradun                          | 248     |
|    |             | Haridwar                          | 113     |
|    |             | Nainital                          | 160     |
|    |             | Udham Singh Nagar                 | 111     |
|    |             | Pauri Garhwal                     | 426     |
|    |             | Pithoragarh                       | 323     |
|    |             | Champawat                         | 83      |
|    |             | Tehri Garhwal                     | 266     |
|    |             | Uttarkashi                        | 133     |
| 34 | West Bengal | Kolkata                           | 1       |
|    |             | Kolkata                           | 38      |
|    |             | Kolkata                           | 109     |
|    |             | 24 Parganas(N)                    | 26      |
|    |             | Kolkata                           | 41      |
|    |             | Kolkata                           | 34      |
|    |             | 24 Parganas(N)                    | 33      |
|    |             | 24 Parganas(N)                    | 498     |
|    |             | 24 Parganas(S)                    | 0       |
|    |             | 24 Parganas(N)                    | 129     |
|    |             | Birbhum                           | 468     |
|    |             | Murshidabad                       | 9       |
|    |             | Murshidabad                       | 576     |
|    |             | Malda                             | 1       |
|    |             | Nadia                             | 1       |
|    |             | Nadia                             | 258     |
|    |             | Nadia 24 Parganas(S)              | 203 773 |
|    |             | Purba burdwan                     | 551     |
|    |             | Paschim Burdwan                   | 2       |
|    |             | Nadia                             | 1       |
|    |             | Birbhum                           | 1       |
|    |             | Murshidabad                       | 2       |
|    |             | Bankura                           | 2       |
|    |             | Paschim Burdwan                   | 210     |
|    |             | Purba Burdwan                     | 0       |
|    |             | Bankura                           | 488     |
|    |             | Purulia                           | 444     |
|    |             | Hooghly                           | 297     |
|    |             | Burdwan                           | 10      |
|    |             | Midnapore                         | 0       |
|    |             | Hooghly                           | 201     |
|    |             | Paschim Medinipur                 | 449     |
|    |             | Purba Medinipur                   | 6       |
|    |             | Jhargram                          | 186     |
|    |             | Hooghly                           | 2       |
|    |             | Bankura                           | 4       |
|    |             | Purba medinipur                   | 333 23  |
|    |             | Paschim Medinipur Purba Medinipur | 292     |
|    |             | Paschim Medinipur                 | 130     |

|    |                                     | Howrah                | 346      |
|----|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------|
|    |                                     | Jalpaiguri            | 197      |
|    |                                     | Alipurduar            | 46       |
|    |                                     | Cooch Behar           | 52       |
|    |                                     | Darjeeling            | 5        |
|    |                                     | Kalimpong             | 6        |
|    |                                     | Cooch behar           | 249      |
|    |                                     | Alipurduar            | 114      |
|    |                                     | Darjeeling            | 176      |
|    |                                     | Kalimpong             | 39       |
|    |                                     | Jalpaiguri            | 10       |
|    |                                     | Uttar Dinajpur        | 206      |
|    |                                     | Malda                 | 334      |
|    |                                     | Dakshin Dinajpur      | 171      |
| 35 | Sikkim                              | East Sikkim           | 92       |
|    |                                     | West Sikkim           | 51       |
|    |                                     | North Sikkim          | 24       |
|    |                                     | South Sikkim          | 45       |
| 36 | Union Territory of Andaman &Nicobar | South Andaman         | 48       |
|    |                                     | North &Middle Andaman | 34       |
|    | Islands                             | Nicobar               | 18       |
|    | Total                               |                       | 1,61,842 |

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