Lok Sabha Question No. 2202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Post Offices in Major Villages
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2023

## POST OFFICES IN MAJOR VILLAGES

## †2202. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether post offices have been set up in all the major villages in the country with a view to ensure smooth implementation of communication systems;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the district-wise number of post offices in Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) whether all the post offices in the country have been connected with modern technology; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Branch Post Offices have been set up in 1,36,762 villages in the country to increase access  to  postal  facilities  and  ensure  smooth  implementation  of  communication  systems.  Postal Circle-wise details (including States and Union Territories) of number of branch post offices set up in villages in the country is given in Annexure-I .

- (c) District-wise number of post offices in Madhya Pradesh is given in Annexure -II .
- (d) & (e) All Departmental Post Offices in the country have been computerized and networked under the Information Technology (IT) Modernization Project.  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.

## ANNEXURE-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  2202 to be answered on 2 ND  August, 2023 regarding 'Post Offices in Major Villages'

| Sl No.   | Name of the Postal Circle                                                                      | Total Number of Branch Post Offices   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 | 9041                                  |
| 2        | Assam                                                                                          | 3382                                  |
| 3        | Bihar                                                                                          | 8227                                  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                   | 4115                                  |
| 5        | Delhi                                                                                          | 130                                   |
| 6        | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu)                   | 7628                                  |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                                        | 2190                                  |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                               | 2324                                  |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) | 1472                                  |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                                                                      | 3566                                  |
| 11       | Karnataka                                                                                      | 7918                                  |
| 12       | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep)                                              | 3554                                  |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                 | 9256                                  |
| 14       | Maharashtra (including Goa)                                                                    | 11471                                 |
| 15       | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland)    | 2575                                  |
| 16       | Odisha                                                                                         | 7278                                  |
| 17       | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh)                                               | 3108                                  |
| 18       | Rajasthan                                                                                      | 9730                                  |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry)                                           | 9264                                  |
| 20       | Telangana                                                                                      | 5444                                  |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                  | 15420                                 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand                                                                                    | 2341                                  |
| 23       | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)              | 7328                                  |
| Total    | Total                                                                                          | 1,36,762                              |

## ANNEXURE-II

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  2202 to be answered on 2 ND  August, 2023 regarding 'Post Offices in Major Villages'

|   S No. | Name of the District in Madhya Pradesh   |   Total Number of Post Offices (Head Post Office, Sub- Post Office, Branch Post Office) |   S No. | Name of the District in Madhya Pradesh   |   Total Number of Post Offices (Head Post Office, Sub Post Office, Branch Post Office) |
|---------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Guna                                     |                                                                                     173 |      27 | Ratlam                                   |                                                                                    185 |
|       2 | Ashoknagar                               |                                                                                     136 |      28 | Jhabua                                   |                                                                                    107 |
|       3 | Shivpuri                                 |                                                                                     275 |      29 | Alirajpur                                |                                                                                    108 |
|       4 | Morena                                   |                                                                                     212 |      30 | Mandsaur                                 |                                                                                    221 |
|       5 | Sheopur                                  |                                                                                      85 |      31 | Neemuch                                  |                                                                                    135 |
|       6 | Bhind                                    |                                                                                     259 |      32 | Balaghat                                 |                                                                                    478 |
|       7 | Bhopal                                   |                                                                                     140 |      33 | Seoni                                    |                                                                                    256 |
|       8 | Raisen                                   |                                                                                     243 |      34 | Chhatarpur                               |                                                                                    262 |
|       9 | Vidisha                                  |                                                                                     220 |      35 | Tikamgarh                                |                                                                                    131 |
|      10 | Narmadapuram                             |                                                                                     224 |      36 | Niwari                                   |                                                                                     62 |
|      11 | Narsinghpur                              |                                                                                     207 |      37 | Chhindwara                               |                                                                                    398 |
|      12 | Harda                                    |                                                                                     103 |      38 | Betul                                    |                                                                                    306 |
|      13 | Gwalior                                  |                                                                                     158 |      39 | Jabalpur                                 |                                                                                    241 |
|      14 | Datia                                    |                                                                                     153 |      40 | Katni                                    |                                                                                    189 |
|      15 | Sehore                                   |                                                                                     192 |      41 | Mandla                                   |                                                                                    411 |
|      16 | Rajgarh                                  |                                                                                     196 |      42 | Dindori                                  |                                                                                    128 |
|      17 | Indore                                   |                                                                                     164 |      43 | Rewa                                     |                                                                                    335 |
|      18 | Dewas                                    |                                                                                     211 |      44 | Sidhi                                    |                                                                                    150 |
|      19 | Dhar                                     |                                                                                     260 |      45 | Singrauli                                |                                                                                    118 |
|      20 | Ujjain                                   |                                                                                     199 |      46 | Sagar                                    |                                                                                    333 |
|      21 | Shajapur                                 |                                                                                     126 |      47 | Damoh                                    |                                                                                    216 |
|      22 | Agar Malwa                               |                                                                                      68 |      48 | Satna                                    |                                                                                    300 |
|      23 | Khandwa                                  |                                                                                     180 |      49 | Panna                                    |                                                                                    153 |
|      24 | Burhanpur                                |                                                                                      71 |      50 | Shahdol                                  |                                                                                    167 |
|      25 | Khargone                                 |                                                                                     216 |      51 | Anuppur                                  |                                                                                    138 |
|      26 | Barwani                                  |                                                                                     154 |      52 | Umaria                                   |                                                                                    118 |

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