Lok Sabha Question No. 1411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-29
Subject: Postal Distribution Zones
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**DEPARTMENT OF POSTS**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1411**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 29** **TH** **JULY, 2015**

**Postal Distribution Zones**

**1411. 	SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:**

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a)	 the total number of postal distribution zones in the country, State-wise;

(b) 	the number of areas that fall in each such postal distribution zone, State-wise including Gujarat; and

(c)	 the number of postmen deployed in these States during each of the last three years and the current year, State/zone-wise?

ANSWER

**THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)**

(a)	Department of Posts does not have any Postal Distribution Zones in the country. However, delivery of mail is done through the delivery post offices across the country. The number of Delivery Post Offices in the country, State-wise, is given in **Annexure (column (a)).**

(b)	The average number of areas that fall in each Delivery Post Office, State-wise is given in **Annexure (column (b)).**

(c)	The number of postmen deployed in the Delivery Post Offices state-wise during last three years and current year are given in **Annexure. (column (c)**

**Contd…2/-**

**-** 2-

**Annexure**

**Details of Number of Delivery Post Offices in the Country (State-wise)**

| **Question**   |                         | **(a)**                             | **(b)**                            | **(c)**                              |             |             |             |
|----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| **Sl. No.**    | **Name of State**       | **Number of Delivery Post Offices** | **Average area covered (Sq. Km.)** | **Total number of Postmen deployed** |             |             |             |
|                |                         |                                     |                                    | **2012-13**                          | **2013-14** | **2014-15** | **2015-16** |
|                | **Andhra Pradesh**      | 1223                                | 131                                | 1968                                 | 2004        | 2041        | 2084        |
|                | **Arunachal Pradesh**   | 48                                  | 1745                               | 41                                   | 41          | 41          | 41          |
|                | **Assam**               | 570                                 | 139                                | 818                                  | 781         | 773         | 770         |
|                | **Bihar**               | 1020                                | 92                                 | 1943                                 | 1744        | 1743        | 1719        |
|                | **Chhattisgarh**        | 264                                 | 512                                | 488                                  | 428         | 431         | 433         |
|                | **Delhi**               | 95                                  | 16                                 | 1867                                 | 1690        | 1548        | 1448        |
|                | **Goa**                 | 88                                  | 42                                 | 173                                  | 165         | 161         | 161         |
|                | **Gujarat**             | 1021                                | 192                                | 3814                                 | 3584        | 3370        | 3122        |
|                | **Haryana**             | 305                                 | 145                                | 659                                  | 667         | 622         | 622         |
|                | **Himachal Pradesh**    | 435                                 | 128                                | 435                                  | 442         | 469         | 469         |
|                | **Jammu & Kashmir** | 215                                 | 1034                               | 208                                  | 189         | 185         | 165         |
|                | **Jharkhand**           | 377                                 | 211                                | 811                                  | 811         | 811         | 811         |
|                | **Karnataka**           | 1329                                | 144                                | 3367                                 | 3341        | 3454        | 3454        |
|                | **Kerala**              | 1410                                | 28                                 | 2153                                 | 2243        | 2119        | 2119        |
|                | **Madhya Pradesh**      | 761                                 | 405                                | 1556                                 | 1513        | 1466        | 1386        |
|                | **Maharashtra**         | 1592                                | 193                                | 7951                                 | 7625        | 7385        | 7122        |
|                | **Manipur**             | 51                                  | 438                                | 61                                   | 61          | 61          | 61          |
|                | **Meghalaya**           | 62                                  | 362                                | 133                                  | 120         | 101         | 89          |
|                | **Mizoram**             | 39                                  | 541                                | 46                                   | 45          | 47          | 47          |
|                | **Nagaland**            | 39                                  | 425                                | 56                                   | 50          | 50          | 54          |
|                | **Odisha**              | 695                                 | 224                                | 746                                  | 837         | 871         | 871         |
|                | **Punjab**              | 537                                 | 94                                 | 1615                                 | 1563        | 1599        | 1608        |
|                | **Rajasthan**           | 962                                 | 356                                | 1579                                 | 1572        | 1784        | 1784        |
|                | **Sikkim**              | 19                                  | 373                                | 14                                   | 14          | 15          | 15          |
|                | **Tamil Nadu**          | 2052                                | 64                                 | 5013                                 | 5129        | 4866        | 4838        |
|                | **Telangana**           | 663                                 | 173                                | 1199                                 | 1213        | 1190        | 1225        |
|                | **Tripura**             | 78                                  | 135                                | 136                                  | 140         | 138         | 138         |
|                | **Uttar Pradesh**       | 1620                                | 150                                | 4332                                 | 4210        | 4032        | 3991        |
|                | **Uttarakhand**         | 293                                 | 182                                | 579                                  | 587         | 565         | 560         |
|                | **West Bengal**         | 1190                                | 81                                 | 3968                                 | 3813        | 3681        | 3681        |

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