Lok Sabha Question No. 2784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Youth Hostels
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR, SAKUNTALA LAGURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2784 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2016

Youth Hostels

2784. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and details of Youth Hostels set up in the country along with the locations thereof, State-wise;
- (b) the number and details of such hostels under construction in various parts of the country along with the locations thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  such hostels in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) The number and details of Youth Hostels set up in the country along with the locations, is at Annexure.
- (b) One Youth Hostel, at Roing in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, is under construction.
- (c) There is no proposal to set up more Youth Hostels in the country.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.2784  FOR  15.03.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  NAGAR RODMAL AND SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI REGARDING YOUTH HOSTELS.

The details of Youth Hostels set up in the country, State/UT-wise are as under:

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT   |   No. of Youth Hostels in the State/UT | Location of Youth Hostel (s)                                          |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Assam              |                                      4 | Golaghat, Guwahati, Nagaon, Tezpur                                    |
| 2.       | A&N Islands        |                                      1 | Port Blair                                                            |
| 3.       | Andhra Pradesh     |                                      5 | Vijayawada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Kadapa             |
| 4.       | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                      1 | Naharlagun                                                            |
| 5.       | Bihar              |                                      1 | Patna                                                                 |
| 6.       | Goa                |                                      2 | Panaji, Padam Mapusa                                                  |
| 7.       | Gujarat            |                                      1 | Gandhinagar                                                           |
| 8.       | Haryana            |                                      7 | Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Sirsa, Yamuna Nagar, Rewari |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh   |                                      2 | Dalhousie and Bilaspur                                                |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir     |                                      3 | Patintop, Srinagar and Nagrota                                        |
| 11.      | Karnataka          |                                      4 | Mysore, Hassan, Tirtharameshwar, Sogalu                               |
| 12.      | Kerala             |                                      3 | Trivandrum, Ernakulam (Kochi), Calicut (Kozhikode)                    |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh     |                                      3 | Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho                                           |
| 14.      | Maharashtra        |                                      2 | Aurangabad and Buldana                                                |
| 15.      | Odisha             |                                      4 | Puri, Joshipur, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Koraput                              |
| 16.      | Pondicherry        |                                      1 | Pondicherry                                                           |
| 17.      | Punjab             |                                      6 | Ropar, Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar              |
| 18.      | Rajasthan          |                                      4 | Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udaipur                                       |
| 19.      | Tamil Nadu         |                                      5 | Chennai, Madurai, Thanjavaur, Trichy, Ooty                            |
| 20.      | Telangana          |                                      3 | Secunderabad, Nagarjunasagar, Warangal                                |
| 21.      | Uttar Pradesh      |                                      2 | Agra, Lucknow                                                         |
| 22.      | Uttarakhand        |                                      4 | Mussoorie, Uttarkashi, Nainital, Badrinath                            |
| 23.      | West Bengal        |                                      3 | Darjeeling,Burdwan and Churulia                                       |
| 24.      | Manipur            |                                      4 | Imphal, Ukhrul, Thoubal, Churachandpur                                |
| 25.      | Meghalaya          |                                      2 | Shillong and Tura                                                     |
| 26.      | Mizoram            |                                      1 | Aizwal                                                                |
| 27.      | Nagaland           |                                      2 | Dimapur and Mokokchung                                                |
| 28.      | Sikkim             |                                      2 | Gangtok and Namchi                                                    |
| 29.      | Tripura            |                                      1 | Agartala                                                              |
|          | Total:             |                                     83 |                                                                       |

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