Circle wise number of Post Offices and Opening of New Post Office
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 30
ANSWERED ON 07.07.2014
OPENING OF POST OFFICES
30 . Shri NALIN KUMAR KATEEL
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
(a) the number of post offices in the rural and urban areas in the country, Circle/ Category-wise;
(b) the number of post offices proposed to be opened in the country during the current year;
(c) the number of post offices closed during the last three years and the current year along with the reasons therefor;
(d) whether the Government has any proposal to operate Railway Passenger Reservation through post offices in the country; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) Circle-wise number of Post Offices in rural and urban areas in the country (as on 31.3.2014) is at Annexure-I.
(b) Circle-wise number of Post Offices proposed to be opened by redeployment & relocation in the country during the current financial year is at Annexure-II.
(c) Circle-wise number of Post Offices closed during 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15 is at Annexure-III. Post Offices were closed down as a result of merger on need to vacate rented premises and relocation of post offices resulting from rationalization to cater to new habitations.
(d) & (e) The Department of Posts has been providing Railway Passenger Reservation (booking/ cancellation) facility through Post Offices in association with Ministry of Railways since 2007. As on December, 2013 this service is being offered through 281 Post Offices.
LOK SABHA ANNEXURED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 30 DATED 7.07.2014
Annexure-I
Circle-wise number of Post Offices in Rural and Urban areas in the country (as on 31.3.2014)
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Circles
|
No. of Post Offices in Rural area
|
No. of Post Offices in Urban area
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
14815
|
1335
|
2
|
Assam
|
3642
|
372
|
3
|
Bihar
|
8591
|
473
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2878
|
266
|
5
|
Delhi
|
83
|
478
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
8193
|
788
|
7
|
Haryana
|
2329
|
344
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2662
|
118
|
9
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1502
|
197
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
2829
|
270
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
8607
|
1072
|
12
|
Kerala
|
4209
|
858
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
7476
|
842
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
11559
|
1297
|
15
|
North East
|
2686
|
228
|
16
|
Odisha
|
7570
|
596
|
17
|
Punjab
|
3408
|
445
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
9668
|
662
|
19
|
Tamil Nadu
|
10265
|
1801
|
20
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
15747
|
1933
|
21
|
Uttarakhand
|
2508
|
214
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
7955
|
1111
|
Total
|
139182
|
15700
|
Annexure-II
Circle-wise number of Post Offices proposed to be opened by redeployment & relocation in the country during the current financial year 2014-15
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Circles
|
No. of Post Offices
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
11
|
2
|
Assam
|
8
|
3
|
Bihar
|
5
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
9
|
5
|
Delhi
|
4
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
8
|
7
|
Haryana
|
8
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
6
|
9
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
4
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
8
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
8
|
12
|
Kerala
|
2
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
10
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
9
|
15
|
North East
|
9
|
16
|
Odisha
|
8
|
17
|
Punjab
|
7
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
8
|
19
|
Tamil Nadu
|
8
|
20
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
11
|
21
|
Uttarakhand
|
4
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
5
|
Total
|
160
|
Annexure-III
Circle-wise number of Post Offices closed during 2011-12 , 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Circles
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
(Upto 30.06.2014) |
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
Assam
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
Bihar
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
Delhi
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
Haryana
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
67
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
Kerala
|
7
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
North East
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
16
|
Odisha
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
17
|
Punjab
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
21
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Total
|
92
|
35
|
23
|
0
|
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