Post Offices in the country and closure/opening of post office in recent years

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED    QUESTION NO         641

ANSWERED ON         27.02.2013

POST OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY

641 .   Shri ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH, M. B. RAJESH, P. K. BIJU
Will the Minister of   COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY       be pleased to state:-

(a)       the total number of Post Offices in the country, State-wise;

(b)       the details of the Post Offices which were closed down during the last three years and the current year and the reasons therefor;

(c) the details of Post Offices proposed to be opened in the country during the current year, State-wise;

(d)       whether any proposal has been received from the Railway Ministry to operate Railway Passengers Reservation System through Post Offices; and

(e)       if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard so far?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Dr. (SMT.) KILLI KRUPARANI)

(a): Circle-wise number of Post Offices in the country (as on 31.3.2012) is at Annexure-I. 

Annexure-I

LOK SABHA ANNEXURED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 641 DATED 27.02.2013

Circle-wise number of Post Offices in the country (as on 31.3.2012)

Sl. No.	Circles	Total No. of Post Offices
1	Andhra Pradesh	16141
2	Assam	4007
3	Bihar	9057
4	Chhattisgarh	3127
5	Delhi	576
6	Gujarat	8979
7	Haryana	2664
8	Himachal Pradesh	2778
9	Jammu & Kashmir	1695
10	Jharkhand	3095
11	Karnataka	9703
12	Kerala	5068
13	Madhya Pradesh	8314
14	Maharashtra	12858
15	North East	2912
16	Orissa	8163
17	Punjab	3849
18	Rajasthan	10324
19	Tamil Nadu	12064
20	Uttar Pradesh	17668
21	Uttarakhand	2718
22	West Bengal	9062
	Total	154822

(b): Circle-wise number of Post Offices closed down during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13 is at Annexure-II. 

ANNEXURE-II

Number of Post Offices closed during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13

Sl. No.	Circles	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13 (as on 20.2.2013)
1	Andhra Pradesh	4	0	0	0
2	Assam	2	0	2	0
3	Bihar	2	0	0	0
4	Chhattisgarh	2	0	0	0
5	Delhi	0	0	0	0
6	Gujarat	0	0	1	1
7	Haryana	0	0	1	2
8	Himachal Pradesh	1	0	0	0
9	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0	1	0
10	Jharkhand	0	0	0	1
11	Karnataka	0	0	67	16
12	Kerala	0	0	7	2
13	Madhya Pradesh	0	0	0	0
14	Maharashtra	1	0	0	0
15	North East	0	0	5	3
16	Orissa	0	2	0	0
17	Punjab	0	0	7	0
18	Rajasthan	0	0	0	0
19	Tamil Nadu	0	0	1	0
20	Uttar Pradesh	2	0	0	1
21	Uttarakhand	0	0	0	0
22	West Bengal	0	0	0	0
	Total	14	2	92	26

Post Offices were closed down as a result of merger, relocation and upgradation of BranchPost Offices into Departmental Sub-Post Offices.

(c):     Circle-wise number of Post Offices proposed to be opened by redeployment & relocation in the country during the current financial year is at Annexure-III.

Annexure-III

Circle-wise number of Post Offices proposed to be opened by redeployment & relocation in the country during the current financial year 2012-13

Sl. No.	Circles	No. of Post Offices
1	Andhra Pradesh	8
2	Assam	6
3	Bihar	4
4	Chhattisgarh	6
5	Delhi	4
6	Gujarat	7
7	Haryana	8
8	Himachal Pradesh	4
9	Jammu & Kashmir	2
10	Jharkhand	5
11	Karnataka	7
12	Kerala	5
13	Madhya Pradesh	6
14	Maharashtra	9
15	North East	9
16	Orissa	6
17	Punjab	5
18	Rajasthan	6
19	Tamil Nadu	7
20	Uttar Pradesh	8
21	Uttarakhand	4
22	West Bengal	4
	Total	130

(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 31st December, 2012 this service was being offered through 220 Post Offices.