Operational Post Offices in the Country – Number of employees working and post offices operational
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 225
TO BE ANSWERED ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2022
OPERATIONAL POST OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY
225. MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a) the State-wise details of the number of post offices operational in the country;
(b) the State-wise details of the number of post-offices that are closed down during the last five years in the country;
(c) the number of employees working in postal department in the country;
(d) whether the Government has taken any effective step to use the existing infrastructure and land belonging to postal department under PPP model and if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the details of the total asset of postal department in the country, State-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)
(a) The Postal Circle-wise details (including all States and Union Territories) of the number of post offices operational in the country are enclosed as Annexure-I.
(b) The Postal Circle- wise details (including all States and Union Territories) of the number of post offices closed down during the last five-years in the country are enclosed as Annexure-II.
(c) The total number of employees working in Postal Department is 4,00,909, which includes 2,37,978 Gramin Dak Sevaks.
(d) There is no proposal to use the existing infrastructure and land belonging to Postal Department under Public – Private Partnership (PPP) model.
(e) The details of the total assets belonging to Postal Department in the country, Postal Circle – wise (including all States and Union Territories), are enclosed as Annexure-III.
Annexure I
| Sl No. | Name of the Postal Circle | Number of Post offices |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 10606 |
| 2 | Assam | 4005 |
| 3 | Bihar | 9302 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 4299 |
| 5 | Delhi | 509 |
| 6 | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu) | 8844 |
| 7 | Haryana | 2694 |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 2795 |
| 9 | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) | 1695 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 4031 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 9617 |
| 12 | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep) | 5063 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 8791 |
| 14 | Maharashtra (including Goa) | 13688 |
| 15 | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland) |
2913 |
| 16 | Odisha | 8490 |
| 17 | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh) | 3834 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 10290 |
| 19 | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry) | 11864 |
| 20 | Telangana | 6212 |
| 21 | Uttar Pradesh | 17885 |
| 22 | Uttarakhand | 2722 |
| 23 | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands) | 9076 |
| Grand Total | 1,59,225 |
Annexure II
| Sl No. | Name of the Postal Circle |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
2022-23
(Till date) |
Total |
| 1 | Delhi | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Haryana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Maharashtra (including Goa) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Telangana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Grand Total | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 37 |
Annexure III
| Sl No. | Name of the Postal Circle | Departmental Building | Departmental Vacant Plots |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 174 | 107 |
| 2 | Assam | 179 | 21 |
| 3 | Bihar | 193 | 63 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 45 | 10 |
| 5 | Delhi | 129 | 13 |
| 6 | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu) | 321 | 54 |
| 7 | Haryana | 83 | 17 |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 83 | 23 |
| 9 | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) |
35 |
6 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 71 | 36 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 459 | 336 |
| 12 | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep) | 258 | 139 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 201 | 46 |
| 14 | Maharashtra (including Goa) | 417 | 83 |
| 15 | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland) |
99 |
20 |
| 16 | Odisha | 169 | 18 |
| 17 | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh) | 145 | 12 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 385 | 136 |
| 19 | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry) | 307 | 145 |
| 20 | Telangana | 165 | 110 |
| 21 | Uttar Pradesh | 329 | 77 |
| 22 | Uttarakhand | 55 | 19 |
| 23 | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands) | 278 | 82 |
| Grand Total | 4580 | 1573 |
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