Number of Post Offices Functioning/Operational in India 2021 | Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 681 and Answer | List of Services Available in India Post/DOP/Post Office

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS. LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 681 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST DECEMBER, 2021. OPERATIONAL POST OFFICES. 681. 

SHRI B.B.PATIL: Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state: 

 (a) the total number of operational post offices across the country including rural areas, State/UT-wise; 

 (b) whether postal services have been provided in all the villages of the country including Telangana and if so, the details thereof including the details of all the services being provided by post offices; 

 (c) if not, the reasons therefore and the number of such villages where postal services are yet to be provided, State/UT-wise; 

 (d) whether the Government has formulated any plan to open post office in all the villages of the country; and 

 (e) if so, the details thereof? 

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN) 

(a) Sir, there are 1,56,434 post offices functioning across the country including rural areas. The State/ UT-wise details are at Annexure-I. 

(b) Yes, Sir. The postal services are provided through a network of 1,41,055 Rural Post Offices covering all the villages in the country. Of these, 5203 Rural Post Offices are serving the villages in Telangana. The details of postal services provided in all the villages of the country including Telangana are at Annexure-II. 

(c) Villages without post office are provided with postal services from existing nearby Post Offices and there are no villages without Postal Service coverage. 

(d) & (e) No Sir, there is no plan for opening of post offices in all the villages of the Country, in view of the reply above

Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 681 to be answered on 1st December, 2021 raised by Hon’ble Member of Parliament Shri B. B. Patil, regarding “Operational Post Offices”. 

State/ UT-wise number of Post Offices in the country as on 31.03.2021 S.No. Name of the State/UT No. of Post Offices 

 1 Andhra Pradesh 10595 

2 Assam 4006 

3 Bihar 9109 

4 Chhattisgarh 3908 

5 Delhi 511 

6 Gujarat 8794 

7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 52 

8 Haryana 2696 

9 Himachal Pradesh 2795 

10 Jammu & Kashmir 1591 

11 Ladakh 109 

12 Jharkhand 3852 

13 Karnataka 9624 

14 Kerala 5053 

15 Lakshadweep 10 

16 Madhya Pradesh 8278 

17 Maharashtra 12744 

18 Goa 255 

19 Arunachal Pradesh 303 

20 Manipur 694 

21 Meghalaya 491 

22 Mizoram 383 

23 Nagaland 330 

24 Tripura 711 

25 Odisha 8258 

26 Punjab 3817 

27 Chandigarh 51 

28 Rajasthan 10288 

29 Tamil Nadu 11777 

30 Puducherry 90 

31 Telangana 5794 

32 Uttarakhand 2722 

33 Uttar Pradesh 17665 

34 West Bengal 8769 

35 Andaman & Nicobar 100 

36 Sikkim 209 

Total 156434 

ANNEXURE- II Annexure referred to in reply of para (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 681 to be answered on 1st December, 2021 raised by Hon’ble Member of Parliament Shri B. B. Patil, regarding “Operational Post Offices”. 

AN INDICATIVE LIST OF VARIOUS POSTAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN POST OFFICES

1. Mail Services 

a) Speed post 

b) Money Order (MO) 

c) Stamps Sale 

d) Letter  Registered Letter  Ordinary letter  Insured letter 

e) Parcel 

f) Delivery of all articles including e-post messages.

2. Banking Services 

a) National (small) Savings Scheme 

 Post Office Savings Account 

 One year Time Deposit 

 Two year Time Deposit 

 Three year Time Deposit 

 Five year Time Deposit 

 Five year Recurring Deposit 

 Five year Senior Citizen Savings Schemes 

 Five year monthly income scheme 

 Five year National Savings Certificate 

  Public provident fund scheme 

 SukanyaSamriddhi Account 

 KisanVikasPatra

 b) Jansuraksha scheme 

 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan JyotiBimaYojna(PMJJBY) 

 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna(PMSBY) 

  Atal Pension Yojna(APY) 

c) India Post Payments Bank 

 Savings and current accounts 

 Direct Benefit Transfer payment. 

 Money Transfer Services.

  Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) 

 Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan). 

 Mobile number update for Aadhaar.

3. Insurance Services 

a) Postal Life Insurance 

 Whole Life Assurance (Suraksha) 

 Endowment Assurance (Santosh) 

 Convertible Whole Life Assurance (Suvidha) 

 Anticipated Endowment Assurance (Sumangal) 

 Joint Life Assurance (Yugal Suraksha) 

 Children Policy (Bal Jeevan Bima) 

 Life Insurance through Bajaj Allianz life Insurance Company and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan JyotiBima Yojana (PMJJBY). 

 General Insurance services

b) Rural Postal Life Insurance 

 Whole Life Assurance (Gram Suraksha) 

 Convertible Whole Life Assurance (Gram Suvidha) 

 Endowment Assurance (Gram Santosh) 

 10 Years Rural PLI (Gram Priya) 

 Anticipated Endowment Assurance (Gram Sumangal) 

 Children Policy (Bal Jeevan Bima)