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Date: 2025-12-17 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Postal Services in Villages

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**Executive Summary** This document presents answers to questions regarding postal services in villages, specifically concerning the number of post offices, the provision of postal services in every village, and the availability of residential colonies for postal employees, as of December 17th, 2025. The information is provided by the Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development and includes annexures detailing statistics on post offices, new openings, and residential colonies. The document outlines future plans and existing infrastructure related to postal services. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Current Post Office Operations:** * The number of operating post offices and telegraph offices in departmental buildings and rented premises, categorized by state, region, and area type (urban/rural), is detailed in Annexure I. Telegraph offices in respect of the information provided by Department of Telecommunications is 'NIL'. * **Planned Post Office Expansion:** * Annexure II lists the number of new post offices and sub-post offices slated to open in the coming year (2025-26 and 2026-27), categorized by state. * **Postal Service Coverage:** * The Government is actively providing postal services throughout the country, utilizing a network of 1,64,999 post offices. * **Residential Colonies for Employees:** * Annexure III contains information about the number of residential colonies available for postal employees, broken down by state and region, along with an assessment of the adequacy of these colonies. **Impact Analysis** **Stakeholder: Postal Employees** * **Impact:** Provides information on the availability and adequacy of residential colonies. * **Action Required:** Review Annexure III to understand the status of residential colonies in their respective regions. **Stakeholder: Government (Ministry of Communications/Department of Posts)** * **Impact:** Requires planning and resource allocation for postal service expansion and employee housing. * **Action Required:** Use Annexure II for future expansion and resource allocation and continue assessing the adequacy of housing. **Stakeholder: Citizens in Villages** * **Impact:** Affects access to postal services and the potential for improved service availability through new post office openings. * **Action Required:** No immediate action is needed, but citizens can monitor the establishment of new post offices in their areas as outlined in Annexure II.

Key Entities Referenced

Ministry of Communications: The primary ministry responsible for postal services. Department of Posts: The department within the Ministry of Communications responsible for the postal network. Postal Services in Villages: The central topic of the parliamentary question, focusing on the accessibility and infrastructure of postal services in rural areas. Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Indian Parliament, where the question regarding postal services was raised. Post Offices: The primary infrastructure entity for postal services, whose numbers and conditions are the subject of inquiry.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2898 ANSWERED ON 17TH DECEMBER, 2025 POSTAL SERVICES IN VILLAGES †2898. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR: Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state: (a) the number of post offices and telegraph offices currently operating from departmental buildings and rented premises in urban and rural areas, State, region and category-wise; (b) the number of new post offices, sub-post offices and telegraph offices likely to be opened during the coming year, State-wise; (c) whether the Government proposes to provide postal services in every village of the country and if so, the details thereof; (d) the number of residential colonies available for postal and telegraph employees, State and region-wise; and (e) whether the said residential colonies are adequate and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR) (a) The number of Post Offices currently operating from departmental buildings and rented premises in urban and rural areas, State, region and category-wise are at Annexure – I. (b) The number of new Post Offices, Sub-Post Offices likely to be opened during the coming year, State-wise are at Annexure – II. (c) The Government is providing postal services with its vast network of 1,64,999 Post Offices across the length and breadth of the country. (d) & (e) The number of residential colonies available for Postal employees, State & region- wise and its adequacy, are at Annexure – III. Note: Information provided by Department of Telecommunications in respect of Telegraph offices is ‘NIL’. 1ANNEXURE - I The number of Post Offices currently operating from departmental buildings and rented premises in urban and rural areas, State, Region and category-wise : S. Name of Name of Region No of Urban Rural POs No. State/UT of Circle operated Deptt Rente Deptt Total Rented Total Bldg d Bldg Kurnool 462 41 132 173 15 274 289 Andhra 1 Vijayawada 688 45 179 224 22 442 464 Pradesh Vishakhapatnam 418 28 127 155 24 239 263 HQ Guwahati 289 33 54 87 56 146 202 2 Assam Dibrugarh 298 51 47 98 44 156 200 Central 372 42 126 168 26 178 204 3 Bihar North 370 38 88 126 36 208 244 East 236 31 58 89 27 120 147 4 Chhattisgarh 355 45 194 239 2 114 116 5 Delhi 369 133 236 369 0 0 0 Vadodara 497 56 148 204 51 242 293 6 Gujarat Rajkot 369 87 94 181 47 141 188 Ahmedabad 354 64 158 222 35 97 132 South Karnataka 773 113 199 312 63 398 461 7 Karnataka North Karnataka 688 129 222 351 34 303 337 Bengaluru 217 68 115 183 8 26 34 Himachal 8 471 46 66 112 33 326 359 Pradesh Jammu & Jammu 147 20 73 93 5 49 54 9 Kashmir Srinagar HQ 102 6 75 81 3 18 21 10 Ladakh 15 3 4 7 0 8 8 11 Jharkhand 446 45 135 180 43 223 266 12 Haryana 507 70 266 336 7 164 171 HQ 384 40 101 141 37 206 243 13 Kerala Central 491 42 134 176 29 286 315 Northern 606 46 179 225 53 328 381 14 Lakshadweep 9 1 2 3 0 6 6 HQ 258 58 115 173 12 73 85 Madhya 15 Indore 284 71 133 204 13 67 80 Pradesh Jabalpur 393 49 188 237 5 151 156 Mumbai 230 62 168 230 0 0 0 Navi Mumbai 284 36 130 166 10 108 118 Nagpur 395 72 119 191 17 187 204 16 Maharashtra Pune 495 47 91 138 12 345 357 Chhatrapati 401 60 149 209 17 175 192 Sambhaji Nagar 17 Goa Goa 313 17 60 77 13 223 236 18 Manipur 58 4 25 29 5 24 29 19 Mizoram 38 7 13 20 9 9 18 2ANNEXURE - I The number of Post Offices currently operating from departmental buildings and rented premises in urban and rural areas, State, Region and category-wise : No of Urban Rural Name of Region of S. No. Name of State/UT Circle operaP tO eds D Be lp dt gt Rent de Total D Be lp dt gt Rented Total Arunachal 20 36 16 4 20 7 9 16 Pradesh Bhubaneshwar 505 41 149 190 49 266 315 21 Odisha Berhampur 271 23 90 113 8 150 158 Sambalpur 302 37 100 137 9 156 165 Punjab HQ 245 61 101 162 9 74 83 22 Punjab (including UT) Punjab West 398 57 147 204 14 180 194 Ajmer 427 71 114 185 39 203 242 23 Rajasthan Jaipur 469 78 142 220 70 179 249 Jodhpur 434 76 132 208 55 171 226 Chennai City 508 67 237 304 7 197 204 Central 643 46 213 259 11 373 384 24 Tamil Nadu Southern 711 59 247 306 32 373 405 Western 549 52 193 245 21 283 304 Chennai City 18 5 9 14 1 3 4 25 Puducherry Central 11 1 3 4 0 7 7 Hyderabad 531 57 148 205 52 274 326 26 Telangana HQ 281 42 161 203 6 72 78 Agra 434 45 265 310 5 119 124 Bareilly 501 43 366 409 6 86 92 GB Nagar 33 3 26 29 0 4 4 (CHQ) Ghaziabad CHQ 53 7 39 46 0 7 7 27 Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur 354 21 139 160 15 179 194 Kanpur 282 28 147 175 17 90 107 Lucknow 355 38 18 56 180 119 299 Prayagraj 256 20 106 126 26 104 130 Varanasi 275 20 102 122 13 140 153 28 Uttarakhand 355 46 136 182 8 165 173 Kolkata 720 55 321 376 38 306 344 29 West Bengal South Bengal 629 50 241 291 30 308 338 North Bengal 247 35 69 104 22 121 143 Andaman & 30 A&N Islands 20 4 5 9 11 0 11 Nicobar 31 Sikkim Sikkim 18 3 7 10 3 5 8 32 Nagaland 39 8 7 15 4 20 24 33 Tripura 73 14 22 36 7 30 37 34 Meghalaya 60 7 4 11 14 35 49 Diu, Daman & 35 Dadra Nagar 9 3 1 4 0 5 5 Haveli Total 24134 3045 8614 11659 1602 10873 12475 3Annexure - II The number of new Post Offices, Sub-Post Offices likely to be opened during the coming year, State- wise: No. of new Post Offices No. of new Sub Post Offices S. No. Name of State/UT 2025-26 2026-27 Total 2025-26 2026-27 Total 1 Andhra Pradesh 7 0 7 4 0 4 2 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bihar 17 0 17 4 0 4 4 Chhattisgarh 0 18 18 0 9 9 5 Delhi 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 Gujarat 11 15 26 7 7 14 7 Haryana 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jammu & 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 Kashmir 10 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Jharkhand 1 0 1 2 0 2 12 Karnataka 0 0 0 0 4 4 13 Kerala 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Madhya Pradesh 40 0 40 4 0 4 16 Maharashtra 67 0 67 25 0 25 17 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Manipur 23 0 23 0 0 0 19 Mizoram 2 0 2 0 0 0 Arunachal 20 42 0 42 0 0 0 Pradesh 21 Odisha 24 0 24 0 0 0 Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Rajasthan 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Tamil Nadu 2 1 3 1 2 3 25 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Telangana 26 0 26 19 0 19 27 Uttar Pradesh 25 0 25 68 0 68 28 Uttarakhand 2 0 2 2 0 2 29 West Bengal 2 0 2 2 0 2 Andaman & 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nicobar 31 Sikkim 0 0 0 1 0 1 32 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Nagaland 1 0 1 0 0 0 34 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 Diu, Daman & 35 Dadra Nagar 0 1 1 0 1 1 Haveli Total 238 17 255 144 12 156 4Annexure – III The number of residential colonies available for Postal employees, State & region-wise and its adequacy: No. of Name of Region of S. No. Name of State/UT residential Whether adequate Circle colonies Kurnool 6 Yes 1 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada 2 Yes Vishakhapatnam 4 Yes Guwahati 12 Yes 2 Assam Dibrugarh 11 Yes Central 9 Yes 3 Bihar North 9 Yes East 7 Yes 4 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh 10 Yes 5 Delhi 15 No Vadodara 13 Yes 6 Gujarat Rajkot 23 Yes Ahmedabad 19 Yes South Karnataka 27 No 7 Karnataka Bengaluru 4 No North Karnataka 35 No 8 Himachal Pradesh 30 Yes Jammu 5 Yes 9 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar HQ 3 Yes 10 Ladakh Srinagar HQ 1 Yes 11 Jharkhand Ranchi 16 No 12 Haryana 22 Yes HQ Region 5 No 13 Kerala Central 18 No Northern 15 No 14 Lakshadweep 0 - HQ Region 9 Yes 15 Madhya Pradesh Indore 16 Yes Jabalpur 9 Yes Mumbai 6 Yes Navi Mumbai 12 Yes Nagpur 34 Yes 16 Maharashtra Pune Yes 24 Chhatrapati Sambhaji 13 Yes Nagar Goa Yes 17 Goa 6 5Annexure – III The number of residential colonies available for Postal employees, State & region-wise and its adequacy: No. of Name of Region of S. No. Name of State/UT residential Whether adequate Circle colonies 18 Manipur NE-II 1 Yes 19 Mizoram NE-I 1 Yes 20 Arunachal Pradesh Shillong HQ 1 Yes Bhubaneshwar 32 No 21 Odisha Berhampur 7 No Sambalpur 22 No Punjab State 18 Yes 22 Punjab Chandigarh 3 No Ajmer 25 Yes 23 Rajasthan Jaipur 21 No Jodhpur 27 Yes Chennai City 10 No Central 6 Yes 24 Tamil Nadu Southern 9 Yes Western 16 No 25 Puducherry Chennai City 0 - Head Quarter 13 Yes 26 Telangana Hyderabad 13 Yes Agra 11 Yes Bareilly 14 Yes GB Nagar 2 Yes Ghaziabad 1 Yes 27 Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur 7 Yes Kanpur 7 Yes Lucknow 9 Yes Prayagraj 6 Yes Varanasi 4 Yes 28 Uttarakhand 27 No Kolkata 20 Yes 29 West Bengal South Bengal 10 Yes North Bengal 19 Yes 30 Andaman & Nicobar A&N Islands 3 Yes 31 Sikkim Sikkim 1 Yes 32 Meghalaya Shillong HQ 7 Yes 33 Nagaland NE-II 1 Yes 34 Tripura NE-I 1 Yes Diu, Daman & Dadra 35 1 Yes Nagar Haveli Total 826 ***** 6

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