There are 8755 post offices operational in North Eastern Region and 1617 Post Offices operational in Jammu and Kashmir to provide postal, financial and insurance services. The number of Post offices in North Eastern Region and Jammu & Kashmir are given at Annexure.

There are 1617 Post Offices operational in Jammu and Kashmir covering 1,20,355 sq km total area of the state at an average 74.43 sq km per post office. Therefore, the radius of average area served by each post office is 4.86 km. Opening of new post offices is an ongoing process. New post offices are opened in needy and justified areas based on prescribed norms.  During the financial year 2023-24, 34 new post offices have been opened to increase accessibility of post offices in remote and unbanked areas of Jammu & Kashmir.

There are 8755 Post Offices operational in North Eastern Region covering 2,62,190 sq km total area of the state at an average 29.95 sq km per post office. Therefore, the radius of average area served by each post office is 3.09 km.  As mentioned earlier, opening of new post offices is an ongoing process. New post offices are opened in needy and justified areas based on prescribed norms.  During the financial year 2023-24, 1631 new post offices have been opened to increase accessibility of post offices in remote and unbanked areas of North Eastern Region.

Annexure

 

Sl No.	Name of the State/UT	Total Number of Post Offices  (Head Post Offices, Sub-Post Offices, Branch Post Offices)
1	North Eastern Region including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland  and  Sikkim)	8,755
2	Jammu and Kashmir	1,617

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Dr.Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

 

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