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Table 9.2: Population Per Bank Office by Region and State
Region/State
Number of Offices
Population per Office ('000s)
Mar-
11
Mar-
07
Mar-
01
Mar-
91
Dec-
81
Dec-
72
Mar-
11
Mar-
07
Mar-
01
Mar-
91
Dec-
81
Dec-
72
Northern Region
16,176 12,399 10,788 9426 6138 2396 10 12 12 11 13 26
Haryana
2,690 1,868 1,529 1280 857 321
9 13 14 13 15 31
Himachal Pradesh
1,077 861 787 736 400 122
6
8
8
7 11 28
Jammu and Kashmir
1,041 894 829 786 529 128 12 12 12 10 11 36
Punjab
3,895 2,962 2,571 2178 1644 721
7
9
9
9 10 19
Rajasthan
4,507 3,651 3,379 3105 1724 637 15 17 17 14 20 40
Chandigarh
337 261 201 137 88 37
3
4
4
5
5
7
Delhi
2,629 1,902 1,492 1204 896 430
6
8
9
8
7
9
North-Eastern Region 2378 2003 1935 1870 831 202 19 21 20 17 30 97
Arunachal Pradesh
86 72 69 68 22
5 16 17 16 13 29 94
Assam
1,546 1,307 1,268 1236 548 152 20 22 21 18 33 96
Manipur
83 77 84 84 39
7 33 33 27 22 36 153
Meghalaya
221 192 181 158 63 17 13 13 13 11 21 60
Mizoram
100 85 79 73 12
1 11 12 11
9 41 332
Nagaland
95 78 71 71 42
6 21 24 28 17 18 86
Tripura
247 192 183 180 105 14 15 18 17 15 20 111
Eastern Region
15,138 12,603 11,950 11362 6207 1625 18 20 19 16 24 76
Bihar
4,323 3,685 3,620 4906 2701 574 24 25 23 18 26 98
Jharkhand
1,984 1,571 1,468
17 19 18
Orissa
3,029 2,431 2,249 2103 1114 217 14 16 16 15 24 101
Sikkim
82 61 47 29
5
7 10 12 14 63
West Bengal
5,678 4,818 4,535 4303 2375 830 16 18 18 16 23 53
A & N Islands
42 37 31 21 12
4
9 12 11 13 16 29
Central Region
18,194 14,494 13,681 13005 6878 2171 17 20 19 16 24 60
Chhattisgarh
1,423 1,098 1,056
18 21 20
Madhya Pradesh
4,453 3,643 3,524 4414 2360 728 16 18 17 15 22 57
Uttar Pradesh
11,040 8,803 8,254 8591 4518 1443 18 21 20 16 25 61
Uttaranchal
1,278 950 847
8 10 10
Western Region
14417 11352 10633 9526 6412 3223 12 14 14 13 15 24
Goa
470 374 332 263 248 127
3
4
4
4
4
6
Gujarat
5,073 3,976 3,777 3471 2388 1297 12 14 13 12 14 21
Maharashtra
8,816 6,965 6,498 5775 3771 1795 13 15 15 14 17 28
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
343 19 11
7
5
4 10 16 20 20 21 19
Daman and Diu
243 18 15 10
10 12 11 10
Southern Region
25,814 20,348 18,538 16535 11469 5033 10 12 12 12 14 27
Andhra Pradesh
7,571 5,765 5,268 4703 2923 1047 11 14 14 14 18 42
Karnataka
6,518 5,362 4,881 4407 2914 1422
9 11 11 10 13 21
Kerala
4,690 3,812 3,362 2912 2401 947
7
9
9 10 11 23
Tamil Nadu
6,864 5,299 4,932 4434 3172 1588 11 12 13 13 15 26
Lakshadweep
12 10
9
8
5
4
5
6
7
6
8
8
Pondicherry
159 100 86 71 54 25
8 11 11 11 11 19
All-India
92,117 73,199 67,525 61724 37935 14650 13 15 15 14 18 37
Note:
Population statistics considered is that of the respective population census except for 2007 for which the mid-year
population is taken.
Source:
(i) RBI:
Basic Statistical Returns
of Scheduled Commercial Banks, various issues, for banking data. (ii) GOI,
Economic Survey, 2011-12
and earlier issues, for decennial population data.
