CIRCLE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF POST OFFICES AS ON 31.3.2001
Circle Total No. of                   Departmental Extra Departmental
  Post Offices HPOs S.Os.        
      Single Double More than Total S.Os. Total Deptt. S.Os. B.Os. Total
          2 hands          
Andhra Pradesh 16199 104 1520 471 374 2365 2469 53 13677 13730
Assam 3942 19 338 143 119 600 619 35 3288 3323
Bihar 8988 28 431 260 329 1020 1048 99 7841 7940
Chhattisgarh 5774 21 294 193 153 640 661 7 5106 5113
Delhi 580 10 139 132 149 420 430 20 130 150
Gujarat 9046 43 461 450 466 1377 1420 45 7581 7626
Haryana 2653 15 166 166 136 468 483 13 2157 2170
Himachal Pradesh 2770 18 184 163 97 444 462 18 2290 2308
Jammu & Kashmir 1665 9 114 62 72 248 257 25 1383 1408
Jharkhand 3043 13 186 148 97 431 444 28 2571 2599
Karnataka 9895 70 970 412 404 1786 1856 296 7743 8039
Kerala 5073 51 382 569 510 1461 1512 531 3030 3561
Madhya Pradesh 5637 31 430 161 151 742 773 91 4773 4864
Maharashtra 12788 63 744 582 868 2194 2257 127 10404 10531
North Eastern 2915 9 194 70 57 321 330 19 2566 2585
Orissa 8145 35 413 445 310 1168 1203 194 6748 6942
Punjab 3956 22 274 306 230 810 832 11 3113 3124
Rajasthan 10416 55 835 349 212 1396 1451 102 8863 8965
Tamil Nadu 12180 92 1214 814 736 2764 2856 219 9105 9324
Uttar Pradesh 17588 73 1042 931 492 2465 2538 371 14679 15050
Uttranchal 2697 13 186 148 44 378 391 85 2221 2306
West Bengal 8969 47 631 505 562 1698 1745 347 6877 7224
Total 154919 841 11148 7480 6623 25196 26037 2736 126146 128882