Appendix Table II.8 :Region/State/Union Territory-wise Distribution of Commercial Bank Branches
| Sr. | | Region/State/ | Number of Branches | | Number of branches opened during | | Average population | No. | | Union Territory | as on June 30 | | | | | | | (in '000) per bank | | | | | | | | | | | | | branch as at the | | | |
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| | | | 1969 | 1997 | 1998 | | July 96 | of which: | July 97 | of which: | | 1969 | 1997 | 1998 | | | | | | | | to | at un- | to | at un- | | | | | | | | | | | | June 97 | banked | June 98 | banked | | | | | | | | | | | | | centers | | centers | | | | |
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| 1. | | NORTHERN REGION | 1,253 | 10,00. | 10,159 | | 198 | 6 | 174 | 7 | | 46 | 12 | 12 | | | Haryana | 172 | 1,405 | 1438 | | 29 | 0 | 33 | 1 | | 56 | 14 | 13 | | | Himachal Pradesh | 42 | 767 | 774 | | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | | 80 | 8 | 8 | | | Jammu & Kashmir | 35 | 800 | 802 | | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | | 124 | 12 | 12 | | | Punjab | 346 | 2,393 | 2439 | | 74 | 2 | 43 | 2 | | 38 | 10 | 9 | | | Rajasthan | 364 | 3,247 | 3264 | | 33 | 1 | 29 | 0 | | 68 | 16 | 16 | | | Chandigarh | 20 | 147 | 154 | | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | 7 | 6 | 5 | | | Delhi | 274 | 1,244 | 1288 | | 42 | 0 | 44 | 0 | | 10 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2. | | NORTH-EASTERN REGION | 90 | 1,898 | 1,898 | | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 203 | 19 | 20 | | | Arunachal Pradesh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Assam | 74 | 1,236 | 1235 | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 193 | 20 | 21 | | | Manipur | 2 | 86 | 86 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 510 | 27 | 28 | | | Meghalaya | 7 | 179 | 179 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 137 | 12 | 13 | | | Mizoram | - | 78 | 78 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | - | 11 | 12 | | | Nagaland | 2 | 71 | 71 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 250 | 22 | 22 | | | Tripura | 5 | 180 | 181 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 300 | 19 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3. | | EASTERN REGION | 878 | 11,506 | 11,567 | | 57 | 1 | 61 | 3 | | 135 | 18 | 18 | | | Bihar | 273 | 4,959 | 4970 | | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | | 200 | 19 | 20 | | | Orissa | 100 | 2,147 | 2177 | | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | | 211 | 16 | 16 | | | Sikkim | - | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | - | 12 | 13 | | | West Bengal | 504 | 4,327 | 4347 | | 33 | 0 | 20 | 0 | | 85 | 18 | 18 | | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1 | 31 | 31 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 82 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4. | | CENTRAL REGION | 1,090 | 13,143 | 13,225 | | 88 | 5 | 111 | 0 | | 115 | 18 | 18 | | | Madhya Pradesh | 343 | 4,423 | 4,428 | | 39 | 3 | 30 | 0 | | 116 | 17 | 17 | | | Uttar Pradesh | 747 | 8,720 | 8,797 | | 49 | 2 | 81 | 0 | | 114 | 18 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5. | | WESTERN REGION | 1,955 | 9,828 | 9,951 | | 145 | 5 | 134 | 7 | | 38 | 14 | 14 | | | Goa + | 85 | 286 | 300 | | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | | 8 | 5 | 5 | | | Gujarat | 752 | 3,530 | 3,530 | | 45 | 3 | 31 | 3 | | 34 | 13 | 13 | | | Maharashtra | 1,118 | 5,992 | 6,076 | | 92 | 1 | 86 | 2 | | 43 | 15 | 15 | | | Daddra & Nagar Haveli | - | 7 | 10 | | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | - | 25 | 18 | | | Daman & Diu | - | 13 | 13 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | - | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6. | | SOUTHERN REGION | 2,996 | 17,267 | 17,430 | | 223 | 2 | 188 | 11 | | 44 | 13 | 13 | | | Andhra Pradesh | 567 | 4,916 | 4,971 | | 62 | 0 | 64 | 3 | | 74 | 15 | 15 | | | Karnataka | 756 | 4,516 | 4,565 | | 64 | 0 | 62 | 4 | | 37 | 11 | 11 | | | Kerala | 601 | 3,126 | 3,149 | | 44 | 0 | 23 | 2 | | 34 | 10 | 10 | | | Tamil Nadu | 1,060 | 4,626 | 4,659 | | 52 | 2 | 36 | 2 | | 37 | 13 | 13 | | | Lakshadweep | - | *9 | 9 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | Pondicherry | 12 | 74 | 77 | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 31 | 14 | 14 |
| | | ALL INDIA | 8,262 | 63,645 @ | 64,230 @ | | 713 | 19 | 672 | 28 | | 64 | 15 | 15 |
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| + | Includes `Daman and Diu' for 1969 data. | | @ | Excluding the branches of non-scheduled banks. |
Notes : | 1. | Average population per bank branch for June 1969 is based on 1969 mid-year population. Similar data for June 1997 and June 1998 are based on estimated mid-year population of respective years received from Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Govt. of India. | | 2. | Bank branches exclude administrative offices. |
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