Sr.

Region/State/

Number of Branches

Number of branches

Average population

No.

Union Territory

as on June 30

opened during

(in '000) per bank branch

as at the end of June

1969

1998

1999

July 97

of which:

July 98

of which:

1969

1998

1999

t o

at un-

to

at un-

June 98

banked

June 99

banked

centres

centres

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1.

Northern Region

1,253

10,188

10,315

200

2

136

3

46

12

12

Haryana

172

1449

1473

41

0

24

0

56

13

13

Himachal Pradesh

42

775

775

8

2

2

0

80

8

8

Jammu & Kashmir

35

802

808

8

0

7

2

124

12

12

Punjab

346

2444

2469

51

0

25

0

38

9

9

Rajasthan

364

3270

3293

35

0

26

1

68

16

16

Chandigarh

20

154

158

7

0

4

0

7

5

5

Delhi

274

1294

1339

50

0

48

0

10

10

10

2.

North-Eastern Region

90

1,898

1,900

4

0

3

1

203

20

20

Arunachal Pradesh

-

68

68

0

0

0

0

-

17

17

Assam

74

1235

1238

3

0

3

1

193

21

21

Manipur

2

86

86

0

0

0

0

510

28

28

Meghalaya

7

179

179

0

0

0

0

137

13

13

Mizoram

-

78

78

0

0

0

0

-

12

12

Nagaland

2

71

71

0

0

0

0

250

22

22

Tripura

5

181

180

1

0

0

0

300

20

20

3.

Eastern Region

878

11,576

11,637

74

3

61

0

135

18

18

Bihar

273

4974

4989

16

1

15

0

200

20

20

Orissa

100

2184

2207

35

2

23

0

211

16

16

Sikkim

-

42

42

0

0

0

0

-

13

13

West Bengal

504

4345

4368

23

0

23

0

85

18

18

Andaman& Nicobar

Islands

1

31

31

0

0

0

0

82

12

12

4.

Central Region

1,090

13,249

13,323

134

0

87

3

115

18

18

Madhya Pradesh

343

4,440

4,456

40

0

23

1

116

17

17

Uttar Pradesh

747

8,809

8,867

94

0

64

2

114

19

19

5.

Western Region

1,955

9,978

10,111

164

9

135

1

38

14

14

Goa +

85

303

308

17

3

5

0

8

5

5

Gujarat

752

3,551

3,592

38

4

42

0

34

13

13

Maharashtra

1,118

6,101

6,185

106

2

85

1

43

15

15

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

-

10

11

3

0

1

0

-

18

18

Daman & Diu

-

13

15

0

0

2

0

-

10

10

6.

Southern Region

2,996

17,453

17,632

220

9

188

7

44

13

13

Andhra Pradesh

567

4,979

5,024

74

3

46

3

74

15

15

Karnataka

756

4,578

4,634

74

2

59

2

37

11

11

Kerala

601

3,151

3,184

23

2

33

0

34

10

10

Tamil Nadu

1,060

4,659

4,702

46

2

48

2

37

13

13

Lakshadweep

-

9

9

0

0

0

0

0

7

7

Pondicherry

12

77

79

3

0

2

0

31

14

14

All India

8,262

64,342

@

64,918

@

796

23

610

15

64

15

15

Notes :

1.

+ Includes 'Daman and Diu' for 1969 data.

@ Excluding the branches of non-scheduled banks.

2.

Average population per bank branch for June 1969 is based on 1969 mid-year population. Similar data for June 1998 and June 1999 are based on estimated mid-year population of respective years received from Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Govt. of India.

3.

Bank branches exclude administrative offices.