Sr.

Region/State/

Number of Branchces

Number of branches opened during

Average population

No.

Union Territory

as on June 30,

(in '000) per bank

branch as at the

end of June

1969

2000

2001

July1999

of which:

July 2000 of which:

1969

2000

2001

to

at un-

to

at un-

June 2000

banked

June

banked

centres

2001

centres

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1.

NORTHERN REGION

1,253

10,475

10,525

143

2

63

3

46

12

12

Chandigarh

20

166

169

7

0

3

0

7

5

5

Delhi

274

1,405

1,422

46

0

19

1

10

10

10

Haryana

172

1,501

1,509

22

1

8

0

56

13

13

Himachal Pradesh

42

778

779

1

0

1

0

80

9

9

Jammu & Kashmir

35

813

815

8

0

2

0

124

12

12

Punjab

346

2,513

2,527

33

1

16

1

38

9

9

Rajasthan

364

3,299

3,304

26

0

14

1

68

16

17

2.

NORTH-EASTERN REGION

90

1,885

1,885

7

0

1

0

203

21

21

Arunachal Pradesh

-

68

68

0

0

0

0

-

18

18

Assam

74

1,231

1,231

7

0

1

0

193

21

22

Manipur

2

81

81

0

0

0

0

510

31

32

Meghalaya

7

179

179

0

0

0

0

137

14

14

Mizoram

-

78

78

0

0

0

0

-

12

13

Nagaland

2

70

70

0

0

0

0

250

24

25

Tripura

5

178

178

0

0

0

0

300

21

22

3.

EASTERN REGION

878

11,687

11,696

51

1

19

0

135

19

19

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1

31

31

0

0

0

0

82

13

13

Bihar

273

3,550

3,549

8

0

1

0

200

20

21

Jharkhand

-

1,442

1,446

8

0

4

0

-

0

0

Orissa

100

2,219

2,218

9

1

4

0

211

16

16

Sikkim

-

46

47

4

0

1

0

-

12

12

West Bengal

504

4,399

4,405

22

0

9

0

85

18

18

4.

CENTRAL REGION

1,090

13,345

13,375

91

2

39

2

115

19

19

Chhattisgarh

-

1,040

1,043

5

0

3

0

-

0

0

Madhya Pradesh

343

3,434

3,440

26

0

13

0

116

18

18

Uttar Pradesh

747

8,041

8,060

56

2

21

2

114

19

20

Uttaranchal

-

830

832

4

0

2

0

-

0

0

5.

WESTERN REGION

1,955

10,235

10,299

106

3

69

2

38

14

14

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

-

11

11

0

0

0

0

-

17

18

Daman & Diu

-

15

15

0

0

0

0

-

9

10

Goa

85^*

318

324

9

0

6

1

8

5

5

Gujarat

752

3,647

3,671

41

3

27

1

34

13

13

Maharashtra

1,118

6,244

6,278

56

0

36

0

43

15

15

6.

SOUTHERN REGION

2,996

17,929

18,020

248

4

135

6

44

12

13

Andhra Pradesh

567

5,117

5,142

68

1

35

1

74

15

15

Karnataka

756

4,710

4,733

75

1

30

2

37

11

11

Kerala

601

3,258

3,290

55

0

33

3

34

10

10

Lakshadweep

-

9

9

0

0

0

0

-

8

8

Pondicherry

12

84

84

3

0

0

0

31

13

14

Tamil Nadu

1,060

4,751

4,762

47

2

37

0

37

13

13

ALL INDIA

8,262 65,556^@

65,800^@

646

12

326

13

64

15

15

@ Excluding the branches of non-scheduled banks.

* Includes 'Daman and Diu' for 1969 data.

Notes:

1. Average population per bank branch for June 1969 is based on 1969 mid-year population. Similar data for June 2000 and June 2001 are based on estimated mid-year population of respective years received from Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Government of India.

2. Bank branches exclude administrative offices.