As at the end of year

1996

1997

1998

1999

Name of the Circle

No. of

Balance

No. of

Balance

No. of

Balance

No. of

Balance

accounts

outsanding

accounts

outsanding

accounts

outsanding

accounts

outsanding

(in Rs. crore)

(in Rs. crore)

(in Rs. crore)

(in Rs. crore)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Andhra Pradesh

2629034

1577

1581452

1812

1628887

1813

1657064

1805

Assam

1840879

63

2281621

81

2567894

106

2975515

128

Bihar

5395478

322

5478612

348

5563145

350

5654122

352

Delhi

395272

123

442243

313

490233

331

502421

334

Gujarat

972869

163

989164

170

981404

177

1046160

123

Haryana

1489439

138

1516091

143

1548136

150

1571428

171

Himachal Pradesh

637706

508

706195

69

743893

1086

760551

913

Jammu & Kashmir

381450

48

394412

51

394412

51

407670

58

Karnataka

1279587

170

1350804

185

1410841

187

1418545

195

Kerala

880046

126

662662

130

714642

138

768015

156

Madhya Pradesh

1447832

113

1479926

117

1534390

114

1536960

123

Maharashtra

2727129

424

2817850

440

2909810

580

2941174

567

North Eastern

475353

48

612737

51

862272

61

966102

62

Punjab

759464

253

812858

255

2677947

396

891785

321

Orissa

4252081

360

2700066

374

848892

283

2690046

409

Rajasthan

810522

141

872267

211

742673

277

730265

285

Tamil Nadu

2474080

481

2587334

510

2759689

1357

2985698

1372

Uttar Pradesh

11057129

337

11356529

360

11703251

433

11953874

472

West Bengal

11919757

461

15389262

503

17763785

571

17436492

640

Base #

96173

8

105879

10

118736

16

116734

16

Total

51921280

5865

54137964

6135

57964932

8477

59010621

8499

As at the end of year

2000

2001

Name of the Circle

No. of

Balance

No. of

Balance

accounts

outsanding

accounts

outsanding

(in Rs. crore)

(in Rs. crore)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Andhra Pradesh

1721000

378

3555473

404

Assam

3144967

162

2685783

201

Bihar

5589768

709

5434483

797

Delhi

514742

200

530589

238

Gujarat

1084768

404

1116019

477

Haryana

1597888

131

1629267

167

Himachal Pradesh

520768

150

507288

157

Jammu & Kashmir

433117

84

449221

97

Karnataka

1507541

247

1549363

300

Kerala

893583

150

1014245

167

Madhya Pradesh

1591612

333

1692014

370

Maharashtra

3001561

633

3023901

711

North Eastern

968814

159

919010

171

Punjab

807453

522

857723

567

Orissa

2684880

296

2683914

319

Rajasthan

709942

417

705410

384

Tamil Nadu

3327751

484

3790322

535

Uttar Pradesh

12189261

1570

12389333

1702

West Bengal

16685982

926

16489012

1039

Base #

91055

25

94563

26

Total

59066453

7978

61116933

8830

# : Represents the base Post Office, which Is being operated for Army Personnel under Army Postal Services.

Source : Department of Post.