As on 31st March

Rural

Semi-Urban

Urban

Region/State/

1996

1997

1996

1997

1996

1997

Union Territory

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

centres

offices

centres

offices

centres

offices

centres

offices

centres

offices

centres

offices

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Northern Region

3

3

-

-

37

41

22

22

35

72

43

93

Haryana

-

-

-

-

2

4

1

1

6

8

7

11

Himachal Pradesh

-

-

-

-

3

3

4

4

1

1

-

-

Jammu & Kashmir

-

-

-

-

6

6

2

2

7

7

1

12

Punjab

-

-

-

-

4

6

2

2

4

6

3

13

Rajasthan

3

3

-

-

22

22

13

13

17

50

32

57

Delhi

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

North-Eastern Region

1

1

-

-

6

8

8

8

7

20

9

12

Assam

-

-

-

-

3

5

3

3

2

8

4

7

Manipur

-

-

-

-

2

2

2

2

1

8

3

3

Meghalaya

1

1

-

-

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Nagaland

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

-

-

Tripura

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

Mizoram

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

-

-

Eastern Region

3

4

1

1

58

65

64

74

28

60

27

49

Bihar

-

-

-

-

3

4

1

1

8

11

2

2

Orissa

-

-

-

-

19

19

10

18

11

25

5

26

West Bengal

3

4

1

1

36

42

53

55

9

24

20

21

Central Region

-

-

1

1

35

42

55

86

63

121

38

84

Madhya Pradesh

-

-

1

1

10

13

42

58

36

70

17

38

Uttar Pradesh

-

-

-

-

25

29

13

28

27

51

21

46

Western Region

124

127

368

527

686

1,036

306

886

137

680

46

782

Gujarat

50

50

67

74

172

306

129

232

33

191

18

132

Maharashtra

59

59

280

430

490

694

164

626

101

485

28

650

Goa

15

18

21

23

24

36

13

28

3

4

-

-

Southern Region

52

63

37

48

477

651

292

692

98

325

81

313

Andhra Pradesh

-

-

-

-

59

65

29

31

30

70

21

59

Karnataka

31

39

37

48

141

233

124

240

38

171

14

172

Kerala

13

15

-

-

131

193

49

244

7

27

10

38

Tamil Nadu

8

9

-

-

142

155

89

172

23

57

35

43

Pondicherry

-

-

-

-

4

5

1

5

-

-

1

1

All India

183

198

407

577

1299

1843

747

1768

368

1278

244

1333

As on 31st March

Metropolitan

Total

Region/State/

1996

1997

1996

1997

Union Territory

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

centres

offices

centres

offices

centres

offices

centres

offices

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

Northern Region

2

56

2

61

77

172

67

176

Haryana

-

-

-

-

8

12

8

12

Himachal Pradesh

-

-

-

-

4

4

4

4

Jammu & Kashmir

-

-

-

-

13

13

3

14

Punjab

-

-

-

-

8

12

5

15

Rajasthan

-

-

1

13

42

75

46

83

Delhi

2

56

1

48

2

56

1

48

North-Eastern Region

-

-

-

-

14

29

17

20

Assam

-

-

-

-

5

13

7

10

Manipur

-

-

-

-

3

10

5

5

Meghalaya

-

-

-

-

3

3

2

2

Nagaland

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

Tripura

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

Mizoram

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

Eastern Region

2

15

2

13

91

144

94

137

Bihar

-

-

1

1

11

15

4

4

Orissa

-

-

-

-

30

44

15

44

West Bengal

2

15

1

12

50

85

75

89

Central Region

6

27

2

47

104

190

96

218

Madhya Pradesh

-

-

-

-

46

83

60

97

Uttar Pradesh

6

27

2

47

58

107

36

121

Western Region

14

1,065

8

1231

961

2908

728

3426

Gujarat

4

185

4

404

259

732

218

842

Maharashtra

10

880

4

827

660

2118

476

2533

Goa

-

-

-

-

42

58

34

51

Southern Region

13

139

4

227

640

1178

414

1280

Andhra Pradesh

7

44

1

75

96

179

51

165

Karnataka

6

95

1

125

216

538

176

585

Kerala

-

-

-

-

151

235

59

282

Tamil Nadu

-

-

2

27

173

221

126

242

Pondicherry

-

-

-

-

4

5

2

6

All India

37

1302

18

1579

1887

4621

1416

5257

-

:

Nil or negligible.

Source

:

Urban Banks Department.