Sr.

Region/State/

Number of

Number of branches opened during

Average population

No.

Union Territory

Branchces

(in ‘000) per bank

as on June 30,

branch as at the

end of June

2001

2002

July 2000

of which:

July 2001

of which:

2001

2002

to

at un-

to

at un-

June

banked

June

banked

2001

centres

2002

centres

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1.

NORTHERN REGION

10,571

10,676

127

2

118

1

12

12

Chandigarh

170

172

5

0

3

0

5

5

Delhi

1,434

1,464

39

1

34

0

10

10

Haryana

1,529

1,547

25

0

18

0

13

13

Himachal Pradesh

779

782

2

0

3

0

9

9

Jammu & Kashmir

817

827

5

0

10

0

12

12

Punjab

2,533

2,562

25

0

32

0

9

9

Rajasthan

3,309

3,322

26

1

18

1

16

17

2.

NORTH-EASTERN REGION

1,881

1,868

3

0

1

0

21

21

Arunachal Pradesh

68

68

0

0

0

0

18

18

Assam

1,229

1,217

2

0

1

0

22

22

Manipur

78

77

0

0

0

0

33

34

Meghalaya

179

179

0

0

0

0

14

14

Mizoram

78

78

0

0

0

0

12

13

Nagaland

70

70

0

0

0

0

25

25

Tripura

179

179

1

0

0

0

22

22

3.

EASTERN REGION

11,711

11,735

40

0

33

1

19

19

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

31

31

0

0

0

0

13

13

Bihar

3,547

3,550

2

0

3

0

20

21

Jharkhand

1,447

1,455

6

0

11

1

0 **

0 **

Orissa

2,223

2,229

12

0

6

0

16

16

Sikkim

47

48

1

0

1

0

12

12

West Bengal

4,416

4,422

19

0

12

0

18

18

4.

CENTRAL REGION

13,449

13,457

79

0

44

0

19

19

Chhattisgarh

1,040

1,033

6

0

3

0

0 **

0 **

Madhya Pradesh

3,443

3,442

29

0

10

0

18

18

Uttar Pradesh

8,129

8,142

41

0

27

0

19

20

Uttaranchal

837

840

3

0

4

0

0 **

0 **

5.

WESTERN REGION

10,292

10,328

108

1

65

0

14

14

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

11

11

0

0

0

0

18

18

Daman & Diu

15

16

0

0

1

0

9

9

Goa

326

328

7

0

3

0

5

5

Gujarat

3,650

3,654

33

1

21

0

13

14

Maharashtra

6,290

6,319

68

0

40

0

15

15

6.

SOUTHERN REGION

18,029

18,122

205

1

154

1

12

13

Andhra Pradesh

5,162

5,203

64

0

47

0

15

15

Karnataka

4,740

4,762

45

0

38

0

11

11

Kerala

3,297

3,336

43

1

43

1

10

10

Lakshadweep

9

9

0

0

0

0

8

8

Pondicherry

84

82

0

0

1

0

14

14

Tamil Nadu

4,737

4,730

53

0

25

0

13

13

ALL INDIA

65,933

66,186

562

4

415

3

15

16

@ Including the branches of non-scheduled commercial banks (Local Area Banks).
** As the population data of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttaranchal are not separately available, these are included in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, respectively. The average population per bank branch for Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh include the number of bank branches in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttaranchal, respectively.
Notes:
1.Average population per bank branch is based on estimated mid-year population of respective years received from the Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India.
2. Bank branches exclude administrative offices.
3. Data for June 2001 are revised.