Sr. No.

Region/State/ Union
Territory

Number of
Branches
as on June 30,

Number of branches opened during

Average population
(in ‘000) per bank
branch as at the
end of June

2002

2003

July

of which:

July

of which:

2002

2003

2001 to

at un-

2002 to

at un-

June

banked

June

banked

2002

centres

2003

centres

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1.

NORTHERN REGION

10,709

10,809

148

1

120

6

12

13

Chandigarh

175

182

6

0

7

0

5

5

Delhi

1,478

1,489

39

0

26

0

10

11

Haryana

1,557

1,580

25

0

23

0

13

13

Himachal Pradesh

782

784

3

0

3

0

9

9

Jammu & Kashmir

828

835

10

0

8

0

13

13

Punjab

2,573

2,603

42

0

31

6

9

9

Rajasthan

3,316

3,336

23

1

22

0

17

17

2.

NORTH-EASTERN REGION

1,862

1,863

2

0

7

0

22

22

Arunachal Pradesh

68

68

0

0

0

0

19

19

Assam

1,212

1,212

1

0

6

0

22

22

Manipur

77

77

0

0

0

0

35

36

Meghalaya

180

180

1

0

0

0

14

15

Mizoram

78

78

0

0

0

0

13

13

Nagaland

70

70

0

0

0

0

26

26

Tripura

177

178

0

0

1

0

23

23

3.

EASTERN REGION

11,736

11,748

42

1

29

0

19

19

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

31

31

0

0

0

0

13

14

Bihar

3,546

3,553

4

0

7

0

21

21

Jharkhand

1,459

1,460

16

1

4

0

0 **

0 **

Orissa

2,225

2,228

6

0

6

0

16

17

Sikkim

48

48

1

0

0

0

12

13

West Bengal

4,427

4,428

15

0

12

0

18

19

4.

CENTRAL REGION

13,471

13,508

66

1

51

0

20

20

Chhattisgarh

1,035

1,037

5

0

4

0

0 **

0 **

Madhya Pradesh

3,442

3,449

16

0

15

0

19

19

Uttar Pradesh

8,148

8,169

37

1

24

0

20

20

Uttaranchal

846

853

8

0

8

0

0 **

0 **

5.

WESTERN REGION

10,323

10,347

89

1

70

0

14

14

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

11

12

0

0

1

0

18

17

Daman & Diu

16

16

1

0

0

0

9

10

Goa

328

329

5

0

1

0

5

5

Gujarat

3,654

3,672

27

0

25

0

14

14

Maharashtra

6,314

6,318

56

1

43

0

15

15

6.

SOUTHERN REGION

18,158

18,239

201

8

141

3

13

13

Andhra Pradesh

5,213

5,248

57

2

44

3

15

15

Karnataka

4,770

4,797

49

2

44

0

11

11

Kerala

3,346

3,374

54

4

32

0

10

10

Lakshadweep

9

9

0

0

0

0

8

9

Pondicherry

82

84

1

0

2

0

14

14

Tamil Nadu

4,738

4,727

40

0

19

0

13

13

ALL INDIA

66,259

66,514

548

12

418

9

16

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 and included in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh States respectively, 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 2002 are revised.