Table 66 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks

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Published on September 15, 2014

(Number)
Year	Rural	Semi-urban	Urban	Metropolitan	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6
1974	6166	5116	3091	2563	16936
1975	6807	5598	3489	2836	18730
1976	7690	6421	3998	3111	21220
1977	9537	7248	4542	3475	24802
1978	11806	7628	4843	3739	28016
1979	13337	7889	5037	3939	30202
1980	15105	8122	5178	4014	32419
1981	17656	8471	5454	4126	35707
1982	20401	8809	5693	4274	39177
1983	22686	9081	5917	4395	42079
1984	25380	9326	6116	4510	45332
1985	30185	9816	6578	4806	51385
1986	29703	10585	7209	5790	53287
1987	30209	10637	7218	5795	53859
1988	31114	11132	7322	5842	55410
1989	33014	11166	7524	5995	57699
1990	34791	11324	8042	5595	59752
1991	35206	11344	8046	5624	60220
1992	35269	11356	8279	5666	60570
1993	35389	11465	8562	5753	61169
1994	35329	11890	8745	5839	61803
1995	33004	13341	8868	7154	62367
1996	32995	13561	9086	7384	63026
1997	32915	13766	9340	7529	63550
1998	32878	13980	9597	7763	64218
1999	32857	14168	9898	8016	64939
2000	32734	14407	10052	8219	65412
2001	32562	14597	10293	8467	65919
2002	32380	14747	10477	8586	66190
2003	32303	14859	10693	8680	66535
2004	32121	15091	11000	8976	67188
2005	32082	15403	11500	9370	68355
2006	30101	15787	12124	11643	69655
2007	30236	16550	12986	12245	72017
2008	30762	17791	14239	13204	75996
2009	31445	19080	15269	14151	79945
2010	32469	20798	16677	15274	85218
2011	33946	23097	17614	16261	90918
2012	36531	25822	18852	17268	98473
2013	39718	28494	19873	18081	106166
2014	44699	31298	21310	19143	116450
Note : Data are exclusive of administrative offices. Also see Notes on Tables. Source : Data up to 2005 are based on Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks. Thereafter data are based on Master Office File as on September 1, 2014.