Villages without post offices: Uttar Pradesh is No.1

There are over five lakh villages in the country which do not have post offices, the government said.

"India has the largest number of post offices in the world. However, 5,00,327 villages are without post offices in the country," Minister of State for Communications and IT Killi Kruparani said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

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Kerala

Kerala is the only state where all villages have post offices. It is estimated that there are over 1.5 lakh post offices in the country.

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Uttar Pradesh

Villages without post offices:  86,435

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of villages without post offices in India.

Kruparani said it has been proposed to open 80 branch post offices and 50 sub-post offices in the country during 2012-13.

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Madhya Pradesh

Villages without post offices:  44,969

However, the proposal for opening new post offices during the remaining years of the 12th Five Year Plan has not been finalised as yet. 

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Orissa

Villages without post offices:  43,377

Close to 25,000 Departmental post offices have been computerised, out of which 21,606 post offices have been provided electronic money order facility, she said.

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West Bengal

Villages without post offices:  30,950

Kruparani added the Department of Post has a plan to provide these services to all post offices in a phased manner and it is expected to be completed during the current Plan.

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Bihar

Villages without post offices: 30,679