Question : Mobile Teledensity

(a) the mobile teledensity in the country, State/UT-wise; and

(b) the details of increase in mobile users during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b) Service Area wise Mobile teledensity in the country as on 31-12-2017 and the number of mobile connections during the last three years and the current year is as per Annexure.









ANNEXURE
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Sr. No. Service area Mobile teledensity (in %) as on Mobile telephone connections (in million) as on
31.12.2017 31.03.2015 31.03.2016 31.03.2017 31.12.207
1 Andhra Pradesh 94.12 71.95 74.65 84.94 84.32
2 Assam 68.60 17.15 18.56 21.84 22.71
3 Bihar 60.10 69.31 74.51 84.61 84.40
4 Gujarat 108.76 58.56 62.27 71.84 70.60
5 Haryana 90.34 22.01 23.26 25.05 25.47
6 Himachal Pradesh 147.38 7.86 8.89 10.43 10.61
7 Jammu & Kashmir 103.78 9.31 9.82 11.91 13.12
8 Karnataka 106.09 58.05 61.34 69.14 67.20
9 Kerala 113.56 31.35 34.31 39.16 41.01
10 Madhya Pradesh* 69.55 60.60 65.67 69.58 73.93
11 Maharashtra 92.80 76.94 84.10 93.90 93.39
12 North East 90.59 10.50 11.07 12.57 12.88
13 Odisha 79.13 27.87 29.06 34.29 34.09
14 Punjab 120.81 30.63 31.75 35.97 38.07
15 Rajasthan 88.12 55.21 60.09 67.36 65.85
16 Tamil Nadu 121.25 80.32 81.35 89.26 87.03
17 Uttar Pradesh (East) 69.37 83.40 92.24 104.56 100.79
18 Uttar Pradesh (West) 52.02 57.60 66.68 62.32
19 West Bengal 72.50 47.07 49.50 58.25 58.05
20 Kolkata 180.89 22.56 25.03 29.32 29.20
21 Delhi 247.77 46.19 47.24 53.35 55.55
22 Mumbai 158.92 30.67 31.80 36.58 38.33
All- India 90.22 969.54 1034.11 1170.59 1168.90
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*Madhya Pradesh service area includes the State of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

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