Question : SETTING UP OF POST OFFICES



(a) the number of villages in Uttar Pradesh without Post Offices, division-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to open post offices in such villages; and

(c) if so, the time by which the said post offices are likely to be opened?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)

(a) The number of villages without Post Offices, division- wise, is given in Annexure.

(b) & (c) Post offices are opened on need based requirement, subject to fulfillment of prescribed norms laid down by the Department and availability of resources. As such, no time limit can be fixed.

ANNEXURE

 Sl. Name of division	The no. of village without No. post offices	in the division Agra Region 1. Agra 643 2. Aligarh 1285 3. Bulandshaher 808 4. Etah 1223 5. Etawah 1183 6. Jhansi 1855 7. Mainpuri 1331 8. Mathura 668 Total 8996	Allahabad Region 1. Allahabad 3054 2. Ghazipur 2226 3. Jaunpur 2867 4. Mirzapur 2758 5. Pratapgarh 1832 6. Varanasi(E) 2379 7. Varanasi(W) 866 Total 15982	Bareilly Region 1. Bareilly 2664 2. Bijnor 1870 3. Budaun 1489 4. Ghaziabad 708 5. Hardoi 1594 6. Kheri 1342 7. Meerut 588 8. Moradabad 3171 9. Muzaffarnagar 611 10. Saharanpur 1100 11. Shahjahanpur 1867 Total 17004	Gorakhpur Region 1. Azamgarh 4613 2. Basti 6265 3. Ballia 1457 4. Bahraich 1507 5. Deoria 3073 6. Gonda 2347 7. Gorakhpur 3523 Total 22785	Kanpur Region 1. Banda 1689 2. Fatehpur 1112 3. Fatehgarh 1318 4. Kanpur(M) 2740 5 Kanpur city 138 Total 6997 Lucknow Region 1 Lucknow 885 2 Faizabad 2038 3 Barabanki 1669 4 Sitapur 1930 5 Sultanpur 2019 6 Raebareli 1314 Total 9855 Total No. of Villages 81619 without post offices in U.P.