(a) the number of persons provided with telephone facility till
date, State-wise, urban and rural area-wise;
(b) the number of villages still awaiting telephone facility as on
date; and
(c) by when these villages are likely to be provided with telephone
facility?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(SHRIMATI SUMITRA MAHAJAN)
(a) The number of persons provided with telephone facility as on
31.12.02, State-wise, urban and rural area wise are given in the
annexure.
(b)to (c): The number of villages awaiting telephone facility as on
31.12.02 is 96758 and these villages are targeted to be provided
with telephone facility by the end of December 2003.
ANNEXURE
CIRCLE/STATE-WISE TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS AS ON 31.12.2002
S.NO CIRCLE/ STATE RURAL URBAN TOTAL
1. Andaman & Nicobar 18658 16614 35272
2. Andhra Pradesh 1085225 3091205 4176430
3. Assam 112121 400331 512452
4. Bihar 344071 720343 1064414
5. Chattisgarh 59870 225624 285494 6. Gujrat $$ 748620 2997336 3745956
7 Haryana 330352 924973 1255325
8. Himachal Pradesh 291803 210141 501944
9. Jammu & Kashmir 37954 211328 249282 10. Jharkhand 77313 340308 417621 11. Karnataka 821767 2570254 3392021 12. Kerala +++ 1771795 1637237 3409032 13. Madhya Pradesh 243618 1509616 1753234 14. Maharashtra @ 1155920 7619475 8775395 15. North East # 78503 243773 322276 16. Orissa 261590 524136 785726 17. Punjab $ 723018 2125392 2848410 18. Rajasthan 547562 1361708 1909270 19. Tamilnadu +++ 660508 4239217 4899725 20. Uttar Pradesh 722676 2716589 3439265 21. Uttranchal 78611 256877 335488 22. West Bengal 494026 2458333 2952359 23 Delhi 0 3864165 3864165 10665581 40264975 50930556
$$ Gujrat includes the Union Territories of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Die Kerala includes the Union Territory of Lakshdweep Islands @ Maharashtra includes the State of Goa. # North East includes the States of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland. $ Punjab includes the Union Territory of Pondicherry. +++ Tamilnadu includes the Union Territory Pondicherry West Bengal includes the State of Sikkim.