New Delhi: 1617 Post Offices are operational in Jammu and Kashmir to provide postal, financial and insurance services, Government said Wednesday in Lok Sabha.
Minister of State for Communications, Dr.Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha said that there are 1617 Post Offices operational in Jammu and Kashmir covering 1,20,355 sq km total area of the state at an average 74.43 sq km per post office.
Therefore, the radius of average area served by each post office is 4.86 km. Opening of new post offices is an ongoing process.
New post offices are opened in needy and justified areas based on prescribed norms.
“During the financial year 2023-24, 34 new post offices have been opened to increase accessibility of post offices in remote and unbanked areas of Jammu & Kashmir,” he said.
There are 8755 Post Offices operational in North Eastern Region covering 2,62,190 sq km total area of the state at an average 29.95 sq km per post office. Therefore, the radius of average area served by each post office is 3.09 km.
As mentioned earlier, opening of new post offices is an ongoing process. New post offices are opened in needy and justified areas based on prescribed norms.
During the financial year 2023-24, 1631 new post offices have been opened to increase accessibility of post offices in remote and unbanked areas of North Eastern Region.
34 new post offices opened in J&K: Govt
