Telephone to all Revenue Villages

Posted by Sinlung
RAJYA SABHA


            As on 31.10.2009, out of a total of 5,93,601 inhabited villages as per Census 2001, 5,62,152 villages (about 95%) have been provided with Village Public Phones (VPTs). It has been decided to cover all the remaining inhabited villages with VPTs through subsidy support from Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) in a phased manner by February, 2011.  Circle-wise details are at Annexure.

STATUS OF VILLAGES COVERED WITH VPTs (AS ON 31.10.2009)
S.No.
Name of the Circle
Total no. of inhabited villages as per Census 2001
Total no. of villages provided with VPT
1.         
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
501
302
2.         
ANDHRA PRADESH
26613
23391
3.         
ASSAM
25124
23764
4.         
BIHAR
39032
37933
5.         
JHARKHAND
29354
27443
6.         
GUJARAT
18159
17096
7.         
HARYANA
6764
6671
8.         
HIMACHAL PRADESH
17495
17260
9.         
JAMMU & KASHMIR
6417
5902
10.      
KARNATAKA
27481
27418
11.      
KERALA
1372
1372
12.      
MADHYA PRADESH
52117
51986
13.      
CHATTISGARH
19744
17877
14.      
MAHARASHTRA
41442
39572
15.      
MEGHALAYA
5782
3103
16.      
MIZORAM
707
692
17.      
TRIPURA
858
804
18.      
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
3863
1473
19.      
MANIPUR
2315
1960
20.      
NAGALAND
1278
1213
21.      
ORISSA
47529
42894
22.      
PUNJAB
12301
12047
23.      
RAJASTHAN
39753
39363
24.      
TAMILNADU
15492
15458
25.      
UTTAR PRADESH(EAST)
74161
74123
26.      
UTTAR PRADESH(WEST)
23781
23581
27.      
UTTARANCHAL
15761
13849
28.      
WEST BENGAL
38405
33605

GRAND TOTAL
593601
562152

This reply was given by Shri Gurudas Kamat, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Rajya Sabha today.