Number of Post Offices and Letter Boxes

Number of Post Offices and Letter Boxes in the Country from 2003-04 to 2011-12
Year	No. of Post Offices(*)	No. of Letter Boxes (*)
2003-04	1,55,669	5,97,149
2004-05	1,55,516	5,84,006
2005-06	1,55,333	6,01,319
2006-07	1,55,204	5,89,666
2007-08	1,55,035	5,91,054
2008-09	1,55,015	5,85,087
2009-10	1,54,979	5,79,595
2010-11	1,54,866	5,73,749
2011-12	1,54,822	5,62,075
(*) Numbers  as on 31st March

28,877 letter boxes were removed in the last nine years.

 Complaints were received in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala Circles and those complaints were settled with restoration of letter boxes  wherever justified as per  prescribed norms.

Government has decided to install 66,666 new letter boxes in rural areas under the Plan Scheme –“Rural Business & Acess to Postal Network” in the current Plan subject to availability of plan funds.

This information was given by Dr. (Smt.) Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for C&IT in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.