Letter Box, Post Box and Post Bag, 2017 and 2023:
(As on 31st March) (In Numbers)
| Circle | Letter Box | Post Box rented to public | Post rented to public | Post Box cum Bags rented to public | ||
| Urban | Rural | Total | ||||
2023 | ||||||
| Assam | 795 | 5005 | 5800 | 183 | 0 | 0 |
| North East* | 725 | 2906 | 3631 | 3242 | 0 | 0 |
| All India | 60,923 | 3.18,914 | 3.79,837 | 25,936 | 1,122 | 619 |
| Circle | Letter Box | Post Box rented to public | Post rented to public | Post Box cum Bags rented to public | ||
| Urban | Rural | Total | ||||
2017 | ||||||
| Assam | 1123 | 11304 | 12427 | 790 | 10 | 0 |
| North East* | 1078 | 4373 | 5451 | 3393 | 0 | 0 |
| All India | 78188 | 407250 | 485438 | 48684 | 2179 | 1347 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Annual Report, 2017 and 2023-24 (Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI)
Classified Function-wise Distribution of Post Offices, 2017 and 2023:
(As on 31st March) (In Numbers)
| Circle | Total Post Office | Night Post Offices | Post Offices with full range of services | Post Office without delivery | Delivery Post Offices |
2023 | |||||
| Assam | 4062 | 1 | 621 | 95 | 3908 |
| North East* | 4478 | 0 | 2492 | 41 | 2879 |
| All India | 164972 | 119 | 76615 | 7428 | 151813 |
| Circle | Total Post Office | Night Post Offices | Post Offices with full range of services | Post Office without delivery | Delivery Post Offices |
2017 | |||||
| Assam | 4012 | 3 | 625 | 97 | 3914 |
| North East* | 2925 | 1 | 557 | 41 | 2878 |
| All India | 154965 | 141 | 83878 | 10792 | 146623 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Annual Report, 2017 and 2023-24 (Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI)
Distribution of Rural and Urban Post Offices as on 31.03. 2023:
(In Numbers)
| Circle | Departmental Post Office | Branch Post Office | Total Post Offices | ||||||||||||
| Head Post Office | Sub Post Office | Total | |||||||||||||
| Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
| Assam | 0 | 19 | 19 | 402 | 200 | 802 | 402 | 219 | 621 | 3360 | 81 | 3441 | 3762 | 300 | 4062 |
| North East* | 0 | 9 | 9 | 185 | 150 | 335 | 185 | 159 | 344 | 4032 | 102 | 4134 | 4217 | 261 | 4478 |
| All India | 14 | 796 | 810 | 12164 | 12107 | 24271 | 12178 | 12903 | 25081 | 137300 | 2591 | 139891 | 149478 | 15494 | 164972 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Annual Report, 2023-24 (Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI)
Distribution of Rural and Urban Post Offices as on 31.03.2017:
(In Numbers)
| Circle | Departmental Post Office | ||||||||
| Head Post Office | Sub Post Office | Total | |||||||
| Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
| Assam | 0 | 19 | 19 | 385 | 221 | 606 | 385 | 240 | 625 |
| North East* | 0 | 9 | 9 | 185 | 146 | 331 | 185 | 155 | 340 |
| All India | 17 | 793 | 810 | 12171 | 12604 | 24775 | 12188 | 13397 | 25585 |
Continued
| Circle | Gramin Dak Sewak Post Office | Total Post Offices | ||||||||||
| Sub Post Office | Branch Post Office | Total | ||||||||||
| Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
| Assam | - | - | 0 | 3246 | 141 | 3387 | 3246 | 141 | 3387 | 3631 | 381 | 4012 |
| North East* | - | - | 0 | 2511 | 74 | 2585 | 2511 | 74 | 2585 | 2696 | 229 | 2925 |
| All India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 126878 | 2501 | 129379 | 126879 | 2501 | 129380 | 139067 | 15898 | 154965 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras, Franchise outlet as on 31.03. 2023 :
(In Numbers)
| Circle | Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendra | Franchise Outlet |
| Assam | 3 | 11 |
| North East* | 4 | 31 |
| All India | 787 | 1605 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Annual Report, 2023-24 (Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI)
Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras, Franchise outlet and Mukhya Dak Ghar as on 31.03.2017:
(In Numbers)
| Circle | Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendra | Franchise Outlet | Mukhya Dak Ghar (MDG) | ||
| Rural | Urban | Total | |||
| Assam | 23 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| North East* | 18 | 47 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| All India | 2049 | 2345 | 72 | 439 | 511 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
Training in North Eastern Region during 2023-24:
| State | Training of Supervisory Cadre | Training of Frontline staff (Postal Assistance) | Training Operative staff (SA) | Training of postman/ mail Oversees/ MTS | Training of Gramin Dak Sewak (GDS) | Total |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
| Assam | 98 | 839 | 148 | 123 | 37 | 1245 |
| Manipur | 21 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| Meghalaya | 52 | 167 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 242 |
| Mizoram | 3 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 63 |
| Nagaland | 41 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 108 |
| Sikkim | Nil | 9 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 9 |
| Tripura | 44 | 188 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 254 |
| NER | 264 | 1455 | 160 | 161 | 43 | 2083 |
Source: Annual Report, 2023-24 (Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI)
Training in North Eastern Region during 2016-17:
| State | Training of Supervisory Cadre | Training of Frontline staff (Postal Assistance) | Training Operative staff (SA) | Training of postman/ mail Oversees/ MTS | Training of Gramin Dak Sewak (GDS) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 76 |
| Assam | 47 | 5565 | 202 | 186 | 1480 |
| Manipur | 0 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 670 |
| Meghalaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 |
| Mizoram | 0 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 178 |
| Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 59 |
| Sikkim | 0 | 60 | 0 | 214 | 679 |
| Tripura | 5 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| NER | 52 | 5665 | 202 | 759 | 3178 |
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
Accounts of Saving Schemes as on 31.03.2023:
| Circle | Savings Bank | Recurring Deposit | Time Deposit | Monthly Income Scheme | Public Provident Fund | Senior Citizen Savings Scheme | Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts | Total |
| Assam | 1851107 | 1555390 | 196873 | 131632 | 47812 | 16269 | 594275, | 4393358 |
| North East* | 662152 | 816047 | 147336 | 58843 | 12081 | 11798 | 179272 | 1886529 |
| All India | 75224480 | 114113048 | 22726765 | 9358670 | 4169632 | 3354193 | 29395449 | 258342137 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Annual Report, 2023-24 (Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI)
Accounts of Saving Schemes as on 31.03.2017:
| Circle | Savings Bank | Recurring Deposit | Time Deposit | Fixed Deposit | Cumulative Time Deposits | Public Provident Fund |
| Assam | 5619770 | 2098323 | 203973 | 0 | 1084 | 43243 |
| North East* | 1422571 | 712817 | 63302 | 4 | 1447 | 6001 |
| All India | 186200705 | 122703759 | 16669195 | 388 | 208302 | 2465767 |
Continued
| Circle | Monthly Income Scheme | National Saving Scheme 87 | National Saving Scheme 92 | Senior Citizen | Sukanya Samridhi Account | Mahhila Samridhi Yojana | Total |
| Assam | 360283 | 2207 | 328 | 5197 | 173260 | 0 | 8507668 |
| North East* | 52702 | 806 | 103 | 3327 | 64498 | 0 | 2327578 |
| All India | 16680673 | 262249 | 22876 | 1123387 | 9919137 | 457608 | 356714046 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
Postal and Railway mail Service functional unit, 2017 and 2023:
(As on 31st March) (In Numbers)
| Circle | Postal Divisions | Railway Mail Service Divisions | Postal Store Depots | Circle Stamp Depots | Railway Mail Service Sorting Offices | Railway Mail Service Record Offices |
2023 | ||||||
| Assam | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
| North East* | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All India | 462 | 69 | 26 | 1 | 461 | 329 |
| Circle | Postal Divisions | Railway Mail Service Divisions | Postal Store Depots | Circle Stamp Depots | Railway Mail Service Sorting Offices | Railway Mail Service Record Offices |
2017 | ||||||
| Assam | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| North East* | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All India | 446 | 69 | 46 | 17 | 391 | 353 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Annual Report, 2017 and 2023-24 (Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI)
Average Population and Average Area Served Per Post Office in the North Eastern Region as on 31.03.2017:
| State | No. of Post Offices | Average population served per Post Office (Persons) | Average area served per Post Office (In Sq. Kms) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4012 | 7769 | 19.55 |
| Assam | 302 | 4579 | 277.28 |
| Manipur | 701 | 3882 | 31.85 |
| Meghalaya | 491 | 6043 | 45.66 |
| Mizoram | 389 | 2805 | 54.19 |
| Nagaland | 331 | 5980 | 50.09 |
| Sikkim | 711 | 6809 | 14.76 |
| Tripura | 209 | 2909 | 33.97 |
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
Circle-wise PMLA Statistics for the year 2017:
| Circles | No. of Departmental Post Office in the Circles | Fully/ Partially Complaint | Non Complaint | Total | No. of staff training |
| Assam | 625 | 271 | 5 | 276 | 811 |
| North East* | 340 | 395 | 0 | 395 | 0 |
| All India | 25585 | 11963 | 537 | 12500 | 37898 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
No. of Registered and Unregistered Mail Traffic during 2016-17:
(in '000)
| Circle | Registered Traffic | Unregistered | Total |
| Assam | 5711 | 79738 | 85449 |
| North East* | 2783 | 54322 | 57105 |
| All India | 183390 | 5526559 | 5709949 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
Inland Money Orders Issued during 2016-17:
| Circle | Number (in Lakh) | Value (Rs. in Crore) | Commission (Rs. in Crore) |
| Assam | 1.92 | 28.79 | 1.06 |
| North East* | 0.98 | 20.08 | 0.8 |
| All India | 659.00 | 5987.12 | 280.08 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI
Inland Postal Orders Sold during 2016-17:
| Circle | Number (in Lakh) | Value (Rs. in Crore) | Commission (Rs. in Crore) |
| Assam | 4.60 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| North East* | 0.98 | 1.02 | 0.04 |
| All India | 100.57 | 42.69 | 4.45 |
*: Excluding Assam
Source: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, GoI