Number of Offices
Bank Group
Opened during 1st April 1997 to 31st
As on 31st March 1998
March 1998
As on 31st
Rural
Semi-
Urban
Metro-
Total
March 1997
urban
politan
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
State Bank of India and its Associates
13238
6
20
41
36
103
5509
3924
2221
1679
13333
Nationalised Banks
32736
26
129
176
460
13917
6706
6724
5843
33190
Regional Rural Banks
14684
14
40
11
2
67
12312
1943
404
9
14668
Foreign Banks
185
-
1
10
3
17
196
Other Scheduled Commercial Banks
4711
69
91
212
1149
1631
1188
943
4911
Non-Scheduled
8
Commercial Banks
65562
57
230
298
269
854
32890
14208
10555
8653
66306
Opened during 1st April 1998 to 31st
As on 31st March 1999
March 1999
15
46
109
5514
3939
2267
1718
13438
18
93
146
162
419
13932
6797
6868
5997
33594
29
33
13
5
80
12299
1976
417
14706
12
172
192
45
58
97
209
1146
1674
1246
1037
5103
64
186
264
315
829
32894
14390
10816
8941
67041
Notes
:
1.
No. of offices includes Administrative Offices also.
2.
Data for 1998 have been revised and data for 1999 are provisional.
3.
Classification of population groups is based on 1991 census.
Nil.
Source
Master Office File (latest updated version) on commercial bank branches.