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Date : Oct 13, 2020
Table 129: State-wise Telephones per 100 Population
(As at end-March)
State/Union Territory 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Andaman & Nicobar 11.56 12.63 17.97 17.39 18.36 21.24 29.96 -
Andhra Pradesh 7.85 9.48 13.45 19.62 28.25 39.59 57.23 74.35
Assam 2.13 2.79 5.67 9.74 14.74 20.65 29.99 38.98
Bihar 1.67 2.36 5.34 7.32 12.64 22.18 37.96 42.32
Chhattisgarh** 1.63 1.80 2.09 3.24 4.38 5.15 5.74 -
Gujarat 10.14 12.73 16.98 24.14 33.63 45.16 58.46 81.9
Haryana 8.38 10.83 14.47 23.11 30.39 43.75 59.70 82.59
Himachal Pradesh 10.14 13.12 18.78 28.57 41.16 55.50 79.35 111.11
Jammu & Kashmir 3.01 5.09 12.18 16.08 21.84 32.76 49.91 50.9
Jharkhand** 2.00 2.30 2.99 3.43 3.60 4.11 5.54 -
Karnataka 9.46 12.19 17.06 25.05 34.53 45.21 67.81 87.76
Kerala 14.87 18.77 25.54 33.54 45.34 58.48 80.36 100.01
Madhya Pradesh 3.99 5.21 7.12 12.22 20.29 30.08 45.23 48.88
Maharashtra 8.00 10.01 13.10 18.78 27.42 37.90 50.30 68.97
North East-I 3.35 4.33 8.11 16.56 27.67 44.49 68.90 56.5
North East-II** 2.71 3.66 5.21 7.41 9.14 9.21 11.91 -
Odisha 2.95 3.96 7.57 9.51 15.00 23.30 39.30 56.37
Punjab 17.33 21.94 27.61 37.05 47.89 58.25 75.44 104.09
Rajasthan 4.50 6.12 9.65 15.49 23.74 37.15 52.76 65.35
Tamil Nadu 8.54 11.37 14.70 22.55 35.09 50.46 74.31 97.73
Uttarakhand** 5.10 5.74 7.46 9.50 10.61 11.59 13.90 -
Uttar Pradesh-(E&W) 2.96 4.06 6.87 10.77 16.19 24.91 38.54 52.97
West Bengal 2.18 3.00 5.53 8.63 14.36 22.51 34.81 53.43
Kolkata** 18.92 23.79 33.70 45.09 64.22 89.68 120.19 163.76
Chennai** 38.81 46.76 61.08 75.46 103.90 127.38 149.42 163.41
Delhi 41.79 50.94 65.40 86.89 110.05 140.18 172.49 225.26
Mumbai 36.08 44.27 56.73 64.99 83.48 110.52 143.71 180.45
ALL INDIA 7.08 8.95 12.74 18.22 26.22 36.98 52.74 70.89

TABLE 129: STATE-WISE TELEPHONES PER 100 POPULATION (Concld.)
(As at end-March)
State/Union Territory 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Andaman & Nicobar - - - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh 80.87 77.19 79.52 84.15 86.40 97.18 97.21 97.55
Assam 46.61 46.51 48.74 53.95 57.64 66.97 76.87 68.81
Bihar 48.90 45.72 46.10 51.20 54.36 60.99 63.16 59.95
Chhattisgarh** - - - - - - - -
Gujarat 91.13 87.23 90.54 95.61 100.06 113.71 112.45 107.21
Haryana 89.42 76.44 81.44 82.67 85.88 91.01 84.44 97.66
Himachal Pradesh 120.68 105.39 105.59 114.52 127.61 147.86 174.46 146.37
Jammu & Kashmir 54.82 58.57 66.8 76.93 80.02 95.91 109.19 89.43
Jharkhand** - - - - - - - -
Karnataka 97.22 91.24 92.45 97.54 101.89 113.39 109.05 110.04
Kerala 106.61 96.09 96.19 95.41 102.33 114.75 121.61 126.15
Madhya Pradesh 53.81 53.55 56.04 60.25 64.23 67.07 67.02 70.11
Maharashtra 77.19 73.97 77.32 80.75 87.06 95.88 95.50 92.83
North East-I 65.72 67.78 69.97 77.00 80.22 89.94 98.06 84.17
North East-II** - - - - - - - -
Odisha 65.84 60.21 60.9 66.85 69.09 80.74 80.28 75.74
Punjab 113.13 103.00 107.22 103.79 106.10 118.28 123.45 125.35
Rajasthan 72.96 70.85 75.39 77.76 83.36 92.02 87.83 85.34
Tamil Nadu 116.61 108.17 111.14 117.52 118.13 128.41 136.36 116.94
Uttarakhand** - - - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh-(E&W) 60.93 56.83 57.27 60.51 65.83 74.03 71.36 68.63
West Bengal 61.52 54.18 55.13 60.69 63.16 73.59 73.73 71.39
Kolkata** 172.22 145.86 142.67 150.20 163.56 188.37 182.97 165.51
Chennai** - - - - - - - -
Delhi 238.59 221.64 226.84 237.99 236.29 257.76 254.49 238.57
Mumbai 183.52 152.44 151.9 147.81 149.6 166.77 163.0 165.62
ALL INDIA 78.66 73.32 75.23 79.36 83.4 93.01 93.3 90.10
-: Not Available.
* : Including Public DELs, Pvt. DELs, CMPs and WLL (Fixed & Limited).
** : Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, NE-II, Uttarakhand, Kolkata and Chennai are included in MP, Bihar, NE- I, UP [E&W], WB and TN, respectively.
Source: Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.

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