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Document - Table 55 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks () or PDF - Table 55 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks ()
Date : Aug 29, 2025
Table 55 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks
(Number)
Year Rural Semi-urban Urban Metropolitan Total
1 2 3 4 5 6
1982 20401 8809 5693 4274 39177
1983 22686 9081 5917 4395 42079
1984 25380 9326 6116 4510 45332
1985 30185 9816 6578 4806 51385
1986 29703 10585 7209 5790 53287
1987 30209 10637 7218 5795 53859
1988 31114 11132 7322 5842 55410
1989 33014 11166 7524 5995 57699
1990 34791 11324 8042 5595 59752
1991 35206 11344 8046 5624 60220
1992 35269 11356 8279 5666 60570
1993 35389 11465 8562 5753 61169
1994 35329 11890 8745 5839 61803
1995 33004 13341 8868 7154 62367
1996 32995 13561 9086 7384 63026
1997 32915 13766 9340 7529 63550
1998 32878 13980 9597 7763 64218
1999 32857 14168 9898 8016 64939
2000 32734 14407 10052 8219 65412
2001 32562 14597 10293 8467 65919
2002 32380 14747 10477 8586 66190
2003 32303 14859 10693 8680 66535
2004 32121 15091 11000 8976 67188
2005 32082 15403 11500 9370 68355
2006 28142 16449 11556 13250 69397
2007 28218 17145 12399 14030 71792
2008 28657 18364 13574 15207 75802
2009 29176 19679 14576 16336 79767
2010 30067 21380 15998 17700 85145
2011 31375 23700 16942 18828 90845
2012 33716 26528 18219 20102 98565
2013 36328 29233 19383 21119 106063
2014 41464 32361 21008 22627 117460
2015 45102 34811 22563 24165 126641
2016 48240 37471 24130 25653 135494
2017 49814 38862 25174 26681 140531
2018 50758 39480 25511 26657 142406
2019 51520 40906 26446 27248 146120
2020 52281 42100 27394 28266 150041
2021 52584 42346 27506 28166 150602
2022 53164 42352 27506 28291 151313
2023 54202 43630 28060 29146 155038
2024 55217 45030 29116 30315 159678
2025 56193 46428 30134 31470 164225
Notes : 1. Data exclude ‘Administrative Offices’
2. Bank Scheduled as on July 01, 2025 are considered in the data since 2006.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Sources : 1. For data up to 2005, Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks.
2. Source for data from 2006 onwards, Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure (erstwhile master office file) database as on July 01, 2025. The data are dynamic in nature as reported by Banks.