As on March 31
Rural
Semi-Urban
Urban
Metropolitan
Total
1998
1999
Region/State/
No. of
Union Territory
centres
offices
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
Northern Region
31
49
36
55
22
78
86
2
75
76
202
60
208
Haryana
1
7
11
6
10
8
12
Himachal Pradesh
4
5
Jammu & Kashmir
3
17
14
20
Punjab
15
13
Rajasthan
40
26
44
46
16
18
34
96
38
108
Delhi
59
58
North-Eastern Region
9
Assam
Manipur
Meghalaya
Nagaland
Tripura
Mizoram
Eastern Region
45
53
54
70
61
82
25
148
120
156
Bihar
Orissa
19
West Bengal
32
42
23
97
98
104
Central Region
67
107
73
117
88
63
110
251
288
Madhya Pradesh
69
71
79
Uttar Pradesh
50
39
143
168
Western Region
391
569
198
325
403
1004
414
1241
47
906
149
1095
1298
1259
849
3777
768
3920
Gujarat/Dadra & Nagar Haveli
103
68
129
248
270
155
164
429
455
218
935
219
993
Maharashtra
303
443
116
203
261
724
271
932
29
751
123
916
869
804
597
2787
513
2855
Goa
21
72
Southern Region
56
321
771
342
792
335
80
398
256
313
461
1425
492
1572
Andhra Pradesh
30
35
90
132
207
257
Karnataka
57
280
163
178
189
147
160
224
662
233
723
Kerala
48
239
285
302
Tamil Nadu
171
100
187
33
266
146
Pondicherry
All India
448
633
259
394
875
1992
919
2267
246
1453
363
1781
1709
1731
1588
5823
1574
6173
Source