Number of Offices
Bank Group
Opened during 1st April 1996 to 31st March 1997
As on 31st March 1997
As on 31st
Rural
Semi-
Urban
Metro-
Total
March 1996
urban
politan
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
State Bank of India and its Associates
13122
13
41
44
34
132
5510
3912
2175
1641
13238
Nationalised Banks
32424
16
78
129
87
310
13893
6607
6511
5709
32720
Regional Rural Banks
14704
3
19
2
--
24
12388
1896
386
7
14677
Foreign Banks
172
-
1
14
166
185
Other Scheduled Commercial Banks
4507
47
70
91
210
1140
1597
1118
859
4714
Non-Scheduled Commercial Banks
8
9
64937
246
226
691
32934
14017
10208
8384
65543
Opened during 1st April 1996 to 31st March 1998
As on 31st March 1998
March 1997
6
20
35
102
5508
3932
2216
1676
13332
26
119
165
123
433
13916
6726
6675
5830
33147
37
59
12319
1933
393
14654
10
11
17
176
196
69
212
1149
1637
1183
945
4914
56
217
283
262
818
32895
14233
10485
8639
66252
Notes
:
1.
No. of offices includes Administrative Offices also.
2.
Data for 1997 have been revised and data for 1998 are provisional.
3.
Classification of population groups is based on 1991 census.
Nil.
Source
Master Office File (latest updated version) on commercial bank branches.