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Document - Table 52 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks () or PDF - Table 52 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks ()
Date : Jul 31, 2026
Table 52 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks
(Number)
Year Rural Semi-urban Urban Metropolitan Total
1 2 3 4 5 6
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 28140 16463 11566 13256 69425
2007 28217 17161 12410 14037 71825
2008 28656 18382 13584 15213 75835
2009 29175 19698 14585 16342 79800
2010 30067 21399 16005 17707 85178
2011 31377 23719 16949 18835 90880
2012 33718 26554 18229 20111 98612
2013 36683 29354 19401 21135 106573
2014 41852 32488 21030 22647 118017
2015 45110 34843 22573 24185 126711
2016 48247 37505 24140 25675 135567
2017 49824 38902 25184 26704 140614
2018 50769 39528 25521 26684 142502
2019 51527 40957 26457 27276 146217
2020 52284 42148 27405 28300 150137
2021 52585 42396 27509 28197 150687
2022 53165 42400 27510 28324 151399
2023 54203 43677 28065 29179 155124
2024 55216 45077 29120 30350 159763
2025 56192 46475 30140 31503 164310
2026 57154 47740 30974 32756 168624
Notes : 1. Data exclude ‘Administrative Offices’
2. Bank Scheduled as on June 30, 2026, 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 June 30, 2026. The data are dynamic in nature as reported by Banks.