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Date : Mar 03, 2019
Table 117: State-wise Telephones per 100 Population
(As at end-March)
States/Union Territories 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Andaman & Nicobar 6.34 8.45 9.04 10.15 11.56 12.63 17.97 17.39 18.36
Andhra Pradesh 3.13 4.10 4.93 5.66 7.85 9.48 13.45 19.62 28.25
Assam 1.06 1.33 1.67 1.94 2.13 2.79 5.67 9.74 14.74
Bihar 0.65 1.15 1.08 1.32 1.67 2.36 5.34 7.32 12.64
Chhattisgarh** - - 1.25 1.47 1.63 1.80 2.09 3.24 4.38
Gujarat 4.26 5.37 6.37 7.77 10.14 12.73 16.98 24.14 33.63
Haryana 3.36 4.25 5.06 6.21 8.38 10.83 14.47 23.11 30.39
Himachal Pradesh 4.32 5.31 7.48 8.50 10.14 13.12 18.78 28.57 41.16
Jaamu & Kashmir 1.31 1.72 2.15 2.48 3.01 5.09 12.18 16.08 21.84
Jharkhand** - - 1.39 1.68 2.00 2.30 2.99 3.43 3.60
Karnataka 3.76 4.70 5.58 6.67 9.46 12.19 17.06 25.05 34.53
Kerala 5.60 7.51 9.51 11.33 14.87 18.77 25.54 33.54 45.34
Madhya Pradesh 1.54 1.81 2.49 3.02 3.99 5.21 7.12 12.22 20.29
Maharashtra 5.40 6.60 5.14 6.08 8.00 10.01 13.10 18.78 27.42
North East-I 1.56 1.92 2.41 3.00 3.35 4.33 8.11 16.56 27.67
North East-II** - - - 2.35 2.71 3.66 5.21 7.41 9.14
Odisha 1.21 1.52 1.88 2.29 2.95 3.96 7.57 9.51 15.00
Punjab 5.67 6.95 9.15 11.76 17.33 21.94 27.61 37.05 47.89
Rajasthan 2.11 2.57 3.02 3.47 4.50 6.12 9.65 15.49 23.74
Tamil Nadu 4.52 5.91 5.37 6.22 8.54 11.37 14.70 22.55 35.09
Uttarakhand** - - 3.64 4.25 5.10 5.74 7.46 9.50 10.61
Uttar Pradesh-(E&W) 1.33 1.66 1.86 2.15 2.96 4.06 6.87 10.77 16.19
West Bengal 2.09 2.67 1.52 1.85 2.18 3.00 5.53 8.63 14.36
Kolkata** - - 11.77 13.47 18.92 23.79 33.70 45.09 64.22
Chennai** - - 19.72 22.97 38.81 46.76 61.08 75.46 103.90
Delhi 15.40 17.66 22.11 27.38 41.79 50.94 65.40 86.89 110.05
Mumbai - - 20.27 24.22 36.08 44.27 56.73 64.99 83.48
ALL INDIA 2.86 3.53 4.29 5.11 7.08 8.95 12.74 18.22 26.22

TABLE 117: STATE-WISE TELEPHONES PER 100 POPULATION (Concld.)
(As at end-March)
States/Union Territories 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Andaman & Nicobar 21.24 29.96 - - - - - -  
Andhra Pradesh 39.59 57.23 74.35 80.87 77.19 79.52 84.15 86.40 97.18
Assam 20.65 29.99 38.98 46.61 46.51 48.74 53.95 57.64 66.97
Bihar 22.18 37.96 42.32 48.90 45.72 46.10 51.20 54.36 60.99
Chhattisgarh** 5.15 5.74 - - - - - - -
Gujarat 45.16 58.46 81.9 91.13 87.23 90.54 95.61 100.06 113.71
Haryana 43.75 59.70 82.59 89.42 76.44 81.44 82.67 85.88 91.01
Himachal Pradesh 55.50 79.35 111.11 120.68 105.39 105.59 114.52 127.61 147.86
Jaamu & Kashmir 32.76 49.91 50.9 54.82 58.57 66.8 76.93 80.02 95.91
Jharkhand** 4.11 5.54 - - - - - - -
Karnataka 45.21 67.81 87.76 97.22 91.24 92.45 97.54 101.89 113.39
Kerala 58.48 80.36 100.01 106.61 96.09 96.19 95.41 102.33 114.75
Madhya Pradesh 30.08 45.23 48.88 53.81 53.55 56.04 60.25 64.23 67.07
Maharashtra 37.90 50.30 68.97 77.19 73.97 77.32 80.75 87.06 95.88
North East-I 44.49 68.90 56.5 65.72 67.78 69.97 77.00 80.22 89.94
North East-II** 9.21 11.91 - - - - - - -
Odisha 23.30 39.30 56.37 65.84 60.21 60.9 66.85 69.09 80.74
Punjab 58.25 75.44 104.09 113.13 103.00 107.22 103.79 106.10 118.28
Rajasthan 37.15 52.76 65.35 72.96 70.85 75.39 77.76 83.36 92.02
Tamil Nadu 50.46 74.31 97.73 116.61 108.17 111.14 117.52 118.13 128.41
Uttarakhand** 11.59 13.90 - - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh-(E&W) 24.91 38.54 52.97 60.93 56.83 57.27 60.51 65.83 74.03
West Bengal 22.51 34.81 53.43 61.52 54.18 55.13 60.69 63.16 73.59
Kolkata** 89.68 120.19 163.76 172.22 145.86 142.67 150.20 163.56 188.37
Chennai** 127.38 149.42 163.41 - - - - - -
Delhi 140.18 172.49 225.26 238.59 221.64 226.84 237.99 236.29 257.76
Mumbai 110.52 143.71 180.45 183.52 152.44 151.9 147.81 149.6 166.77
ALL INDIA 36.98 52.74 70.89 78.66 73.32 75.23 79.36 83.4 93.01
-: 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; Statisticsal Year Book 2018.

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