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Date : Nov 15, 2023
Table 147: State-wise Telephones per 100 Population
(As at end-March)
State/Union Territory 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 11.6 12.6 18.0 17.4 18.4 21.2 30.0 - -
Andhra Pradesh 7.9 9.5 13.5 19.6 28.3 39.6 57.2 74.4 80.9
Assam 2.1 2.8 5.7 9.7 14.7 20.7 30.0 39.0 46.6
Bihar 1.7 2.4 5.3 7.3 12.6 22.2 38.0 42.3 48.9
Chhattisgarh** 1.6 1.8 2.1 3.2 4.4 5.2 5.7 - -
Gujarat 10.1 12.7 17.0 24.1 33.6 45.2 58.5 81.9 91.1
Haryana 8.4 10.8 14.5 23.1 30.4 43.8 59.7 82.6 89.4
Himachal Pradesh 10.1 13.1 18.8 28.6 41.2 55.5 79.4 111.1 120.7
Jammu & Kashmir 3.0 5.1 12.2 16.1 21.8 32.8 49.9 50.9 54.8
Jharkhand** 2.0 2.3 3.0 3.4 3.6 4.1 5.5 - -
Karnataka 9.5 12.2 17.1 25.1 34.5 45.2 67.8 87.8 97.2
Kerala 14.9 18.8 25.5 33.5 45.3 58.5 80.4 100.0 106.6
Madhya Pradesh 4.0 5.2 7.1 12.2 20.3 30.1 45.2 48.9 53.8
Maharashtra 8.0 10.0 13.1 18.8 27.4 37.9 50.3 69.0 77.2
North East-I 3.4 4.3 8.1 16.6 27.7 44.5 68.9 56.5 65.7
North East-II** 2.7 3.7 5.2 7.4 9.1 9.2 11.9 - -
Odisha 3.0 4.0 7.6 9.5 15.0 23.3 39.3 56.4 65.8
Punjab 17.3 21.9 27.6 37.1 47.9 58.3 75.4 104.1 113.1
Rajasthan 4.5 6.1 9.7 15.5 23.7 37.2 52.8 65.4 73.0
Tamil Nadu 8.5 11.4 14.7 22.6 35.1 50.5 74.3 97.7 116.6
Uttarakhand** 5.1 5.7 7.5 9.5 10.6 11.6 13.9 - -
Uttar Pradesh-(E&W) 3.0 4.1 6.9 10.8 16.2 24.9 38.5 53.0 60.9
West Bengal 2.2 3.0 5.5 8.6 14.4 22.5 34.8 53.4 61.5
Kolkata** 18.9 23.8 33.7 45.1 64.2 89.7 120.2 163.8 172.2
Chennai** 38.8 46.8 61.1 75.5 103.9 127.4 149.4 163.4 -
Delhi 41.8 50.9 65.4 86.9 110.1 140.2 172.5 225.3 238.6
Mumbai 36.1 44.3 56.7 65.0 83.5 110.5 143.7 180.5 183.5
ALL INDIA 7.1 9.0 12.7 18.2 26.2 37.0 52.7 70.9 78.7

TABLE 147: STATE-WISE TELEPHONES PER 100 POPULATION (Concld.)
(As at end-March)
State/Union Territory 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Andaman & Nicobar Islands - - - - - - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh 77.19 79.52 84.15 86.40 97.18 97.21 97.55 97.88 99.56 93.63 93.02
Assam 46.51 48.74 53.95 57.64 66.97 76.87 68.81 70.01 70.86 68.50 70.72
Bihar 45.72 46.10 51.20 54.36 60.99 63.16 59.95 59.04 53.57 52.87 55.23
Chhattisgarh** - - - - - - - - - - -
Gujarat 87.23 90.54 95.61 100.06 113.71 112.45 107.21 103.51 99.18 95.08 92.58
Haryana 76.44 81.44 82.67 85.88 91.01 84.44 97.66 96.14 95.24 92.24 89.61
Himachal Pradesh 105.39 105.59 114.52 127.61 147.86 174.46 146.37 148.85 152.50 138.44 119.69
Jammu & Kashmir 58.57 66.8 76.93 80.02 95.91 109.19 89.43 92.91 89.01 88.55 88.94
Jharkhand** - - - - - - - - - - -
Karnataka 91.24 92.45 97.54 101.89 113.39 109.05 110.04 108.19 105.85 100.10 101.91
Kerala 96.09 96.19 95.41 102.33 114.75 121.61 126.15 123.19 129.45 125.15 122.13
Madhya Pradesh 53.55 56.04 60.25 64.23 67.07 67.02 70.11 69.40 68.87 67.35 66.73
Maharashtra 73.97 77.32 80.75 87.06 95.88 95.50 92.83 91.55 95.83 93.35 92.80
North East-I 67.78 69.97 77.00 80.22 89.94 98.06 84.17 83.37 81.11 77.35 79.71
North East-II** - - - - - - - - - - -
Odisha 60.21 60.90 66.85 69.09 80.74 80.28 75.74 76.58 78.46 74.99 75.74
Punjab 103.00 107.22 103.79 106.10 118.28 123.45 125.35 123.52 125.27 118.57 115.32
Rajasthan 70.85 75.39 77.76 83.36 92.02 87.83 85.34 85.88 84.14 79.62 79.45
Tamil Nadu 108.17 111.14 117.52 118.13 128.41 136.36 116.94 115.45 108.22 103.69 103.46
Uttarakhand** - - - - - - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh-(E&W) 56.83 57.27 60.51 65.83 74.03 71.36 68.63 66.20 68.09 67.69 66.12
West Bengal 54.18 55.13 60.69 63.16 73.59 73.73 71.39 67.80 68.50 68.77 69.35
Kolkata** 145.86 142.67 150.20 163.56 188.37 182.97 165.51 159.69 163.86 143.38 140.09
Chennai** - - - - - - - - - - -
Delhi 221.64 226.84 237.99 236.29 257.76 254.49 238.57 236.98 282.01 267.63 273.53
Mumbai 152.44 151.9 147.81 149.6 166.77 163.0 165.62 161.48 158.26 139.95 135.17
ALL INDIA 73.32 75.23 79.36 83.4 93.01 93.3 90.10 88.66 88.15 84.87 84.51
- : Not Available.
* : Including Public DELs, Private DELs, CMPs and WLL (Fixed & Limited).
** : Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, North East-II, Uttarakhand, Kolkata and Chennai are included in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, North East-I, Uttar Pradesh [E&W], West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, respectively.
Source: Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, Government of India.

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