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Date : Sep 15, 2021
Table 57 : Population Group-Wise Number of Branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks
(Number)
Year Rural Semi-urban Urban Metropolitan Total
1 2 3 4 5 6
1980 15105 8122 5178 4014 32419
1981 17656 8471 5454 4126 35707
1982 20401 8809 5693 4274 39177
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 28146 16462 11529 13205 69342
2007 28222 17168 12364 13993 71747
2008 28663 18392 13537 15161 75753
2009 29186 19712 14539 16282 79719
2010 30079 21421 15950 17640 85090
2011 31394 23751 16881 18751 90777
2012 33733 26582 18146 20001 98462
2013 36710 29388 19307 21012 106417
2014 41886 32540 20919 22489 117834
2015 45149 34897 22446 23988 126480
2016 48276 37568 24014 25461 135319
2017 49870 38989 25058 26474 140391
2018 50850 39675 25410 26463 142398
2019 51589 41085 26350 27082 146106
2020 52358 42275 27262 28053 149948
2021 52641 42582 27407 28001 150631
Note : Data exclude ‘Administrative Offices’.
Source : 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 July 01 of the year. The data are dynamic in nature as reported by Banks.
Also see Notes on Tables.

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