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COMMUNICATIONS
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POSTS AND TELEGRAPH
The district is included in the Chandrapur Postal Division. The head post office is situated at Gondia and sub-offices at tahsil headquarters and towns. The bigger villages have branch post offices.
The following table shows the postal, telegraphic and telephone statistics in Bhandara district during 1961-62, 1965-66, 1970-71 and 1971-72.
TABLE No. 6
POSTAL, TELEGRAPHIC AND TELEPHONE STATISTICS IN BHANDARA DISTRICT DURING 1961-62, 1965-66, 1970-71 AND 1971-72. |
Year |
No. of Post Offices |
No. of Telegraph Offices |
No. of letter boxes |
No. of Postmen |
No. of Telephones |
No. of radio licences issued and renewed together | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
1961-62 |
211 |
11 |
323 |
27 |
566 |
2,174 |
1965-66 |
226 |
14 |
369 |
48 |
439 |
6,246 |
1970-71 |
226 |
16 |
331 |
48 |
971 |
7,506 |
1971-72 |
234 |
16 |
339 |
48 |
1,081 |
7,710 |
Source.—Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Government of Maharashtra. |
