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COMMUNICATIONS
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POSTS AND TELEGRAPH
Buldhana district is included in the West Berar Division having headquarters at Akola. The Head Post Office is situated at Buldhana and sub-offices at tahsil headquarters and other towns in the district. The bigger villages have branch post offices. During the year 1961-62, there were 10 sub-post offices and 197 branch post offices in the district. Together their number increased by about 92 per cent over that of 1951-52.
There were thirteen telegraph offices in the district in 1960-61.
The following eight places have telephone connections: (1) Buldhana, (2) Chikhali, (3) Malkapur, (4) Nandura, (5) Jalgaon, (6) Mehkar, (7) Lonar, and (8) Phonophore system to Sindkhed Raja.
The following table gives the postal, telegraphic and telephones statistics in the district during 1961-62, 1965-66, 1970-71 and 1971-72.
TABLE No. 5
POSTAL, TELEGRAPHIC AND TELEPHONES STATISTICS IN BULDHANA 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 Tele-phones |
No. of Radio licences (issued and renewed together) | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) | |
1961-62 |
267 |
13 |
572 |
48 |
538 |
2,237 | |
1965-66 |
286 |
13 |
750 |
55 |
712 |
8,157 | |
1970-71 |
287 |
14 |
764 |
56 |
925 |
16,122 | |
1971-72 |
298 |
14 |
775 |
58 |
965 |
18,629 |
Source: Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Maharashtra State, Bombay.
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