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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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POST OFFICES
POST OFFICES.
The Post and Telegraph Department maintained 365 offices with a head office at Ratnagiri. The taluka-wise list of post offices given in the accompanying statement reveals that Ratnagiri taluka has the largest number of them viz., 57, while Lanje peta has the lowest number viz., 6. The postal facilities thus made available are meagre and much remains to be done, as the ratio of Post Offices to the total number of villages and towns is about 1:4.3.
The following table gives the number of post offices of various categories in the talukas of Ratnagiri district:—
TABLE No. 7.
TALUKA-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF POST OFFICES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT IN 1958.
Name of Taluka or Peta. |
Number of H. 0.* |
Number of
S. O.* |
Number of B. 0.* |
Total. |
1. Chiplun |
-- |
4 |
33 |
37 |
2. Dapoli |
-- |
6 |
20 |
26 |
3. Deogad |
-- |
4 |
28 |
32 |
4. Guhagar |
-- |
1 |
9 |
10 |
5. Kankavli |
-- |
3 |
32 |
35 |
6. Kudal |
-- |
1 |
18 |
19 |
7. Khed |
-- |
1 |
19 |
20 |
8. Lanje |
-- |
1 |
5 |
6 |
9. Malvan |
-- |
4 |
29 |
33 |
10. Mandangad |
-- |
5 |
2 |
7 |
11. Ratnagiri |
1 |
6 |
50 |
57 |
12. Rajapur |
-- |
2 |
11 |
13 |
13. Sangameshwar |
-- |
6 |
17 |
23 |
14. Sawantwadi |
-- |
4 |
23 |
27 |
15. Vengurla |
-- |
4 |
16 |
20 |
Total |
1 |
52 |
312 |
365 |
*H. O.—Head Office, S. O.—Sub-Office, B. O.—Branch Office. |
