| 9.7 NUMBER OF POST OFFICES, TELEGRAPH OFFICES , TELEPHONE AND | |||||||||
| CELLULAR CONNECTIONS IN GUJARAT | |||||||||
| Sr. | As on | Post | Telegraph | Telephone | Cellular | Percentage | |||
| No. | 31st | Offices | Offices | Connections | Connections | increase | |||
| March | over the | ||||||||
| previous year | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 1 | 1981 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8415 | 1466 | 198889 | - | - | ||
| 2 | 1986 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8596 | 1804 | 312269 | - | - | ||
| 3 | 1987 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8597 | 1851 | 342484 | - | - | ||
| 4 | 1988 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8598 | 1856 | 347462 | - | - | ||
| 5 | 1989 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8630 | 1800 | 381266 | - | - | ||
| 6 | 1990 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8690 | 1813 | 415008 | - | - | ||
| 7 | 1991 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8707 | 1807 | 453114 | - | - | ||
| 8 | 1992 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8856 | 1811 | 519517 | - | - | ||
| 9 | 1993 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8933 | 1808 | 576037 | - | - | ||
| 10 | 1994 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8948 | 1770 | 658224 | - | - | ||
| 11 | 1995 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8949 | 1770 | 780731 | - | - | ||
| 12 | 1996 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8949 | 1770 | 915563 | - | - | ||
| 13 | 1997 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8962 | 1770 | 1078616 | 4100 | - | ||
| 14 | 1998 | .. .. .. .. .. | 8979 | 1772 | 1292440 | 39600 | 865.85 | ||
| 15 | 1999 | .. .. .. .. .. | 9010 | 1774 | 1547828 | 81499 | 105.80 | ||
| 16 | 2000 | .. .. .. .. .. | 9037 | 1775 | 1921850 | 146175 | 79.35 | ||
| 17 | 2001 | .. .. .. .. .. | 9046 | 1775 | 2398691 | 248776 | 70.19 | ||
| 18 | 2002 | 9056 | 1775 | 2833880 | 467448 | 87.89 | |||
| 19 | 2003 | 9070 | 1775 | 2978506 | 1045226 | 123.60 | |||
| 20 | 2003* | 9044 | 2290 | 2825699 | 1701674 | 62.80 | |||
| * As on 30th November-2003. | |||||||||
| Note : No. of Telegraph offices excludes no. of LDPTs (Long Distance Public Telegraph Services). | |||||||||
| Source:- (1) Post Master General, Gujarat Circle, Ahmedabad. | |||||||||
| (2) Chief General Manager, Gujarat Circle, Department of Telecommunications,, Ahmedabad. | |||||||||
| (3) Cellular Operators Association of India. | |||||||||