State and Year-wise Number of Post Offices, Letter Boxes and Postal Articles
The dataset contains the State and Year-wise number of post offices, letter boxes and postal articles (excluding money orders). Postal articles include- Unregistered Articles, Registered Articles, Speed Posts & Express Parcel Posts and Total Mail Traffic. The data recorded is for all the States of India and APS (Army Postal Service).
Note:
1) Estimated Number of Postal articles handled- excluding money orders
2) APS stands for Army Postal Service
3) Data for North Eastern States is not available for all the states separately.
State and Year-wise Number of Post Offices, Letter Boxes and Postal Articles
The dataset contains the State and Year-wise number of post offices, letter boxes and postal articles (excluding money orders). Postal articles include- Unregistered Articles, Registered Articles, Speed Posts & Express Parcel Posts and Total Mail Traffic. The data recorded is for all the States of India and APS (Army Postal Service).
Note:
1) Estimated Number of Postal articles handled- excluding money orders
2) APS stands for Army Postal Service
3) Data for North Eastern States is not available for all the states separately.
The fiscal year to which the postal statistics pertain, expressed in start-end year format.
state
String
24
2112
The Indian state or union territory for which the postal data is reported.
postal_property
String
3
2112
The postal metric being measured, such as the number of post offices, letter boxes, or postal articles handled.
article_type
String
5
1408
The category of postal article or mail traffic, such as registered articles, unregistered articles, or speed post and express parcel posts; applies only to postal article records.
value
Int64
1378
2112
The reported value of the postal property for the given state and fiscal year.
unit
String
1
2112
The unit of measurement for the reported value, indicating whether figures are absolute or expressed in thousands.
note
String
3
1213
Remarks accompanying the record, such as flagging that data is not available.
Citation
Department of Posts. (2026). State and Year-wise Number of Post Offices, Letter Boxes and Postal Articles [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/675
