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VOICE OF ELECTRICITY WORKERS
STATUS OF VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION AS ON 31.3.2004
|
S
No. |
State |
No. of Inhabited
Villages as per
1991 Census |
Total No.
Of Villages
Electrified |
Balance
Unelectrified Villages |
%age of
Electrified
Villages |
|
1. |
Andhra Pradesh |
26586 |
26565 |
$ |
100 |
|
2. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
3649 |
2335 |
1314 |
64 |
|
3. |
Assam |
24685 |
19081 |
5604 |
77.30 |
|
4. |
Bihar |
38475 |
19251 |
19224 |
50 |
|
5. |
Jharkhand |
29336 |
7641 |
21695 |
26 |
|
6. |
Goa |
360 |
360 |
- |
100 |
|
7. |
Gujarat |
18028 |
17940 |
$ |
100 |
|
8. |
Haryana |
6759 |
6759 |
- |
100 |
|
9. |
Himachal Pradesh |
16997 |
16891 |
106 |
99.38 |
|
10. |
J&K |
6477 |
6301 |
176 |
97.28 |
|
11. |
Karnataka |
27066 |
26771 |
295 |
98.91 |
|
12. |
Kerala |
1384 |
1384 |
- |
100 |
|
13. |
Madhya Pradesh |
51806 |
50474 |
1332 |
97.43 |
|
14. |
Chhattisgarh |
19720 |
18532 |
1188 |
94 |
|
15. |
Maharashtra |
40412 |
40351 |
- |
100 |
|
16. |
Manipur |
2182 |
2043 |
139 |
93.63 |
|
17. |
Meghalaya |
5484 |
3016 |
2468 |
55 |
|
18. |
Mizoram |
698 |
691 |
7 |
99 |
|
19. |
Nagaland |
1216 |
1216 |
- |
100 |
|
20. |
Orissa |
46989 |
37663 |
9326 |
80.15 |
|
21. |
Punjab |
12428 |
12428 |
- |
100 |
|
22. |
Rajasthan |
37889 |
37276 |
613 |
98.38 |
|
23. |
Sikkim |
447 |
405 |
42 |
90.60 |
|
24. |
Tamil Nadu |
15822 |
15822 |
- |
100 |
|
25. |
Tripura |
855 |
818 |
37 |
95.67 |
|
26. |
Uttar Pradesh |
97122 |
57042 |
40080 |
58.73 |
|
27. |
Uttaranchal |
15681 |
13131 |
2550 |
83.73 |
|
28. |
West Bengal |
37910 |
31705 |
6205 |
83.63 |
|
|
Total(States) |
586463 |
473892 |
112401 |
80.80 |
|
|
Total UTs |
1093 |
1090 |
$ |
100% |
|
|
All India |
587556 |
474982 |
112401* |
80.80% |
$ Balance villages are not
feasible for electrification.
*As per the new definition
of village electrification (effective from 2004-05)
total number of
unelectrified villages is estimated to be around 1,25,000.
Courtesy: Ministry of Power | 
