| Circle-wise Telephone Exchanges and Direct Exchange Lines (DELs)* (BSNL & MTNL) ( 31.3.2002 & 31.12.2002) | ||||||||
| Circles/States | Telephone Exchanges As on 31.3.2002 | Telephone Exchanges As on 31.12.2002 | Overall-DELs | Urban-DELs | Rural-DELs | |||
| 31.3.2002 | 31.12.2002 | 31.3.2002 | 31.12.2002 | 31.3.2002 | 31.12.2002 | |||
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| Assam | ||||||||
| Bihar | ||||||||
| Chhatisgarh | ||||||||
| Gujarat | ||||||||
| Haryana | ||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||
| Jammu & Kashmir | ||||||||
| Jharkhand | ||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||
| Kerala | ||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||
| North East-I | ||||||||
| North East-II | ||||||||
| Orissa | ||||||||
| Punjab | ||||||||
| Rajasthan | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||
| Uttaranchal | ||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh (E) | ||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh (W) | ||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||
| Kolkata | ||||||||
| Chennai | ||||||||
| Total BSNL | ||||||||
| MTNL, Delhi | ||||||||
| MTNL, Mumbai | ||||||||
| Total MTNL | ||||||||
| India | ||||||||
