BSNL UP(E) Circle at a Glance

The Organization

In order to manage efficiently and better way U. P. Telecom Circle was bifurcated on 01.04.1995 into two separate Circles viz. U. P. (East) Telecom Circle with Headquarter at Lucknow and U. P. (West) Telecom Circle with Headquarter at Dehradun ( at Present Meerut).

The Circle is headed by an officer of the rank Chief General Manager and is assisted by one PGM(D) and nine General Managers for Operation, Mobile Services (03 GMs), Marketing, NC, Business Development, Land & Building, WLL, Telegraph and Finance and two Chief Engineers(Civil and Electrical) at headquarter. Apart from this there are one Principal General Manager for Lucknow , Thirteen GM in Major Telecom District and Seventeen Telecom District Managers at minor Telecom District in the field. Total around 11 thousand employees are there to manage BSNL UP East Telecom Services.

1. General

1.1. Population in Lacs ('2001Census) : 1,453

1.2. Area in Sq.Kms. : 1,77,100

1.3. Revenue Districts : 48

DHQs with Telephone exchanges : 48

DHQs connected with reliable media : 48

1.4. Tehsils : 203

THQs with Telephone exchanges : 203

THQs connected with reliable media : 203

1.5. Blocks : 603

BHQs with Telephone exchanges : 582

BHQs connected with reliable media  : 582

1.6. Revenue Villages  : 75,139

1.7. Secondary Switching Areas (SSAs) : 31

Major Telecom District headed by P.G.M.(Lucknow) - 01 numbers

Major Telecom Districts headed by GMT.s -  13 numbers

Minor Telecom Districts headed by T.DM.s - 17 numbers
SSAs with Telephone exchanges : 31

SSAs connected with reliable media : 31

1.8. Short Distance Changing Areas (SDCAs) : 155

SDCCs with Telephone exchanges : 155

SDCCs connected with reliable media : 155

1.9. Lok Sabha Constituencies : 53

1.10. Rajya Sabha Constituencies (whole U.P.) :                             31

1.11. Legislative Assembly Constituencies :                                   280

1.12. Legislative Council Constituencies (whole U.P.) : 108

2. Status of Telecom Services (as on 30.07.2014)

2.1. No. of Exchanges : 2137

2.2. DELs (L/L+WLL+CMTS) : 100 lac

2.3. Telephone Density : 8.5(BSNL) All Operators (54.45)

2.4. Total PCOs : More than 1 lac

2.5. Villages with VPTs : 74,145

2.6. No. of Customer Service Centers : 227

2.7. Cellular Mobile phone operating companies : 08

2.8. No. of districts having INTERNET BROADBAND facility : 48

2.9. Total No. of INTERNET subscribers  : 1.67 lac

2.10. Total No. of Broadband subscribers  : 1.39 lac