Dataset · Governance
Number of post offices in each district of Kerala, the district's area, the area served by one post office, Census 2001 and 2011 population and the population served by one post office, as printed in the appendix 'District-wise details of area and population served by one Post Office' of the Kerala Economic Review, editions 2016, 2017 and 2019 to 2025. Each edition refers to a fiscal year stated in its caption (2015-16 to 2024-25). Each row is one district (or the Kerala total), edition and measure; the table, page and file of each edition are listed under Source documents. The district counts are stable (5,042 post offices in the 2025 edition, 5,052 in 2016) and the population per post office is based on Census 2011. Use it to compare postal coverage across districts.
The first 5 of 777 rows
| period | period_type | geo_level | geo_code | geo_name | indicator | measure | region | ref_period | ref_period_type | is_partial_period | value | unit | qa_flag | notes | district_as_per_source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | post_offices | area_per_post_office_sqkm | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 7.69 | number | Total | ||
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | post_offices | area_sqkm | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 38863.0 | number | Total | ||
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | post_offices | census2011_population | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 33387677.0 | number | Total | ||
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | post_offices | population_per_post_office | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 6609.0 | number | Total | ||
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | post_offices | post_offices | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 5052.0 | number | Total |
16 columns, in file order.
periodperiod_typegeo_levelgeo_codegeo_nameindicatormeasureregionref_periodref_period_typeis_partial_periodvalueunitqa_flagnotesdistrict_as_per_sourcePlease cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). District-wise post offices and area and population served per post office in Kerala, 2015-16 to 2024-25 [Dataset]. PRI Data Repository. /data/post-offices-kerala