As of 2019, over 118 thousand village and small-town councils, also known as Gram Panchayats, were equipped with internet access across India. Out of this, Uttar Pradesh had the maximum connectivity in its rural areas with over 28 thousand internet equipped gram panchayats in the measured time.
BharatNet is a telecom infrastructure provision set up by the government of India to establish, manage and operate the National Optical Fiber Network that aims to provide a minimum of 100 megabits per second of broadband connectivity to all gram panchayats in the country.
Gram Panchayats equipped with internet access across India as of 2019, by state
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Website (Bharat Broadband Network Limited). (July 29, 2019). Gram Panchayats equipped with internet access across India as of 2019, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 09, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037312/india-internet-equipped-gram-panchayats-by-state/
Website (Bharat Broadband Network Limited). "Gram Panchayats equipped with internet access across India as of 2019, by state." Chart. July 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037312/india-internet-equipped-gram-panchayats-by-state/
Website (Bharat Broadband Network Limited). (2019). Gram Panchayats equipped with internet access across India as of 2019, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037312/india-internet-equipped-gram-panchayats-by-state/
Website (Bharat Broadband Network Limited). "Gram Panchayats Equipped with Internet Access across India as of 2019, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037312/india-internet-equipped-gram-panchayats-by-state/
Website (Bharat Broadband Network Limited), Gram Panchayats equipped with internet access across India as of 2019, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037312/india-internet-equipped-gram-panchayats-by-state/ (last visited August 09, 2020)
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