The database on bank branch network, led by scheduled commercial banks in India, give an idea about the reach of the formal banking system in the form of an indicative banking penetration measure such as average population per branch or number of deposit bank accounts per 1000 population.
The data indicates that the branch network of scheduled commercial banks have increased during last five years, registering an improved coverage, in terms of population per branch, from 15,700 to 12,600. Among the newly opened bank branches during the year, the share of rural and semi-urban branches has gone up between 2007 and 2012.