There has been hardly any increase in outreach or scale in the last five years except for some growth in branches and loan accounts in urban areas. Number of bank offices in rural areas remained more or less the same - 47253 in 2000 to 47586 in 2005 - while they rose from 19808 to 22383 in urban areas.
Current and savings accounts per branch in rural areas rose from 3650 to 4202 and from 5965 to 6155 in urban areas. The number of loan accounts per branch rose from 844 in 2000 to 1003 in 2005 while in urban areas the number increased from 731 to 1335.