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Table 412 (Soc., Infra., Tele.,)
Postal Services (1998 - 2010)
Soc 412e
                             Year                         Item 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007    2008a) 2009 2010a)
General
Main Post Offices  (No.) 582 586 597 602 614 622 630 633 636 641 643 4,054 4,058
Sub Post Offices  (No.) 3,454 3,454 3,452 3,440 3,432 3,428 3,419 3,408 3,407 3,412 3,410
Private Post Offices  (No.) 326 397 439 514 570 580 662 663 684 684 684 684 684
Agency Post Office 250 297 316 360 379 387 441 … … … … … …
Rural Agency Post Office 76 100 113 144 156 145 156 … … … … … …
Estate Agency Post Office … … 10 10 35 48 65 … … … … … …
Delivery Areas  (Km２) 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729 6,729
Area Served by a Post office  (Km２) 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Population Served by a Post Office 4,304 4,338 4,243 4,103 4,102 4,084 4,100 4,100 4,167 4,252 4,311 4,316 4,355
Letters Per Inhabitant 23 23 25 26 25 24 24 25 25 23 21 20 17
Domestic Mail (X1,000)
Letters n.a. 293,833 312,646 323,725 337,340 339,415 338,745 304,626 479,322 306,248 238,400
Post Cards n.a. 17,243 20,871 19,225 18,089 19,824 26,786 24,718 24,923 16,503 11,831
News papers n.a. 100,455 78,677 80,640 83,010 84,115 76,948 71,021 21,962 63,311 82,711
Express n.a. 229 217 248 261 246 233 217 366 222 198
Insured n.a. 423 372 377 204 209 371 386 185 201 162
Registered n.a. 32,921 34,876 34,569 31,920 32,832 28,313 34,213 32,309 33,651 32,413
Parcels (Ordinary) Paid n.a. 283 369 395 422 409 }1000 1,095 1,536 712 1,210
Parcels (Ordinary) Other n.a. 425 468 359 253 248
Foreign Mail (Outward) (1,000)
Sea: Letters n.a. 96 75 93 99 86 91 77 82 73 72
Sea: Post Cards n.a. 49 43 38 40 41 39 33 36 31 29
Sea: News papers  & Magazines n.a. 40 39 30 41 32 36 30 37 29 27
Sea: Small Packets n.a. 20 20 27 24 30 32 29 33 31 26
Sea: Parcels n.a. 12 14 15 17 16 8 6 7 6 7
Air: Letters n.a. 30,207 30,633 31,358 33,669 32,422 32,816 27,915 31,751 30,740 24,997
Air: Post Cards n.a. 3,462 3,504 3,376 3,705 3,614 3,912 3,328 3,629 3,115 3,025
Air: News papers & Magazines n.a. 784 889 823 812 794 835 710 1,066 924 917
Air: Small Packets n.a. 355 376 331 346 354 388 330 444 391 388
Air: Parcels n.a. 35 38 41 43 36 15 23 24 16 18
Foreign Mail (Inward), (x1,000)
Sea: Letters n.a. 99 81 78 80 70 84 71 72 68 65
Sea: Post Cards n.a. 37 33 53 45 49 56 47 49 46 43
Sea: News papers  & Magazines n.a. 55 77 70 68 61 68 57 58 56 59
Sea: Small Packets n.a. 37 39 37 35 28 34 29 30 31 29
Sea: Parcels n.a. 13 16 18 18 19 10 13 18 17 19
Air: Letters n.a. 26,925 28,885 29,865 31,305 29,617 30,835 26,225 27,852 28,258 20,745
Air: Post Cards n.a. 2,390 2,361 2,444 2,787 2,511 3,141 2,670 2,841 2,540 2,420
Air: News papers & Magazines n.a. 1,550 1,622 1,486 1,423 1,610 1,723 1,473 1,570 1,518 1,492
Air: Small Packets n.a. 517 532 461 412 436 462 395 399 391 389
Air: Parcels n.a. 53 55 72 68 64 18 20 22 20 19
© ２０１１， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2011(y)/10(m)/30(d)
Source:  Key: Chief Editor:
1998-2005：Central Bank of Sri Lanka,　Department of Posts 　(a) Provisional Prof. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
1999-2008：Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka      The former Head, Department of Management Studies
2009-2010:Telecommunication Regulatory      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
　　　Commission of Sri Lanka, Department of Posts