Rural banking in India started since the establishment of banking sector in India.
Rural Banks in
those days mainly focussed upon the agro sector. Regional rural banks in India penetrated every
corner of the country and extended a helping hand in the growth process of the country.
SBI has 30 Regional Rural Banks in India known as RRBs. The rural banks of SBI is spread in
13 states extending from Kashmir to Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh to North East. The total
number of SBIs Regional Rural Banks in India branches is 2349 (16%). Till date in rural banking
in India, there are 14,475 rural banks in the country of which 2126 (91%) are located in remote
rural areas.
Apart from SBI, there are many other banks which function for the development of the rural
areas in India. These banks are listed below:
Andhra Pradesh Bihar
Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank
Bank Bihar Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank Uttar Bihar Kshetriya Gramin
Deccan Grameena Bank Bank
Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Kosi Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Bank Samastipur Kshetriya Gramin
Saptagiri Grameena Bank Bank
Chhattisgarh Gujarat
Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank
Surguja Kshetriya Gramin Bank Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank
Durg-Rajnandgaon Gramin Bank Saurashtra Gramin Bank
Haryana Himachal Pradesh
Harayana Gramin Bank Himachal Gramin Bank
Gurgaon Gramin Bank Parvatiya Gramin Bank
Jammu & Kashmir Punjab
Jammu Rural Bank Punjab Gramin Bank
Ellaquai Dehati Bank Faridkot-Bhatinda Kshetriya
Kamraz Rural Bank Gramin Bank
Malwa Gramin Bank
Assam
Kerala
Assam Gramin Vikash Bank
Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank Narmada Malwa Gramin Bank
North Malabar Gramin Bank
Jharkhand
Jharkhand Gramin Bank Tamil Nadu
Vananchal Gramin Bank
Pandyan Grama Bank
Pallavan Grama Bank
Madhya Pradesh
Narmada Malwa Gramin Bank Maharashtra
Satpura Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Madhya Bharath Gramin Bank Marathwada Gramin Bank
Chambal-Gwalior Kshetriya Aurangabad -Jalna Gramin Bank
Gramin Bank Wainganga Kshetriya Gramin
Rewa-Sidhi Gramin Bank Bank
Sharda Gramin Bank Vidharbha Kshetriya Gramin
Bank
Ratlam- Mandsaur Kshetriya
Gramin Bank Solapur Gramin Bank
Vidisha Bhopal Kshetriya Gramin Thane Gramin Bank
Bank Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Gramin
Mahakaushal Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Bank
Jhabua Dhar Kshetriya Gramin
Bank
Karnataka Rajasthan
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank
Pragathi Gramin Bank Marwar Ganganagar Bikaner
Cauvery Kalpatharu Grameena Gramin Bank
Bank Rajasthan Gramin Bank
Krishna Grameena Bank Jaipur Thar Gramin Bank
Chikmagalur-Kodagu Grameena Hodoti Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Bank Mewar Anchalik Gramin Bank
Visveshvaraya Gramin Bank
Orissa West Bengal
Kalinga Gramya Bank Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank
Utkal Gramya Bank Paschim Banga Gramin Bank
Baitarani Gramya Bank Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin
Neelachal Gramya Bank Bank
Rushikulya Gramya Bank
Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh
Ka Bank Nogkyndong Ri Khasi- Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank
Jaintia
Manipur
Nagaland
Nagaland Rural Bank
Tripura
Manipur Rural Bank
Tripura Gramin Bank
Mizoram
Uttar Pradesh Uttaranchal
Purvanchal Gramin Bank Uttaranchal Gramin Bank
Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Nainital Almora Kshetriya
Bank Gramin Bank
Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank
Shreyas Gramin Bank
Lucknow Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Ballia Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Triveni Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Aryavart Gramin Bank
Kisan Gramin Bank
Kshetriya Kisan Gramin Bank
Etawah Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Rani Laxmi Bai Kshetriya Gramin
Bank
Baroda Western Uttar Pradesh
Gramin Bank
Devipatan Kshetriya Gramin Bank
Prathama Bank
Baroda Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Gramin Bank