HDFC Bank Ltd on Thursday announced the inauguration a 2-person rural branch in Narugram, a village in the Burdwan district of West Bengal. Burdwan is around 200 kms from Kolkata.

According to a release issued by HDFC Bank, it will be the first bank to set up a branch in the previously unbanked village.

The new branch will cater to the nearly 10,000 population in the village. With the new branch, HDFC will have 135 branches in the State.

>abhishek.l@thehindu.co.in

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