State-owned Vijaya Bank today reported a marginal 1.9 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 126.74 crore for third quarter ended December 31, 2012.

The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 124.27 crore for the corresponding quarter last fiscal, Vijaya Bank said in a filing to the BSE.

Total income of the bank increased to Rs 2,357.02 crore during the October-December quarter from Rs 2,173.92 crore in the same period last year.

During the first nine months of 2012-13, the bank's profit declined by 9.6 per cent to Rs 361.46 crore from Rs 400.02 crore in the same period a year ago.

The bank's total income rose to Rs 6,978.68 crore in the first three quarters, compared to Rs 6,225.88 crore in the same period of last financial year.