Indian Road Network
Indian road network of 33 lakh Km.is second largest in the world and consists of :
Length(In Km)
Expressways 200
National Highways 96,260.72
State Highways 1,31,899
Major District Roads 4,67,763
Rural and Other Roads 26,50,000
Total Length 33 Lakhs Kms(Approx)
Modal Shift
About 65% of freight and 80% passenger traffic is carried by the roads.
National Highways constitute only about 1.7% of the road network but carry about 40% of the total road traffic.
The number of vehicles has been growing at an average pace of 10.16% per annum over the last five years.
Length(In Km)
Expressways 200
National Highways 96,260.72
State Highways 1,31,899
Major District Roads 4,67,763
Rural and Other Roads 26,50,000
Total Length 33 Lakhs Kms(Approx)
Modal Shift
About 65% of freight and 80% passenger traffic is carried by the roads.
National Highways constitute only about 1.7% of the road network but carry about 40% of the total road traffic.
The number of vehicles has been growing at an average pace of 10.16% per annum over the last five years.
| State wise distribution of National Highways | |||||
| Sr.No. | Name of the State /Union Territory | Length (Kms) | Sr.No. | Name of the State /Union Territory | Length (Kms) |
| 1) |
Andhra Pradesh
| 5231.74 | 19) | Manipur | 1745.74 |
| 2) |
Arunachal Pradesh
| 2513.05 | 20) | Meghalaya | 1204.36 |
| 3) |
Assam
| 3811.67 | 21) | Mizoram | 1381.00 |
| 4) |
Bihar
| 4678.79 | 22) | Nagaland | 1150.09 |
| 5) |
Chandigarh
| 15.28 | 23) | Orissa | 4644.52 |
| 6) |
Chhatisgarh
| 3078.40 | 24) | Pondicherry | 64.03 |
| 7) |
Delhi
| 80.00 | 25) | Punjab | 2769.15 |
| 8) |
Goa
| 262.00 | 26) | Rajasthan | 7906.20 |
| 9) |
Gujarat
| 4970.90 | 27) | Sikkim | 309.00 |
| 10) |
Haryana
| 2622.48 | 28) | Tamil Nadu | 5006.14 |
| 11) |
Himachal Pradesh
| 2622.48 | 29) | Tripura | 577.00 |
| 12) |
Jammu & Kashmir
| 2593.00 | 3 0) | Telangana | 2635.84 |
| 13) |
Jharkhand
| 2653.64 | 31) | Uttar Pradesh | 8483.00 |
| 14) |
Karnataka
| 6502.29 | 32) | Uttarakhand | 2841.92 |
| 15) |
Kerala
| 1811.52 | 33) | West Bengal | 2909.80 |
| 16) |
Madhya Pradesh
| 5193.57 | 34) | Andaman & Nicobar | 330.70 |
| 17) |
Dadra Nagar Haveli
| 31.00 | 35) | Daman & Diu | 22.00 |
| 18) | Maharashtra | 7434.79 | |||
T o t a l
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100087.08
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