What are highlights of Basic Road Statistics in India 2018-19?

July 21, 2022

Transport Research Wing of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways released its annual publication “The Basic Road Statistics of India 2018-19”, on the road sector. This edition presents information regarding different facets of road statistics across India, during 2018-19.

Important findings of the 2018-19 report include:

India has a network of more than 63,31,757 kilometres of roads, as on March 2019. This figure is second highest worldwide.
During 1950-51 to 2018-19, construction of roads under several categories has increased consistently.
From 2018 to 2019, it witnessed the growth of 1.9 percent, in terms of road construction.
Road transport dominated the transport sector in India. It contributed 3.06% to GVA as compared to total transport sector contribution of 4.58% for 2019-20. Share of Railways stands at 0.74%, Air Transport at 0.125 and that of Water Transport at 0.08%.

Contribution of National Highways:

National Highways accounts for 2.09 % of total road network in India. Total length of National Highways was 1,32,499 kms as in March 2019. It accounted for an increase of 4.9 % as compared to last year. States with largest network of highways (as of March 2019) are:

Maharashtra with 13.4% of highways network stands at top position.
It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 8.9% highways network and Rajasthan with 7.8 % of highways network.

State Highways accounts for 2.8 percent of total road network in India. Maharashtra (17.83%) has largest State Highways network. It is followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. Together, these states accounted for 53.9% of total State Highways network in India.

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