Transportation
Railways:
total:
62,462 km (11,793 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)
broad gauge:
37,824 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge:
20,653 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,985 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1995 est.)
Highways:
total:
2.037 million km
paved:
981,834 km
unpaved:
1,055,166 km (1995 est.)
Waterways:
16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels
Pipelines:
crude oil 3,005 km; petroleum products 2,687 km; natural gas 1,700 km (1995)
Ports:
Calcutta, Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Madras, Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam
Merchant marine:
total:
310 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,787,834 GRT/11,296,222 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 133, cargo 65, chemical tanker 10, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 73, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total:
288
with paved runways over 3 047 m:
11
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m:
48
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m:
59
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m:
68
with paved runways under 914 m:
62
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m:
2
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m:
2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m:
36 (1995 est.)
Heliports:
15 (1995 est.)
