Railways
total: 63,693 km (13,771 km electrified)
broad gauge: 45,103 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,178 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,105 km 0.762-m gauge; 307 km 0.610-m gauge (2001)

Highways
total: 3,319,644 km
paved: 1,517,077 km
unpaved: 1,802,567 km (1996)

Waterways 16,180 km
note: 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 and harbors Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam

Merchant marine
total: 319 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,325,284 GRT/10,581,459 DWT
ships by type: bulk 115, cargo 80, chemical tanker 16, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 3, container 13, liquefied gas 9, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 74, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: China 1, United Arab Emirates 10, United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 335 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 234
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 48
914 to 1,523 m: 75
under 914 m: 17 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 80

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 101
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
under 914 m: 52 (2001)
914 to 1,523 m: 41

Heliports 18 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding India on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of India Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about India Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.