Year, Category-wise Total and Surfaced Road Length in India
Data in table tells us about the year-wise total and surfaced road length of various types of roads like National highway, State highway, Other PWD roads, Panchayati Raj roads, JRY and PMGSY roads, rural roads, urban roads and project roads.
Note: Data is as of 31st March of each year.
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Dataset - Year, Category-wise Total and Surfaced Road Length in India
Year, Category-wise Total and Surfaced Road Length in India
Data in table tells us about the year-wise total and surfaced road length of various types of roads like National highway, State highway, Other PWD roads, Panchayati Raj roads, JRY and PMGSY roads, rural roads, urban roads and project roads.
Note: Data is as of 31st March of each year.
Rows: 368
Columns: 6
Time period: 2001 to 2022
Last Updated: 08 October 2026
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year
road_category
road_property
value
unit
note
2022
National Highways
Surfaced
141344
value in Kilometer
2022
State Highways
Surfaced
192621
value in Kilometer
2022
District Roads
Surfaced
628038
value in Kilometer
2022
Rural Roads
Surfaced
2513060
value in Kilometer
road_category: values excludes JRY
2022
Urban Roads
Surfaced
478015
value in Kilometer
2022
Project Roads
Surfaced
408582
value in Kilometer
2022
Total
Surfaced
6592801
value in Kilometer
road_category: Total values include 9 lakh km length of rural roads constructed under JRY from 1990-1999
The calendar year to which the road length measurement pertains.
road_category
String
10
368
The classification of the road, such as national highways, state highways, district roads, rural roads, or urban roads.
road_property
String
2
368
A physical characteristic of the road surface, indicating whether the road is surfaced or unsurfaced.
value
Int64
343
368
The measured length of roads for the given year, road category, and surface property, expressed in kilometers.
unit
String
1
368
The unit of measurement applied to the road length value.
note
String
3
28
Supplementary remarks or footnotes clarifying the data, such as exclusions applied to specific road categories.
Citation
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. (2026). Year, Category-wise Total and Surfaced Road Length in India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/903