Puducherry road network

Puducherry is endowed with infrastructural facilities on par with the best available in India. A network of all-weather metalled roads connecting every village exists in the territory. Puducherry has a road length of 2552 km (road length per 4.87 km²), the highest in the country.

Road length comparison with Tamil Nadu and India as a whole

Roads
Total road length (in Puducherry) 2552 km.
Road length per 1000 km2 Puducherry Tamil Nadu India
4575 1572 663

Classification of roads in the union territory of Puducherry

Sl. No. Type of road Length in (km)
1 National highways 64.450
2 State highways 49.304
3 District & other roads  
  Pondicherry - 173.384  
  Karaikal - 55.162  
  Mahe - 19.622  
  Yanam - 26.460  
  274.628 274.628
4 Rural roads  
Pondicherry - 164.964  
  Karaikal - 83.470  
  248.434 248.434
  Grand total 636.816

See also


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