India Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 61,950 km total (1985); 31,750 km 1.676-meter broad gauge, 25,550 km 1.000-meter gauge, 4,650 km narrow gauge (0.762-meter and 0.610-meter); 12,617 km double track; 6,078 km electrified

Highways: 1,633,400 km total (1979); 515,300 km mainly secondary and about 1,118,000 km gravel, crushed stone, or earth

Inland waterways: 16,000 km; 2,575 km navigable by river steamers

Pipelines: crude oil, 3,497 km; refined products, 1,828 km; natural gas, 260 km

Ports: 9 major, 79 minor

Civil air: 93 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 345 total, 299 usable; 192 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 54 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 96 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair domestic telephone service where available, good internal microwave links; telegraph facilities widespread; AM broadcast adequate; international radio communications adequate; 2.6 million telephones (0.4 per 100 popl.); about 174 AM stations at 80 locations, 17 TV stations; domestic satellite system for communications and TV; submarine cable extends to Sri Lanka

NOTE: The information regarding India on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of India 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about India 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.