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23.1 LENGTH OF ROADS 2020-21
(In Kilometers)
Surfaced Roads
Water Total for
Districts Cement Bitumi-
Bound Surfaced
Concrete nous
macadam Roads
1 2 3 4 5
1. Chennai 0 149.22 0 149.22
2. Kancheepuram 362.85 2053.495 114.733 2535.67
3. Chengalpattu 622.087 3821.329 214.881 8
4668.35
4. Thiruvallur 654.848 6126.464 567.16 7425.37
2
5. Vellore 486.882 2435.495 247.69 3174.27
8
6. Tirupattur 208.457 3374.724 78.207 3667.14
5
7. 8
2812.53
Ranipet 319.617 2400.667 77.252
8. Thiruvannamal 512.804 7305.955 565.94 4
8385.32
9. ai 9
5967.93
Dharmapuri 173.538 5634.345 160.05
10. 3
5857.84
Krishnagiri 326.371 5257.947 260.7
11. 8
10650.0
Salem 553.648 9473.864 622.563
12. Namakkal 368.312 6889.33 198.179 75
7461.71
13. Erode 461.28 8582.982 201.158 9246.62
1
14. Tiruppur 440.302 10008.921 110.83 10565.1
15. 73
11299.9
Coimbatore 660.163 10499.147 140.666
16. 76
2760.58
Nilgiris 343.804 2241.516 153.731
17. 1
7756.74
Cuddalore 646.49 6372.738 733.359
18. 9
5753.83
Villupuram 510.098 4692.92 411.464
19. 9
4235.80
Kallakurichi 154.274 3696.719 384.816
20. Thanjavur 515.505 8824.833 502.418 9
9842.75
21. 4370.70
6
Nagapattinam 219.092 3840.147 311.262
22. 1
Thiruvarur 263.565 6462.35 686.462 7425.26
23. Tiruchirappalli 478.019 7227.877 487.495 8215.33
4
24. Perambalur 52.27 2089.711 257.21 1
2399.19
25. Ariyalur 50.378 3050.374 369.885 3476.88
1
26. 7
9693.44
Pudukkottai 193.054 8564.926 932.327
27. Dindigul 437.621 7308.346 176.497 7
7925.82
28. Karur 136.001 5092.092 139.99 4
5368.08
29. Madurai 381.29 5012.755 404.85 3
5830.11
30. Viruthunagar 230.7 4275.005 162.21 4764.32
7
31. Theni 180.467 2860.963 115.016 3303.56
32. Sivagangai 169.872 5592.844 433.08 3
6198.62
33. Ramanathapur 168.693 5131.57 537.428 5877.55
7
34. am
Tirunelveli 544.557 4441.331 188.363 1
5203.18
35. 6
3791.64
Tenkasi 210.762 3455.532 101.147
36. Thoothukudi 383.373 5161.465 280.251 5848.016
37. Kanyakumari 1304.298 4037.663 117.418 5522.179
38. Mayiladuthurai 129.102 2239.918 378.017 2747.733
STATE 13854.444 195687.48 11824.71 2
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23.1 LENGTH OF ROADS 2020-21 (Contd.)
(In Kilometers)
Un-Surfaced Grand Total
Districts
Roads (Col. 5 + Col.6)
1 6 7
1. Chennai 0 149.22
2. Kancheepuram 161.802 2697.48
3. Chengalpattu 261.394 4929.737
4. Thiruvallur 824.908 8250.286
5. Vellore 364.033 3545.508
6. Tirupattur 526.205 4193.353
7. Ranipet 197.633 3010.167
8. Thiruvannamalai 1073.199 9458.528
9. Dharmapuri 1762.979 7730.912
10. Krishnagiri 1869.564 7727.412
11. Salem 2189.672 12839.747
12. Namakkal 1986.652 9448.363
13. Erode 1310.441 10557.061
14. Tiruppur 2718.126 13283.299
15. Coimbatore 1197.667 12497.643
16. Nilgiris 349.084 3109.665
17. Cuddalore 1514.206 9270.955
18. Villupuram 654.573 6408.412
19. Kallakurichi 2101.342 6337.151
20. Thanjavur 1885.218 11727.974
21. Nagapattinam 734.658 5105.359
22. Thiruvarur 1777.961 9203.225
23. Tiruchirappalli 1753.888 9969.099
24. Perambalur 808.228 3207.419
25. Ariyalur 746.769 4223.656
26. Pudukkottai 2917.549 12610.996
27. Dindigul 1905.689 9831.513
28. Karur 1533.309 6901.392
29. Madurai 969.172 6799.289
30. Viruthunagar 634.851 5399.171
31. Theni 598.422 3901.985
32. Sivagangai 1309.72 7508.347
33. Ramanathapuram 1136.644 7014.195
34. Tirunelveli 709.986 5913.172
35. Tenkasi 498.541 4290.187
36. Thoothukudi 515.647 6363.636
37. Kanyakumari 763.652 6285.825
38. Mayiladuthurai 389.127 3136.85
STATE 42652.511 264838.189
Source: 1) The Chief Engineer, National Highways, Chennai-5
2) The Chief Engineer , Highways & Rural Works, Chennai-5-32 District.
3) The Commr. of Municipal Administration, Chennai-5
4) The Director of Town Panchayats, Chennai-108
5) The Director of Rural Development, Chennai-15.
23.2 NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND PERSONS INVOLVED
(Numbers)
2020 2021- (Provisional)
Type
Accidents Persons Accidents Persons
Fatal 13868 14527 14747 15384
Grievous Injured 18653 22593 20743 23143
Minor Injured 16259 25025 18895 32853
Non-Injured 1064 - 1297 NA

TOTAL 49844 62145 55682 71380

source: Additional Director General of Police, State Crime Records Bureau, Chennai-28.
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23.3 ROAD ACCIDENTS BY DISTRICTS 2021 (Provisional)
No. of
Total No. of No. of Persons
City/District Persons
Accidents Injured
Killed
1. Chennai City 5034 5020 998
2. Coimbatore City 866 687 234
3. Madurai City 618 506 154
4. Salem City 684 674 149
5. Tirunelveli City 393 382 80
6. Tiruppur City 642 573 147
7. Trichy City 399 377 130
8. Ariyalur 545 617 174
9. Coimbatore 1926 1744 607
10. Cuddalore 2927 3198 550
11. Dharmapuri 1240 1205 317
12. Dindigul 1747 1971 539
13. Erode 1852 1916 525
14. Kancheepuram 910 924 240
15. Kanniyakumari 1225 1198 321
16. Karur 1111 1029 413
17. Krishnagiri 1734 1583 589
18. Madurai 1665 1767 557
19. Nagapattinam 1024 1002 225
20. Namakkal 1734 1800 422
21. The Nilgiris 210 304 33
22. Perambalur 511 659 173
23. Pudukottai 1369 1304 380
24. Ramanathapuram 1107 1064 335
25. Salem 1922 1556 572
26. Sivagangai 961 1008 337
27. Tanjore 1849 1807 431
28. Theni 960 1289 239
29. Tirunelveli 887 981 279
30. Tiruppur 621 604 168
31. Tiruvallur 1274 1174 331
32. Tiruvannamalai 1435 1393 522
33. Tiruvarur 621 604 168
34. Trichy 1554 1737 513
35. Tuticorin 1253 1453 394
36. Vellore 819 828 246
37. Villupuram 2131 2283 520
38. Virudhunagar 1276 1407 436
39. Railway Police, 1 0 1
40. Chennai Police,
Railway 0 0 0
41. Trichy
Changalpattu 1614 1484 472
42. Kallakurichi 1070 1041 275
43. Ranipet 833 753 242
44. Thenkasi 979 1134 237
45. Thirupathur 709 708 226

Total 55682 55996 15384

Source: Additional Director General of Police, State Crime Records Bureau, Chennai-28.

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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2020-21
(In Nos.)
Commercial (01.04.2021)
District Stage Carriages Auto Rick-
Mini Buses
Public Private shaws
1 2 3 4 5
State Transport Authority

1. 4853 0 106814
Chennai 8
2. Kancheepuram 657 111 47 3230
3. Thiruvallur 181 142 50 13515
4. Cuddalore 617 399 123 5766
5. Villupuram 568 300 95 6053
6. Vellore 781 315 52 11753
7. Tiruvannamalai 297 352 136 3110
8. Salem 634 507 208 5848
9. Namakkal 267 286 209 790
10. Dharmapuri 394 284 55 2469
11. Krishnagiri 509 156 49 3381
12. Erode 517 530 183 3211
13. Coimbatore 1452 505 193 14140
14. Tiruppur 562 216 105 2408
15. Udhagamandalam 356 0 114 5194
16. Tiruchirappalli 922 508 250 10916
17. Karur 128 147 98 1191
18. Perambalur 68 73 87 444
19. Ariyalur 125 35 37 449
20. Pudukkottai 359 209 39 2567
21. Thanjavur 515 337 196 8069
22. Nagapattinam 71 35 24 1492
23. Thiruvarur 188 99 84 2126
24. Madurai 1882 199 228 14049
25. Theni 220 119 118 6416
26. Dindigul 648 392 117 6590
27. Ramanathapuram 326 114 57 8226
28. Virudhunagar 434 303 203 5487
29. Sivagangai 293 141 55 3088
30. Tirunelveli 352 201 209 11382
31. Thoothukkudi 365 185 144 6560
32. Kanniyakumari 843 0 242 9521
33. Chengalpattu 0 63 31 5565
34. Ranipet 0 123 12 3789
35. Thenkasi 291 65 67 2200
36. Tirupathur 0 23 7 1407
37. Kallakurichi 131 109 62 2575
38. Mayiladuthurai 120 71 70 1441
STATE TOTAL 20926 7662 4056 303232

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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2020-21 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
Commercial
Ordi- MOTOR CABS MAXI CAB
District
nary State All India State All India
Taxi Permit Permit Permit Permit
1 6 7 8 9 10
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 555 30501 5891 16688 2768
2. Kancheepuram 53 1611 13 1629 1
3. Thiruvallur 57 5775 5276 6305 2246
4. Cuddalore 0 2573 114 2894 53
5. Villupuram 39 3328 124 1713 38
6. Vellore 15 949 40 1129 7
7. Tiruvannamalai 2 1390 64 802 56
8. Salem 3 1832 178 2200 27
9. Namakkal 6 1989 69 1069 12
10. Dharmapuri 0 666 72 472 24
11. Krishnagiri 0 393 484 559 46
12. Erode 0 3753 75 2322 18
13. Coimbatore 148 10564 398 6035 29
14. Tiruppur 18 1729 19 1307 19
15. Udhagamandalam 377 2631 400 816 105
16. Tiruchirappalli 1318 5675 329 2698 159
17. Karur 0 473 60 740 6
18. Perambalur 0 544 31 489 23
19. Ariyalur 0 435 0 721 0
20. Pudukkottai 285 1144 3 1456 0
21. Thanjavur 1171 1735 151 1850 86
22. Nagapattinam 0 1087 0 821 165
23. Thiruvarur 0 951 49 946 55
24. Madurai 0 5054 95 3877 87
25. Theni 0 1165 59 1682 21
26. Dindigul 52 2550 43 1625 19
27. Ramanathapuram 8 1727 13 2322 2
28. Virudhunagar 0 3220 13 3631 0
29. Sivagangai 8 1741 7 1136 0
30. Tirunelveli 60 4099 16 3601 0
31. Thoothukkudi 12 2787 6 3129 1
32. Kanniyakumari 58 3946 0 2416 0
33. Chengalpattu 0 1844 38 1859 30
34. Ranipet 64 458 176 828 76
35. Thenkasi 0 1436 0 1344 0
36. Tirupathur 0 18 0 151 0
37. Kallakurichi 21 1403 6 673 3
38. Mayiladuthurai 0 1350 55 1134 117
STATE TOTAL 4330 114526 14367 85069 6299

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(In Nos.)
Commercial
OMNI BUSES Private
District School
State All India Service
Bus
Permit Permit Vehicle
1 11 12 13 14
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 684 112 1548 2046
2. Kancheepuram 60 0 2419 431
3. Thiruvallur 43 0 698 1149
4. Cuddalore 0 0 45 875
5. Villupuram 5 0 20 695
6. Vellore 1 0 226 989
7. Tiruvannamalai 0 11 276 723
8. Salem 123 8 126 1193
9. Namakkal 0 24 253 1076
10. Dharmapuri 0 0 4 1048
11. Krishnagiri 13 0 268 1140
12. Erode 10 4 398 789
13. Coimbatore 54 10 570 1950
14. Tiruppur 15 0 1099 623
15. Udhagamandalam 2 0 36 200
16. Tiruchirappalli 52 0 256 697
17. Karur 13 0 286 519
18. Perambalur 7 0 18 353
19. Ariyalur 3 0 17 108
20. Pudukkottai 6 2 45 511
21. Thanjavur 58 2 40 604
22. Nagapattinam 10 0 2 233
23. Thiruvarur 0 0 14 136
24. Madurai 32 5 283 791
25. Theni 21 0 146 865
26. Dindigul 10 0 229 497
27. Ramanathapuram 1 0 03 598
28. Virudhunagar 29 0 1746 1177
29. Sivagangai 6 0 53 239
30. Tirunelveli 12 0 358 1057
31. Thoothukkudi 26 0 267 572
32. Kanniyakumari 0 0 108 466
33. Chengalpattu 45 0 976 601
34. Ranipet 3 2 167 401
35. Thenkasi 0 0 102 405
36. Tirupathur 0 0 5 49
37. Kallakurichi 0 0 6 390
38. Mayiladuthurai 10 0 0 361
STATE TOTAL 1354 180 13113 26557

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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2020-21 (Contd.)

(In Nos.)
Commercial
Light State Permit
District Col- Fire Com- Articu-
Ambu-
lege Fighte mercial lated
lance Vehicle Lorries
Bus r Vehi-
S
cles
1 15 16 17 18 19 20
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 610 2264 116 39114 34591 3155
2. Kancheepuram 378 206 181 1289 4273 208
3. Thiruvallur 817 1357 41 10428 18935 600
4. Cuddalore 85 383 42 3771 5831 14
5. Villupuram 0 182 62 1602 10417 1
6. Vellore 81 349 21 3306 3886 8
7. Tiruvannamalai 333 164 10 4866 2131 21
8. Salem 529 463 48 7452 21170 431
9. Namakkal 1027 275 203 8506 18566 2118
10. Dharmapuri 0 121 16 3442 4538 5
11. Krishnagiri 0 431 3 6798 2658 0
12. Erode 608 362 53 21092 11082 11
13. Coimbatore 489 825 166 16568 24686 150
14. Tiruppur 46 263 8 12148 10793 42
15. Udhagamandalam 0 181 23 3141 476 0
16. Tiruchirappalli 577 491 54 7182 10947 184
17. Karur 165 164 51 2031 6667 51
18. Perambalur 291 80 6 104 1936 0
19. Ariyalur 150 42 3 1350 1954 227
20. Pudukkottai 118 160 21 2558 4560 76
21. Thanjavur 0 247 28 5263 2299 4
22. Nagapattinam 0 96 131 2450 3693 15
23. Thiruvarur 0 88 1 916 741 0
24. Madurai 354 423 64 9199 9646 131
25. Theni 103 90 12 5048 913 0
26. Dindigul 37 241 19 6517 3810 66
27. Ramanathapuram 15 148 123 2190 3924 82
28. Virudhunagar 50 172 24 9016 10712 7913
29. Sivagangai 128 114 17 1487 1653 0
30. Tirunelveli 356 262 57 9941 4747 14
31. Thoothukkudi 150 210 34 4215 7235 247
32. Kanniyakumari 146 332 49 4518 2907 4
33. Chengalpattu 0 421 2 143 5343 0
34. Ranipet 213 106 2 410 7062 21
35. Thenkasi 0 28 2 1371 2470 83
36. Tirupathur 0 2 0 529 1049 19
37. Kallakurichi 213 78 2 2393 1993 37
38. Mayiladuthurai 2 50 4 1741 1302 42
STATE TOTAL 8071 11871 1699 224095 271596 15980

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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2020-21 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
Commercial
National Permit Total Com-
District Tractors &
mercial
Lorries AV Trailors
Vehicles
1 21 22 23 24
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 7858 2617 1663 264456
2. Kancheepuram 651 110 2474 20032
3. Thiruvallur 5186 405 1909 75115
4. Cuddalore 1598 36 2770 27989
5. Villupuram 1898 44 5830 33014
6. Vellore 3098 38 2686 29730
7. Tiruvannamalai 1073 25 1577 17419
8. Salem 19005 332 3087 65404
9. Namakkal 13953 5840 3024 59562
10. Dharmapuri 4616 10 1303 19539
11. Krishnagiri 2147 0 1720 20755
12. Erode 3262 28 3479 51787
13. Coimbatore 6802 122 3648 89504
14. Tiruppur 1361 16 934 33731
15. Udhagamandalam 452 0 514 15018
16. Tiruchirappalli 2174 354 4140 49883
17. Karur 2169 50 1503 16512
18. Perambalur 545 0 4211 9310
19. Ariyalur 411 264 209 6540
20. Pudukkottai 234 31 1661 16045
21. Thanjavur 418 5 2299 25377
22. Nagapattinam 218 10 1988 12541
23. Thiruvarur 282 0 597 7273
24. Madurai 721 184 3296 50600
25. Theni 972 0 2091 20061
26. Dindigul 916 224 2320 26922
27. Ramanathapuram 156 23 2374 22432
28. Virudhunagar 1246 0 3288 48664
29. Sivagangai 63 46 1148 11423
30. Tirunelveli 610 34 3768 41136
31. Thoothukkudi 917 240 1566 28868
32. Kanniyakumari 941 10 1281 27788
33. Chengalpattu 552 0 17 17530
34. Ranipet 1574 69 330 15886
35. Thenkasi 323 56 864 11107
36. Tirupathur 306 19 14 3598
37. Kallakurichi 499 37 1467 12098
38. Mayiladuthurai 139 28 975 9012
STATE TOTAL 89346 11307 78025 1313661
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2020-21 (Contd.)

(In Nos.)
Non-Commercial Vehicles
District Motor Tricycle
Scooter Mopeds
Cycles Auto
1 25 26 27 28
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 3285587 911352 706431 2795
2. Kancheepuram 203993 21506 92717 152
3. Thiruvallur 1056378 191402 142541 16
4. Cuddalore 440046 99939 179244 28
5. Villupuram 225675 33165 98602 18
6. Vellore 445470 71138 172374 97
7. Tiruvannamalai 381752 27060 139100 18
8. Salem 677861 222379 381685 67
9. Namakkal 380761 118401 296995 33
10. Dharmapuri 255122 49199 157091 28
11. Krishnagiri 371485 76752 110719 0
12. Erode 469959 189191 307436 60
13. Coimbatore 1548156 433188 521142 259

14. 453140 179535 227088 91

Tiruppur
15. Udhagamandalam 62442 9451 2652 23
16. Tiruchirappalli 557934 128387 256297 128
17. Karur 195374 54285 131527 14
18. Perambalur 121351 7122 47866 13
19. Ariyalur 100229 9284 28243 0
20. Pudukkottai 312560 50369 107200 24
21. Thanjavur 444890 96094 186521 8
22. Nagapattinam 105852 20993 67641 21
23. Thiruvarur 183384 42028 75279 18
24. Madurai 886150 65435 144029 81
25. Theni 195719 16684 75924 36
26. Dindigul 300910 56245 148823 44
27. Ramanathapuram 233667 33128 57589 10
28. Virudhunagar 435845 46703 140419 20
29. Sivagangai 275048 73223 94176 54
30. Tirunelveli 461167 49952 89301 92
31. Thoothukkudi 359505 40536 101320 37
32. Kanniyakumari 433662 127860 58758 43
33. Chengalpattu 280767 21692 58288 0
34. Ranipet 226158 36150 35078 0
35. Thenkasi 187091 23582 33624 30
36. Tirupathur 59723 9509 9042 0
37. Kallakurichi 164400 23816 28364 0
38. Mayiladuthurai 128849 24823 34367 0
STATE TOTAL 16908062 3691558 5545493 4358

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(In Nos.)
Non-Commercial Vehicles
District Motor Station
JeepS Tractor
Car Wagon
1 29 30 31 32
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 999053 9910 444 4797
2. Kancheepuram 28467 781 72 5442
3. Thiruvallur 162164 930 365 16245
4. Cuddalore 41907 1354 69 20822
5. Villupuram 13013 900 82 16755
6. Vellore 41677 1185 146 8864
7. Tiruvannamalai 25758 603 12 26390
8. Salem 105680 2327 154 17227
9. Namakkal 55216 1758 48 12294
10. Dharmapuri 18252 501 22 10938
11. Krishnagiri 35762 38 0 9454
12. Erode 85471 1649 126 15995
13. Coimbatore 403808 7529 381 20939
14. Tiruppur 108466 1521 31 4241
15. Udhagamandalam 30284 4697 249 1637
16. Tiruchirappalli 107982 1182 93 11593
17. Karur 30667 590 24 6367
18. Perambalur 8058 17 0 4608
19. Ariyalur 5996 2 0 4191
20. Pudukkottai 21792 264 29 12356
21. Thanjavur 48411 812 77 16126
22. Nagapattinam 7184 209 5 3790
23. Thiruvarur 14710 28 1 8585
24. Madurai 96573 1210 89 9853
25. Theni 19289 554 77 7116
26. Dindigul 34482 704 21 9667
27. Ramanathapuram 19947 497 3 8106
28. Virudhunagar 37465 701 53 7067
29. Sivagangai 25705 343 24 7292
30. Tirunelveli 55733 901 116 10655
31. Thoothukkudi 43853 1203 110 6448
32. Kanniyakumari 61912 754 43 2825
33. Chengalpattu 43920 19 0 9048
34. Ranipet 20204 54 0 8968
35. Thenkasi 13188 375 48 5403
36. Tirupathur 3498 1 0 907
37. Kallakurichi 6367 95 0 9834
38. Mayiladuthurai 11030 34 1 6408
STATE TOTAL 2892944 46232 3015 369253
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2020-21 (Contd.)

(In Nos.)
Non-Commercial Vehicles
District Three Four
Road Rollers
Wheelers Wheelers
1 33 34 35
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 9010 2587 234
2. Kancheepuram 720 170 9
3. Thiruvallur 680 537 65
4. Cuddalore 2220 126 31
5. Villupuram 586 374 192
6. Vellore 229 185 49
7. Tiruvannamalai 1374 81 11
8. Salem 3337 1468 110
9. Namakkal 3077 275 380
10. Dharmapuri 1104 1003 66
11. Krishnagiri 417 74 2
12. Erode 2971 564 81
13. Coimbatore 11474 1085 62
14. Tiruppur 3739 866 25
15. Udhagamandalam 379 174 11
16. Tiruchirappalli 3891 2339 199
17. Karur 1098 356 23
18. Perambalur 1042 18 0
19. Ariyalur 4 0 1
20. Pudukkottai 600 480 27
21. Thanjavur 493 239 39
22. Nagapattinam 547 333 118
23. Thiruvarur 1181 260 0
24. Madurai 3500 1594 149
25. Theni 43 53 44
26. Dindigul 1353 96 40
27. Ramanathapuram 172 20 10
28. Virudhunagar 1890 272 49
29. Sivagangai 114 81 10
30. Tirunelveli 1606 322 40
31. Thoothukkudi 594 250 29
32. Kanniyakumari 1760 657 26
33. Chengalpattu 23 0 1
34. Ranipet 55 16 4
35. Thenkasi 1284 582 136
36. Tirupathur 2 0 3
37. Kallakurichi 531 0 247
38. Mayiladuthurai 5 0 12
STATE TOTAL 63105 17537 2535

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(In Nos.)

Non-Commercial Vehicles
Grand
District Total Non- Total
(Comml+
Others Commercial
Non Comml)
Vehicles

1 36 37 38
State Transport
Authority
1. Chennai 12412 5944612 6208434
2. Kancheepuram 2620 356649 376681
3. Thiruvallur 5018 1576341 1651456
4. Cuddalore 2453 788239 816228
5. Villupuram 3237 392599 425613
6. Vellore 2072 743486 773216
7. Tiruvannamalai 3974 606133 623552
8. Salem 6791 1419086 1484490
9. Namakkal 3705 872943 932505
10. Dharmapuri 2021 495347 514886
11. Krishnagiri 1512 606215 626970
12. Erode 2237 1075740 1127527
13. Coimbatore 4582 2952605 3042109
14. Tiruppur 1105 979848 1013579
15. Udhagamandalam 592 112591 127609
16. Tiruchirappalli 3169 1073194 1123077
17. Karur 943 421268 437780
18. Perambalur 645 190740 200050
19. Ariyalur 512 148462 155002
20. Pudukkottai 1819 507520 523565
21. Thanjavur 2177 795887 821264
22. Nagapattinam 671 207364 219905
23. Thiruvarur 1585 327059 334332
24. Madurai 3047 1211710 1262310
25. Theni 1232 316771 336832
26. Dindigul 1305 553690 580612
27. Ramanathapuram 1283 354432 376864
28. Virudhunagar 1522 672006 720670
29. Sivagangai 1567 477637 489060
30. Tirunelveli 2407 672292 713428
31. Thoothukkudi 2082 555967 584835
32. Kanniyakumari 1806 690106 717894
33. Chengalpattu 1414 415172 432702
34. Ranipet 979 327666 343552
35. Thenkasi 1195 266538 277645
36. Tirupathur 184 82869 86467
37. Kallakurichi 876 234530 246628
38. Mayiladuthurai 312 205841 214853
STATE TOTAL 87063 29631155 30944182
Source: Commissioner of Transport, Chennai-5

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23.5 TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2020-21

31.3.2021(Nos.)
Fleet Strength
as on
* Date of
Transport Corporation Area of Operation
Formation

1 2 4 5

1. Metropolitan Transport 10.01.2001 Chennai 3476

Corporation (Chennai) Metropolitan Area
Limited, Chennai

2. State Express Transport 12.01.2002 State of Tamil Nadu and 1154

Corporation Ltd., Chennai Interstate

3. Tamil Nadu State 30.12.2003 Villupuram, Cuddalore, 3365

Transport Corporation, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai,
Villupuram Chengalpattu,
Kancheepuram,
Thiruvallur, Tirupattur,
Ranipet, Kallakurichi,

4. Tamil Nadu State 30.12.2003 Salem, Namakkal, 2148

Transport Corporation, Dharmapuri,
Salem Krishnagiri,Tirupattur

5. Tamil Nadu State 30.12.2003 Coimbatore, Nilgiris, 2972

Transport Corporation, Erode, Tiruppur
Coimbatore
6. Tamil Nadu State 30.12.2003 Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, 3453
Transport Corporation, Thiruvarur, Tiruchirpalli,
Kumbakonam Karur, Perambalur,
Ariyalur, Sivagangai,
Ramanathapuram,
Pudukkottai

7. Tamil Nadu State 06.01.2004 Madurai, Theni, 2329

Transport Corporation, Virudhunagar, Dindigul,
Madurai Sivagangai,
Ramanathapuram

8. Tamil Nadu State 01.11.2010 Tirunelveli, Thoothukkudi, 1773

Transport Corporation, Kanniyakumari,
Tirunelveli Nagercoil, Tenkasi

STATE TOTAL 20670

* Date of amalgamation
Source: Transport Department (Chairman's Cell), Chennai-9

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23.6 SELECT INDICATORS OF OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF STATE TRANSPORT
CORPORATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2020-21
(Up to March 2021)
Item MTC SETC VPM SLM
1 2 3 4 5
1. Fleet Strength 3476 1154 3365 2148
2. Distance Operated per day in lakhs 5.82 3.91 12.01 6.63
Passengers carried per day in
3. 14.95 0.40 11.42 6.74
lakhs*
4. Fleet Utilisation (%) 77.52 79.88 95.81 93.42
Kilometer efficiency (%)
5. 50.13 40.49 45.78 42.72
(incl. specials)
6. Dist. Run/ litre of diesel (KMPL) 4.39 5.21 5.66 5.78
7. Number of routes 578 251 2059 1260
New routes introduced during
8. 0 0 0 0
the year
New villages benefitted during
9. 0 0 0 0
the year
Benefitted village population in
10. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
lakhs
11. Staff Strength (excl. Reserve) 21429 4962 20995 12348
12. New buses introduced in the year 0 0 0 0
Total Revenue (Rs. in Crores)
13. 918.39 353.38 955.74 521.29
Pre-audit
Total Expenditure (Rs. in
14. 2169.04 904.74 2217.38 1217.44
Crores)Pre-audit

Item CBE KUM MDU TNV Overall

1 6 7 8 9 10
1. Fleet Strength 2972 3453 2329 1773 20670
2. Distance Operated per 7.54 11.35 7.15 5.84 60.25
day in lakhs
3. Passengers carried per 10.25 13.28 8.67 7.94 73.64
day in lakhs*
4. Fleet Utilisation (%) 93.69 94.59 94.9 91.35 90.43
5. Kilometer efficiency 39.59 45.37 41.95 47.54 44.19
(%)
(incl. specials)
6. Dist. Run/ litre of 5.34 5.80 5.31 5.22 5.39
diesel (KMPL)
7. Number of routes 1908 1869 1307 1303 10535
8. New routes introduced 0 0 0 0 0
during
the year
9. New villages benefitted 0 0 0 0 0
during
the year
10. Benefitted village 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
population in lakhs
11. Staff Strength (excl. 17032 20911 14431 10663 122771
Reserve)
12. New buses introduced 192 136 0 116 444
in the year
13. Total Revenue Rs. in 619.75 958.85 648.31 467.99 5443.70
Crores)
14. Total Expenditure (Rs. 1986.99 2293.42 1676.64 1306.56 13772.21
in Crores)
*No of Passangers travelled (Incl.free & concession Pass)
Source: Transport Department, Chennai-9
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23.7 PERFORMANCE OF ALL STATE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN TAMILNADU

Particulars 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21

Fleet Strength 22533 21744 21542 21513 20670

Effective 33782.28 31837.09 31109.61 29956.65 13496.29
Kilometres
(in Lakhs)
No. of Routes 10585 10691 10653 10536 10535
No. of new routes 0 0 0 7 0
Introduced in

No. of Villages 0 0 0 0 0
Benefited by New
routes
Village Population 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Benefitted (in
Lakhs) by New
routes
Total No. of 135336 133002 127175 124478 122771
Employees (excl.
Reserve)

Source: Transport Department, (Chairman's Cell) Chennai-9

23.8 NEW ROUTES INTRODUCED BY THE STATE TRANSPORT

UNDERTAKINGS IN TAMIL NADU 2020-21

Number of Population
State Transport
Benefitted
Undertakings New Routes Villages (in Lakhs)
Operated Covered
1. Metropolitan Transport
Corporation, Chennai 0 0 0.00
2. State Express Transport
Corporation, Chennai 0 0 0.00
3. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Villupuram 0 0 0.00
4. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Salem 0 0 0.00
5. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Coimbatore 0 0 0.00
6. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Kumbakonam 0 0 0.00
7. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Madurai 0 0 0.00
8. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Tirunelveli 0 0 0.00

STATE TOTAL 0 0 0.00

Source: Transport Department, Chennai-9

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23.9 RAILWAY OPERATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2020-21

Item Unit Actual

1 Route Length (A+B) K.M. 3851.98

A. Broad Gauge K.M. 3679.57

(a) Electrified K.M. 2554.10

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 1125.47

B. Metre Gauge K.M.

(a) Electrified K.M. Nil

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 172.41

2 Track Length (without loops and sidings)* K.M. 5451.25

A. Broad Gauge K.M.

(a) Electrified K.M. 4152.47

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 1126.25

B. Metre Gauge K.M.

(a) Electrified K.M. Nil

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 172.53

3 Railway Stations No.

A. Broad Gauge No. 510

B. Metre Gauge No. 11

C. Broad Gauge and Metre Gauge Combined No. 1

*

* The track length including sidings will be advised on receipt of equated track Km
from Engg.Branch Hqrs.
Source: General Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai-3

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23.10 PORT DEVELOPMENT
VESSELS ENTERED AND CARGO HANDLED IN TAMIL NADU

Vessels entered Cargo handled

(Nos.) (MT)
Name of the Port
2019-20 2020-21 2019-20 2020-21

A. Major Ports:

1. Chennai NA 1936 NA 43.55

2. Thoothukkudi NA 1203 NA 31789703

3. Ennore Port Limited NA 710 NA 25.89

B. Minor Ports:

1. Cuddalore 35 33 278152 264967

2. Nagapattinam 14 8 84237 41864

3. Rameswaram - -

4. Pamban - -

5. Colachel -
-
6. Kanniyakumari -
-
Valinokkam Denotified

7. Kattupalli 71 426 793303 906543

8. Ennore Minor Port 10 8 44358 42100

9. PY-3 Oil Field - -

10. Thirukkadaiyur 0 31552 7670

11. Kudankulam 9 5477

12. Thiruchopuram - -

13. Punnakkayal Denotified

14. Manappad Denotified

15. KudanKulam 1 683

Source: 1. Deputy Director, Madras Port Trust, Chennai – 1( A.Major Ports – Item.1)
2. The Traffic Manager, Thoothukkudi Port, Thoothukkudi-4( A.Major Ports – Item.2)
3. Ennore Port Limited, Ennore ( A.Major Ports – Item.3)
4. Tamil Nadu Maritime Board, Chennai – 28 ( B.Minor Ports )

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23.11 AIRPORTS IN TAMIL NADU 2020-21

Passengers (In Numbers)

Airport Em- Disem- Tran-
Total
Barked barked sit
1 2 3 4 5
1. Airport, Chennai - International 261284 308821 21466 591571
- Domestic 2413471 2490665
4904136
Airport, Coimbatore –
2. 10141 16354
International 26495
- Domestic 398540 421614
820154
3. Airport, Madurai - International 18478 34000 5578
58056
- Domestic 251529 255954
507483
4. Airport, Trichy – International 61631 128593 851
191075
- Domestic 76439 88389 164828

5. Airport, Tuticorin - Domestic 60979 60341 121320

6. Airport, Salem - Domestic 9608 8905 18513

(Contd.)

Cargo Handled (Tonnes)

Airport
Loaded Unloaded Total
1 6 7 8

1. Airport, Chennai - International 106398 115707 222105

- Domestic 37874 30114 67988

2. Airport, Coimbatore - International 528 39 567

- Domestic 2759 2671 5430

3. Airport, Madurai - International 171 171

- Domestic 1305 658 1963

4. Airport, Trichy - International 2714 26 2740

- Domestic 0 0 0

5. Airport, Tuticorin - Domestic 0 0 0

6. Airport, Salem - Domestic 0 0 0

Source : Airports Authority of India (IAD), Chennai Airport, Chennai – 27

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23.11 AIRPORTS IN TAMILNADU 2019-20 (Contd.)

Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs) (2018-19)

Sl.
Airport Other
No. Traffic cargo Commercial Total
Income
1
1. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
Chennai 63090.83 - 36070.35 8657.6 107818.78
Coimbatore 6658.42 - 2204.18 248.76 9111.36

Madurai 3425 - 1439.52 102.3 4966.82

Trichy 8616.05 - 2824.09 228.47 11668.61

2. DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
Tuticorin 273.34 - 65.36 12.7 351.4
Salem 9.92 - 21.93 4.26 36.11

Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs) (2019-20)

Sl.
Airport Other
No. Traffic cargo Commercial Total
Income
1
1. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
Chennai 21274.78 21125.04* 36469.26 7595.47 86464.55

Coimbatore 9415.5 2370 240.88 12026.38

Madurai 2383.61 1465.6 90.13 3939.34

Trichy 7482.99 2953.03 188.88 10624.9

Tuticorin 236.52 52.43 13.34 302.29

Salem 8.36 25.93 3.99 38.28
2. DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
CHENNAI 1104.51 1104.51

Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs) (2020-21)

Sl.
Airport Other
No. Traffic cargo Commercial Total
Income
1
1. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
Chennai - 15074.76 20081.31* 19517.15 9095.47 63768.69
International
- Domestic 763.84 763.84
2. Coimbatore 2938.4 56.5 797.09 200.79 3992.78
International
- Domestic 155 155
3. Madurai 1041.39 3.65 520.78 116.37 1682.19
International
- Domestic 28.67 28.67
4 Trichy 1008.41 70.19 613.74 170.69 1863.03
International
5. Tuticorin 111.86 40.25 22.03 174.14
6. Salem 9.5 16.26 284 309.76

*It includes revenue from handling of cargo and commercial revenue from non-cargo
activity

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