Table 3: Indian Railways : Statewise Route Length and Density of Route Length
	Route Length in Kilometres				Density of Route Length ( Km per ' 000 sq km of area)
	2004-05	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	2004-05	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72
Andhra Pradesh	5205	5197	5086	4781	19.0	18.9	18.5	17.4	17.2
Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Assam	2506	2516	2467	2179	32.0	32.1	31.5	27.8	28.0
Bihar	3379	3429	-	-	35.9	36.4	-	-	-
Bihar (erstwhile till 2001)		-	5315	5362	-	-	30.6	30.8	29.7
Chhatisgarh	1159	1180	-	-	8.6	8.7	-	-	-
Delhi	205	200	168	168	138.5	135.1	112.0	112.0	-
Goa	69	69	79	79	18.7	18.7	20.8	20.8	-
Gujarat	5284	5310	5281	5632	27.0	27.1	26.9	28.7	28.8
Haryana	1597	1548	1499	1500	36.1	35.0	33.9	33.9	32.1
Himachal Pradesh	285	269	266	256	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.6	4.6
Jammu and Kashmir	138	96	77	77	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	-
Jharkhand	1941	1797	-		24.4	22.6	-	-	-
Karnataka	2982	2974	3065	3015	15.7	15.6	16.0	15.7	14.6
Kerala	1050	1050	984	916	27.0	27.0	25.3	23.5	22.9
Madhya Pradesh	4905	4845	-	-	16.0	15.8	-	-	-
Madhya Pradesh	-	-	5904	5736	-	-	13.3	12.9	12.9
(erstwhile till 2001)
Maharashtra	5527	5459	5440	5235	18.0	17.7	17.7	17.0	17.0
Manipur	1	1	1	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
Mizoram	2	2	2	-	0.1	0.1	0.0	-	-
Nagaland	13	13	9	9	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.5
Orissa	2280	2320	2002	1982	14.6	14.9	12.9	12.7	12.0
Punjab	2098	2102	2160	2139	41.7	41.7	42.9	42.4	42.0
Rajasthan	5838	5894	5826	5614	17.1	17.2	17.0	16.4	16.3
Tamil Nadu	4171	4189	4010	3895	32.1	32.2	30.8	29.9	28.9
Tripura	64	45	45	12	6.1	4.3	4.3	1.1	1.1
Uttar Pradesh	8545	8578	-	-	35.3	35.4	-	-	-
Uttar Pradesh	-	-	8917	8880	-	-	30.3	30.2	29.3
(erstwhile till 2001)
Uttranchal	345	356	-	-	6.5	6.7	-	-	-
West Bengal	3856	3681	3816	3725	43.5	41.2	43.0	41.9	41.6
Chandigarh	8	8	11	11	72.7	72.7	110.0	110.0	-
Pondicherry	11	11	27	27	22.9	22.9	54.0	54.0	-
India	63465	63140	62458	61230	19.3	19.2	19.0	18.6	18.3
Source: GOI(2005) : Railway Year Book, Railway Board