| GROWTH AND COMPOSITION OF MOTOR VEHICLE POPULATION | ||||||
| (in '000 Numbers) | ||||||
| Year | All | Two | Cars, Jeeps | Buses | Goods | Others |
| Vehicles | Wheelers | & Taxis | Vehicles | |||
| 1951 | 306 | 27 | 159 | 34 | 82 | 4 |
| 1956 | 426 | 41 | 203 | 47 | 119 | 16 |
| 1961 | 665 | 88 | 310 | 57 | 168 | 42 |
| 1966 | 1099 | 226 | 456 | 73 | 259 | 85 |
| 1971 | 1865 | 576 | 682 | 94 | 343 | 170 |
| 1976 | 2700 | 1057 | 779 | 115 | 351 | 398 |
| 1981 | 5391 | 2618 | 1160 | 162 | 554 | 897 |
| 1982 | 6055 | 3065 | 1243 | 173 | 613 | 961 |
| 1983 | 6973 | 3654 | 1385 | 185 | 675 | 1074 |
| 1984 | 7949 | 4351 | 1455 | 199 | 742 | 1202 |
| 1985 | 9170 | 5179 | 1607 | 223 | 822 | 1339 |
| 1986 | 10577 | 6245 | 1780 | 227 | 863 | 1462 |
| 1987 | 12618 | 7739 | 2007 | 245 | 984 | 1643 |
| 1988 | 14818 | 9300 | 2295 | 269 | 1114 | 1840 |
| 1989 | 16920 | 10965 | 2486 | 278 | 1179 | 2012 |
| 1990 | 19152 | 12611 | 2694 | 298 | 1238 | 2311 |
| 1991 | 21374 | 14200 | 2954 | 331 | 1356 | 2533 |
| 1992 | 23507 | 15661 | 3205 | 358 | 1514 | 2769 |
| 1993 | 25505 | 17183 | 3361 | 364 | 1603 | 2994 |
| 1994 | 27660 | 18899 | 3569 | 392 | 1691 | 3109 |
| 1995 | 30295 | 20831 | 3841 | 423 | 1794 | 3406 |
| 1996 | 33783 | 23252 | 4204 | 449 | 2031 | *3847 |
| 1997 | 37231 | 25693 | 4662 | 488 | 2260 | *4128 |
| * = Excludes light commercial vehicles | ||||||
| {Category "others" cover all other type of motor vehicles} | ||||||
| Source: Motor Transport Statistics of India 1999 | ||||||
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi | ||||||