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Transport Stats: compare key data on India & Pitcairn Islands

Definitions

  • Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Airports > Per capita: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Highways > Paved: total length of the paved parts of the highway system
  • Highways > Paved > Per capita: total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Highways > Total: total length of the highway system
  • Highways > Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Highways > Unpaved: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
  • Highways > Unpaved > Per capita: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
  • Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
  • Roadways > Total: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
  • Roadways > Unpaved: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
  • Transnational Issues > Disputes > International: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
STAT India Pitcairn Islands HISTORY
Airports 346
Ranked 21st.
0.0
Ranked 242nd.

Airports > Per capita 0.306 per 1 million people
Ranked 219th.
0.0
Ranked 229th.

Highways > Paved 1.52 million km
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Paved > Per capita 1.52 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Total 3.32 million km
Ranked 1st. 518694 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 17th.
Highways > Total > Per capita 3.32 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 58th.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 42 times more than India
Highways > Unpaved 1.8 million km
Ranked 1st. 281651 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 14th.
Highways > Unpaved > Per capita 1.8 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 77 times more than India
Ports and harbors Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Ports and terminals Chennai, Jawaharal Nehru Port, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Sikka, Vishakhapatnam Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Roadways > Total 4.69 million km
Ranked 2nd. 781640 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 49th.
Roadways > Unpaved 1.78 million km
Ranked 1st. 296607 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 31st.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International Kashmir remains the world's most highly militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of <a href=/country/ch>China</a> (Aksai Chin), <a href=/country/in>India</a> (Jammu and Kashmir), and <a href=/country/pk>Pakistan</a> (Azad Kashmir and <a href=/encyclopedia/Northern-Areas,-Pakistan>Northern Areas</a>), but recent discussions and confidence-building measures among parties are beginning to defuse tensions; <a href=/country/in>India</a> does not recognize Pakistan's ceding lands to <a href=/country/ch>China</a> in the 1965 boundary agreement; disputes with <a href=/country/pk>Pakistan</a> over <a href=/encyclopedia/Indus-River>Indus</a> River water sharing and the terminus of the Sir Creek Estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch, which prevents maritime boundary delimitation; <a href=/country/pk>Pakistani</a> maps continue to show Junagadh claim in <a href=/country/in>Indian</a> Gujarat <a href=/encyclopedia/U.S.-State>State</a>; most of the rugged, militarized boundary with <a href=/country/ch>China</a> is in dispute, but sides have committed to begin resolution with discussions on the least disputed Middle Sector; Joint Border Committee with <a href=/country/np>Nepal</a> continues to work on resolution of minor disputed boundary <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>sections</a>; discussions with <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> remain stalled to delimit a small <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>section</a> of river boundary, to exchange 162 miniscule enclaves in both countries, to allocate divided villages, and to stop illegal cross-border trade, migration, and violence; <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> protests India's attempts to fence off high-traffic <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>sections</a> of the porous boundary; dispute with <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> over <a href=/encyclopedia/volcano>volcanic</a> New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; <a href=/country/in>India</a> seeks cooperation from <a href=/country/bt>Bhutan</a> and <a href=/country/bm>Burma</a> to keep out <a href=/country/in>Indian</a> Nagaland insurgents; joint border commission continues to work on small disputed <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>sections</a> of boundary with <a href=/country/np>Nepal</a>; <a href=/country/in>India</a> has instituted a stricter border <a href=/graph-T/cur_reg>regime</a> to restrict transit of <a href=/encyclopedia/Maoism>Maoist</a> insurgents and illegal cross-border activities from <a href=/country/np>Nepal</a> <a href=/country/vt>none</a>

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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