Question

Which one of the following has the highest road density?
a.Goa
b.Kerala
c.Karnataka
d.Gujarat

Answer 1

Hint: Road density is the proportion of the length of the country's cumulative road network to the country's land area. It comprises all roads in the country: highways, national roads, secondary roads, and other city and rural roads.

Complete Step by Step Answer: Road density is the length of road per 100 sq. km of area. In terms of availability of roads per unit area, the road density of India has expanded from 1026.24 km to 1288.74 km.

-Road density in India is very irregular and the road network is inefficient in keeping up with the volume of traffic and passengers.
-Nearly half of the roads are unmetalled and are difficult to use during the rainy season.
-Most of the state highways and district roads are uneven and problematic.
-The roadways are highly clogged in cities.
-Most of the bridges and converters are obsolete and narrow.

Looking at the above options:

Option a: Goa has the fourth-highest road density in the country among states with a road structure extending 2,854.94 km per 1,000 sq km of area. This option is incorrect.

Option b: Road density of Kerala is 554.35 km/100 sq. km and it is far more than the national average of 387 km/100 sq. This option is correct.

Option c: According to the India Mobility Final statement by Global Mobility Monitor Network, the road density in Bangalore is only 8.2km per sq km. This option is incorrect.

Option d: The road density of Gujarat is around 38 km per 100 sq km, and 146 km per lakh of population. This option is incorrect.

Option 'b' is correct.

Note: India has a total of 142,126 km National Highways as of April 2019 which comprise 2.7% of India's cumulative road network. It carries about 40% of road traffic as of 2013. In 2016, the government vowed to double the highway length from 96,000 to 2,00,000 km. Jammu and Kashmir has the lowest density of roads in India.