Question

Which state in India has Highest Road density?
(A) Kerala
(B) West Bengal
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu

Answer 1

Hint Road density is the ratio between the length of the total road network of the country and the land area of the country. All roads in the country are included in the road network: highways, highways, primary or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and other urban and rural roads.

Complete Solution Step by Step
Highest Road density
1. In India, the distribution of roads is extremely uneven. With 375 kms, the highest road density is in Kerala and the least in Jammu & Kashmir with just 10 kms.
2. Highest In India, Kerala has the greatest road density, followed by Tripura. Kerala has 5,268.69 km of road network per 1,000 square km.

About Kerala
1. Kerala is a small strip of land that is heavily populated and environmentally fragile. Like the other Indian states, it does not have barren lands or deserts which can easily be used without much hiccups to create major roads. It will entail (either) relocating thousands of families or / and cutting down acres and acres of pristine greenery to create good highways in Kerala between its nerve centres.
2. Among other Indian states, Kerala has the highest road density. Every nook and corner of the state has motorways with a well-developed public and private transport system that allows for the smooth movement of people and goods in the state.
3. The state has eight main national highways, namely, NH-47, NH-17, NH-49, NH-47A, NH-208, NH-212, NH-213 and NH-220, measuring 1523,954 km in length.

Option A. Kerala is the correct option.

Note
The density of the road can be measured by simply dividing the road length by area in a polygon. A road density AML, which runs in ARC / INFO GRID, can also be created. Using a circular, moving window, this software produces a grid of road density.