| Table No. 1 | Total Number of Registered Motor Vehicles in India - 1951-2004 | ( In thousands) | ||||||
| Year | All | Two | Cars, Jeeps | Buses | Goods | Others* | ||
| (As on | Vehicles | Wheelers | and Taxis | Vehicles | ||||
| 31st March) | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1986 | 10577 | 6245 | 1780 | 227 | 863 | 1462 | ||
| 1991 | 21374 | 14200 | 2954 | 331 | 1356 | 2533 | ||
| 1996 | 33786 | 23252 | 4204 | 449 | 2031 | 3850 | ||
| 1997 | 37332 | 25729 | 4672 | 484 | 2343 | 4104 | ||
| 1998 | 41368 | 28642 | 5138 | 538 | @ | 2536 | 4514 | |
| 1999 | 44875 | 31328 | 5556 | 540 | @ | 2554 | 4897 | |
| 2000 | 48857 | 34118 | 6143 | 562 | @ | 2715 | 5319 | |
| 2001 | 54991 | 38556 | 7058 | 634 | @ | 2948 | 5795 | |
| 2002 | 58924 | 41581 | 7613 | 635 | @ | 2974 | 6121 | |
| 2003 | (R) | 67007 | 47519 | 8599 | 721 | @ | 3492 | 6676 |
| 2004 | (P) | 72718 | 51922 | 9451 | 768 | @ | 3749 | 6828 |
| * : Others include tractors, trailors, three wheelers ( passenger vehicles) and other miscellaneous | ||||||||
| vehicles which are not separately classified. | ||||||||
| @ : Includes omni buses. | (P) : Provisional | (R ) : Revised | ||||||